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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

Structural Tool Open to Last Library Instead of Reset

Each time you go to place a structural member the tool resets to the base directory of the libraries. It would save a LOT of time is the tool remembered the last library list used and defaulted there instead of resetting to the beginning. It can b...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 0 Already exists

Add cached files and live nesting function

For example, if we have 5(five) volume files referenced into a masterfile and this masterfile is referenced to a mastermodel where you take sections for 2D drawings. The 2D drawing is cached. When opening this file with live nesting set to 2, the ...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Needs review

Working in dwg mode and want to reference a dwg - reference options

When working in dwg mode and want to reference a dwg. The nested choice is not on. Posibility of autocad have also a overlay and attached choice. And in OBD the choice is already made. Please let the designer make the choice what he/she wants to s...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Needs review

Enable parts to be placed completely on active layer

Currently when doors, windows, walls, etc. are placed when a level is set as active, the various components of the part land on different levels. The part placement actually creates levels that have been programmed into the part and cannot be chan...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 2 Needs review

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.
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

line styles selector with graphic representation

Add a graphic representation of the line styles in the line style dialog. Display all Line Styles e.g. as cells in Cell Selector.
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 3 Needs review

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.
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 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 ...
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 2 Future consideration

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 ...
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 1 Future consideration