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Unify different parts in each drawing

It would be a good idea if in a drawing you could override part join configurations and create a new configuration for that drawing. For example, join all the walls, pillars, partitions, etc. in a floor plan or only join the walls of the same mate...
11 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

Family and part tab in PCS

In Parametric Cell Studio OBD CE 2023, the tab to indicate Family and part is not shown. The attribute must be indicated manually. More time and more mistakes. Requested: Adding the family and part tab for PCS components See explanatory image.
11 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 3 Will not implement

Modify PAZ with Parametric Cell Studio

When a PAZ cell is modified with PCS, the modified copy appears at point 0,0,0. The previous copy remains. It is requested: change this behavior and replace the modified cell in its place of placement, as it worked in OBD V8i See attached video
11 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Needs review

Reconstruct hidden wall joints

Problem: Two walls with different parts that unify each other (section and F/R view). A wall must be demolished. The other wall must be maintained. If we visualize the two walls, we see the current state. The two walls are shown joined. This is...
11 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

filter out geometry from rounded steel profiles

A correct steel beam with rounded corners is ofcourse looking better in a shaded view. But it is problematic in drawings front view as it will produce a lot of lines. Try an ifc from Revit or Tekla and you will see. Best would be if OBD could filt...
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Already exists

Named Group xsd for DataGroup System

It would be great to provide a way to assign a Named Group to any placed Objects and Assemblies, including the OOTB objects like Walls, Slabs etc. This will allow the user to manipulate multiple elements efficiently without having to nest within a...
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Will not implement

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...
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Future consideration

Produce IFC with textures

Add support for IFC4 export with textures as entities IfcBlobTexture, IfcPixelTexture or IfcImageTexture. This would allow to deliver results in IFC even if yet not all IFC viewers/editors can handle textures. See how these examples work with late...
12 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 2 Needs review

Part O Overheating Assessment Tool

Addressing overheating due to solar gain is increasingly a big problem for building designers, and is now also a statutory requirement. OBD/OBES/Hevacomp is well placed to provide an analytical design tool that provides quick feedback to the facad...
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Services 0 Planned

Match Wall perforator

When creating families and parts i/e/ a door, we need an option to MATCH Wall. This was available in PCS, but not in MS or OBD. As it stands you need to place a 3d slab that is your perforator = your cut depth. This s very limited. We need an opti...
12 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 2 Needs review