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Improved space quantities

The IFC schema allows for a lot more quantities on an ifcSpace (Qto_SpaceBaseQuantities): https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/RELEASE/IFC4/ADD2_TC1/HTML/schema/ifcproductextension/qset/qto_spacebasequantities.htm. Please implement those in OBD...
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 3 Future consideration

Define spaces on Dataset, Workspace and Workset levels

For most building elements the Datagroup System allows for 'Definitions' and Catalog Types/Items on multiple levels: Dataset, Workspace and Workset. Spaces on the contrary don't allow this flexibility. They are set on a "System" level. It is curre...
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

Curtain Wall Tool: Tubular Walls

It would be great if the Curtain Wall tool would also cater for polar coordinate systems, and the geometry issues that come from them. Link to previous discussion
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

Enhance All Triforma Form Modification tools to take multiple inputs

Looking at the old Triforma Form manipulation tools, it is amazing how inconsistent they are and how badly they support dealing with multiple or 'many' elements. Forcing the user to manually click and feed the tools one element at a time. This is ...
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 3 Needs review

Remove Instance Data tool <> Cell/Nesting

It would be good to enhance the Remove Instance Data tool so that it can tunnel into cells. Link to previous discussion.
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Will not implement

Wall Cleanup + Cells

TF_UNIFY_CELL_CHILDREN is a great setting. Apparently can slow things down so something to combine with CVEs? Currently works for these conditions: Wall to Wall. OK Wall to Cell Wall. OK Cell Wall to Cell Wall. OK Cell Wall to Wall-in-Ref. OK Wall...
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 3 Future consideration

Add Instance Data tool <> Cell/Nesting

It would be good to enhance the Add Instance Data tool so that it can tunnel into cells. Link to previous discussion See also ADO PBI 901466: DataGroups: Modify Instance Data Enhancements Another link
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Assembly Builder - Replace Assembly Workflow / Tool

It is recognised that components and assemblies need to be replaced intelligently. This is supported at platform level by the Replace Cell tool. Assemblies provide a way to for users to insert a lot of stuff. They will eventually need to manage th...
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Staircase volume in quantity property tab

Want to see the concrete volume for staircase in quantity properties tab.
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 6 Future consideration

Have the cut section annotation bubble show the saved view name, without the need to pace it in a sheet

There are two moments where we use cut sections - when we are preparing drawigns for publishing, and also when we just need to see some geometry in a specific way to better help understand the construction. Its really difficult, after creating a f...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Needs review