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ProStructures Object View Center in OBD

It would be good to integrate OVC into OBD. Very few will be able to justify paying for the PS license just to get OVC inspite of its benefits. Link to previous discussion. OVC would also be very useful enabling tool for updating OBD's Place Objec...
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Future consideration

XML-Excel Conversion Utility 2.0

OBD has Edit-in-Excel for DGS properties. Bravo. What would be good is if the old XML-Excel Conversion Utility could be used to provide an Excel-based route to editing all that XML-based info that OBD needs... .xsd, F&P, etc, etc etc Has its u...
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Compound Slab - from Mesh Option

The new CS tool looks very limited in scope. It would be good to extend its viability by supporting meshes. Flooring is rarely level or flat when you look across a project. It would be good to have an option that is based on Mstn's Thicken tool th...
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Future consideration

Assembly Builder - Constraints Support

Any Constraints applied to the Mstn elements seem to be stripped out when the Assembly is placed. Apparently, this is a 'voluntary' decision by the Mstn team. Item Types seem to make it through OK which is good. It would be good to bypass this 'vo...
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

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...
about 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Will not implement

Add an option to create Sub Assemblies

In OBD there is an option to create Assemblies. This is the form of a Cell. Once placed the cell contents no longer cells but are individual elements i.e. a wall, these are also visible in the schedules tools. this is a great function to have. How...
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Needs review

Add option to include or not Pro Structure during installation

Can you add an option to include or not 'Pro Structures' during the installation process.
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 3 Will not implement

Need the ability to create Vertical Louvres in a curtain wall

Currently there is no option to create a vertical louvre in a curtain wall, it is limited to horizontal only. Please can we add this Ian
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Planned

Parametric cell and repeated drawing symbols

In Parametric Cell Studio, lines, rectangles, etc. could be repeated a number of times according to a variable to represent the top view drawing, for example. In parametric cells, this is not possible. It is possible to use a parametric solid arra...
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

Symbols Compound cells

In OBD V8i there was the possibility of referencing a cell as a drawing symbol in BXC. It could then be embedded and saved as a drawing symbol.In OBD 2023 the behavior has changed and they appear in red and the cell cannot be embedded as a drawing...
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 5 Needs review