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A new command for "Springpipe" (Stub that must have a negative value)

There is a new mechanical process to make a stub in a pipe for a sprinklerhead. They melt a hole in the pipe with a mechanical object and make a thread in the hole with the dimensions of the sprinklerhead. And the sprinklerhead can be screwed in t...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 2 Future consideration

Clean-up Walls in References

In a federated model, if I have 2 walls in separate files, it can be very difficult to clean up walls that are interacting between different models. We need to allow the Connect Wall tool (specifically connect as L Parallel and Connect Forms as L ...
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural / Structural 0 Future consideration

Multi-catalog search in Placement Panel

Add new search option in Catalog Item Selector that lets you search for any catalog item in your loaded libraries, regardless of element type selected at the top of the dialog. A single search for "wood" might return doors, walls, and a couple tab...
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer 0 Future consideration

Fill Option Control

Provide 3 options to all cut elements in a view: No fill, solid fill (black or gray), or original fill, instead of the current system which only shows the cut fills defined in the Part/Family system
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Future consideration

Constrain elements to reference planes

Add constraint to elements (such as walls) to have their height or placement location to be defined relative to floor above, floor below, or other plane defined in Floor Manager. This would cause elements to change their element height and/or moun...
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Future consideration

Space Volume property

The ability to automatically calculate space volume property which can be reflected in schedules.
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

Multi-layer Annotation

Ability to place annotations that lists all layers in the correct order with properties (width, materials, etc.).
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Future consideration

Floor Manager and Grid tools should recognise Coordinate Systems and enable defined building locations

On large projects, with multiple (& repeated) buildings it is common to model the building around the file origin, and then reference/place into actual location. The current system does not recognise if the refernce is moved, so the floor mana...
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Future consideration

Floor manager => Rotate floor/building by points

Similar as in the Grid manager we need the option for the floor manager to "Rotate by points" so that a building can be positioned and rotated properly.
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Future consideration

Calculated parameters for OBD elements

In today's BIM world the "I" of information becomes more and more important. This information is driven mostly by the properties attached to an element, more than by it's geometry. OBD already has a lot of built-in properties, also when it comes t...
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Future consideration