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Text alignment isn't working when we use the leader feature in OBD software.

For Example, for notes, adjusting the left and right alignment is not straightforward. While these settings can be changed globally, they cannot be modified for individual notes. However, this adjustment is possible for text elements. Therefore, w...
4 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Spot level, tag, and callout are not updating automatically; we have to update them manually each time.

Spot level, tag, and callout are not updating automatically; we have to update them manually each time.
4 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Needs review

Railing with baseboard

The problem is that it is not possible to use a flat iron profile from the standard catalog because this profile is always placed horizontally instead of vertically on the railing. I have not found a way to place the profile rotated by 90 degrees....
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 2 Future consideration

Allow Geometry to be constrained by Floor

A heavily requested feature is to allow objects to be constrained by floor plane. If the floor level adjusts the geometry adjusts. Reference planes with object associations (Speedikon GAP analysis)
over 5 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural / Buildings Systems / Structural 4 Future consideration

fundamental element properties within the Schedules

The DataGroup System does not provide a direct, user-configurable method to report on fundamental MicroStation element properties (e.g., raw XYZ coordinates from Range Low/High, or the element's source file name) within the Schedules tool for all ...
2 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Future consideration

Speed up designing with OpenBuildings Designer

I have a problem. Sometimes OBD will crash without any warning. All my projects are very big. > 10GB on third parties files. And when I want to place a pipe or a valve, it took a 8-9 seconds to show up the Place component menu. I think there mu...
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 8 Future consideration

Parametric Frame/Cell Builder

There is currently no effective means to generate and update Parametric / Compound Cells. Including the proxy view dependent geometry is key to reducing BV,DV generation times. Also needed to automate and coordinate detail drawing production. The ...
11 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Elements need to be assigned correctly when in multiple spaces

When elements overlap multiple spaces (in some instances all they need to do is touch another space) the element is assigned to the first space placed. This is not always correct and results in incorrect scheduling. It is critical that elements ca...
2 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Prostructures Ribbon

So, in OBD, you can activate a Prostructures license You are then able to place all the Prostructures items, but you need to know the key-in to get to all the Prostructures placements, It would be good if there were a way to get the Prostructures ...
7 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 2 Future consideration

Changing system property order

For customized properties, I can define display order, but can not define with system properties. Also it is difficult to redefine property set order. it will be good to have controls on them.
2 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Future consideration