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Models in VERIFY PARTS

With many Models in a file it would help a lot if you could filter what is in a separate Model. Verify Parts is very useful tool and simple to use. Really a prototype for how tools should be.
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

Space - room bounding

We need a Space option that will allow the Space to follow the geometry it is associated too. thus if the space aka walls move the Space updates to suit. Revit offers this, and it is a limitation for OBD users
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 3 Already exists

accudraw index colour

The Accudraw compass has a red and green marking for the axes. I'd like those colours also om the xy in the Accudra dialog.
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Will not implement

Program Manager Notification

If we delete files from the Design folder (our workset) and these files were used in Program Manager for Design Options, we should have notification when we start OBD that there are no these files and existing Design Option was changed.
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

Penetrations: Apply Changes / Update Model - Object by Object

The current global 'all or nothing' updates are only useful 5% of the time. For the bulk of the updates a step by step update is required. No engineering team is going to be happy relying on the vendor's algo without the assurance of visual inspec...
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Penetrations: Bulk Edit in Excel and Synch back to OBD

Penetrations are quite complicated and not easily defined by a few rules. The current selection of rules I think will be quickly overwhelmed. As such, I can see most people decoupling the Penetration objects from the PM as soon as possible, then e...
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Clash detection report automation

See this thread https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/f/aecosim-speedikon-forum/234812/report-on-clash/738991#738991 The way we use it now is in a teams session with all consultants. I share my screen and run...
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 2 Will not implement

Create wall from space in Reference file

Currently the place wall tool has the option "From space". This works well as long as the space is in the active model. I'd like it to work also if the space is in a referenced model. It seems that with the current implementation, using this tool ...
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 2 Future consideration

external edit rights for non-active Model

Make it possible for 'another' user to open and edit a all Models in a file except for the Model I have active.
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Will not implement

Drawing rules: label offset centered

It could be useful to add a "Center" options for the label offset in (structural) rules. Now there is only "Above" and "Below", which makes sense in combination with single line resymbolization. However for eg. concrete beams that are wide enough ...
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 1 Future consideration