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Angular Grids

Angular Grids do not display in the sections. Currently, grids that are angled and not perpendicular to the slice do not show up in Sections or Elevations. This results in missing angular grids on the drawing sheets. Additionally, when elevations ...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

Find duplicate Structural Member

The "Design File Cleanup" utility dose not find duplicate Structural Member. "Prosteel 3D Element.
about 2 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 1 Future consideration

Importer Tool to add attributes out of Excel

Actually you have to add new attributes for the objects manually in xsd files. It would be easier if there is a possibility to add these new attributes via an importer out of an excelfile.
27 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Planned

Half-turn stair with two landings

When I place the half-turn stair, there is only one landing. However, I want to place the structure all at once. The current structure is:flight1 +landing1 +flight2; The proposed structure is like this: flight 1 + landing1 +flight2 +landing2+flight3.
about 1 month ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Needs review

Adding links in docs.bentley.com as comments to individual tools.

This thread is an example of information one would want to add to the different cut-opening tools. Just like adding a post-it in paper manual
about 1 month ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Planned

Visibility States Range

Hi Bentley When OBD2026 is released we would love the option to use Visibility States to control the graphical outputs of BIM objects such as a wall We can set up a VS called Low Medium High within each we define how the wall will look in each sta...
7 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

Catalog Editor filter/search

Can we add an option within the catalog editor dialog to search for a part or instance. ATM if you are not 100% sure where the part or instance is defined it takes forever to locate it. Having a search option will make this process so much easier....
8 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 2 Future consideration

Need sloped slab from compound slab option

Team needs it and creating sloped slab now is a challenge.
about 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 4 Future consideration

Dataset cleanup tools

I have received a series of XML files and when I open OBD, I need to be able to clean up any duplicates, missing data, etc. ATM this is a painful exercise. Can we have a nice dialog that allows us to review the Dataset validation reports and actua...
6 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Future consideration

Place Plate by Shape

When placing plates need to have the shape in the drop-down list.
4 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 0 Future consideration