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Write element information automatically and formatted in a property and export it to an IFC file

All information on elements such as color, length, inclinations or others can be automatically written to a property using a formula (similar to the Expression Builder) and exported to an IFC file. The values in the properties can also be combined...
2 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 3 Future consideration

RVT - OBD - iTwn

Is there a tutorial for using iTwin for one project using Revit and OpenBuilding for the same dicipline! Because I'm using OpenBuilding for Mechanical design and my client also design Mechanical design but with Revit. Is it possible to create one ...
about 1 month ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Digital Twins 0 Needs review

New tool: Perimeter Fence Tool

a large Bentley account (Big Ticket Project) is asking for a new Feature/Tool in creating a parametric Perimeter Fence. this feature shall; it behaves and be placed like a Railing tool or a Curtain Wall Tool. it follows the profile: linear Type &a...
5 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 3 Future consideration

New pipe system for OBD

There are for OBD new pipe. There is no command to dessign these pipes. The pipes are in a role. See link. If I must design it with Flexible command. This is very slow and not workable. https://www.warmteservice.nl/Installatiemateriaal/Leidingsyst...
about 1 month ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 0 Needs review

Titlebox for printouts

I am former Hevacomp user. There I had option to add a title box to layout printout, so client was presented with project number, building name, scale etc. It looked professional and helped to avoid mistakes. Not sure why it is not available on En...
3 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Services 1 Future consideration

Prostructures Ribbon

So, in OBD, you can activate a Prostructures license You are then able to place all the Prostructures items, but you need to know the key-in to get to all the Prostructures placements, It would be good if there were a way to get the Prostructures ...
about 2 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 0 Needs review

Table Formatting

Need to be able to format the text separately from the table lines. We also need to be able to format or change the text as a bulk action. At the moment, you need to go into each cell, format the text and move to the next cell. The other thing is ...
about 2 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Needs review

Railing with baseboard

The problem is that it is not possible to use a flat iron profile from the standard catalog because this profile is always placed horizontally instead of vertically on the railing. I have not found a way to place the profile rotated by 90 degrees....
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 2 Future consideration

Add ability to cut a curtain wall with a shape

Hi Support. I have been trying to offset the top front face of a mullion of the top row of a CW and set it back by 20mm. Sadly this is not possible, the profile tool will not allow it. I then thought maybe I can use the cut tool and achieve the sa...
5 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

Spaces are not in alphabetical order

Spaces appear in the project tree in order of tracing and not in alphabetical order. The trouble is it cannot be changed and it is being replicated in all the results and reports. Numbers are often a part of room names, so I often end up with room...
3 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Services 4 Future consideration