This idea is on behalf of one of our users who can not write English,The issue is,For any cell, there could be different variations depending on the various property values. For example in this picture here the user has created different variation...

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When you create a 3d part, this would typically be a DGN or a cell. Although it is possible to edit the xsd files to include DGN and cel as a format, this is not set by default. Now that we have parametric modelling the DGN format needs to be visi...

Hi.. With ref to software research on Bentley OpenBuildings Designer, we would like to check on these prior to use in Manchester Metropolitan university one of our departments- When was software last updated Is software still on active development...

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When using the "System ID" tool to number pipes (I assume also for ducts), the ID can automatically be incremented. The starting value is "001", which made me believe the tool would be smart enough to remove the leading zeros as soon as the second...

Sometimes it would be nice to have the ability to override a specific element's ifcBuilding and ifcBuildingStorey. Now they can (only) be defined on model level in the IFC export - spatial mapping. It could mean creating a little less models/neste...

Currently when drawing new walls, the default connection is mitred (called 'bi-sector' in the "Connect Forms" tool). This is very unconventional, so I'd rather set the default to 'Parallel'. Now I have to re-do all connections after drawing the wall.

My main work with the MEP modules in OBD is to create some sewer models. They are always with sloped pipes. Currently it is very difficult to add or change the pipe slopes after placement. For example, I would like to first model everything withou...

Something that would be very handy is a tool that would move elements to a preset rl. This would be a much easier option over using the move command in large models. Would also be great is there was an option to flatten raked members.