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Sort Saved Views (Orientation) in Attach Reference

When you attach a reference and open the Orientation, you can choose a Saved View within the file. The list shows the SVs in order of creation. It would be nice to be able to sort them (by View or Description).
10 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Use of Configuration explorer for OBD2023

For me It is easy to use Configuration Explorer to split the Delivered datasets WorkSpace an WorkSet. It will be very helpfull when support update the Configuration Explorer for OBD2023 because it is very clear. And when in Bentley learn the BIM30...
10 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Future consideration

Allow non-parametric cells to be placed as shared cells through the DG placement dialogs.

Users would like an option to place cells through the DataGroup enriched placement dialogs (as opposed to Compound Cell Manager or Cells dialog) as Shared Cells. Users have several detailed cells that are used many times in the same model. Without...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Future consideration

Associate structural elements to grid lines

Structural elements are associated to grids so changes to grid layout will propagate to associated elements, such as beams, columns, bearing walls, and footings.
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 0 Future consideration

Trim/Extend Multiple Walls

The Connect Walls command only works on 1 wall at a time. If the users need to extend multiple walls to touch another wall, the user must click the same wall multiple times. We should strive to match the workflow available in the Trim to Element C...
over 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 2 Future consideration

Upgrade design file cleanup tool to work with building elements

in basic MS the design file cleanup tool is very useful at removing duplicate elements, this should be upgraded to work with Building elements such as walls, doors, windows(and all objects) and structural elements also.
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

GC - Itemtype Support

Special Node/Option for Full Itemtype support in Generative Components. Users can assign Itemtype library to already available nodes (eg. Line, Solid etc.) and user can fill the properties by either text or assign excel spreadsheet.
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Select Similar

A Select Similar options needs to be added to the Right Click Popup option menu or the Tools Settings dialog. AutoCAD has had this feature for a long time and it would be very useful to be able to select a particular Element, such as a wall or a w...
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 3 Future consideration

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...
3 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

Parametric cells need to place handles

In Parametric Cell Studio, there is the possibility of placing handles to change the dimension of a measurement. The change updates the dimensions of the entire cell.It would be interesting to be able to use this option in Parametric Cell and not ...
3 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 2 Future consideration