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Structural rules based on DG Catalog

For Architectural and Mechanical drawing rules it is already possible to use the DG catalog to assign a rule to the elements it must be applied to. For Structural drawing rules only the Family/Part can be used. Please provide similar functionality...
about 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 1 Future consideration

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

Improved space quantities

The IFC schema allows for a lot more quantities on an ifcSpace (Qto_SpaceBaseQuantities): https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/RELEASE/IFC4/ADD2_TC1/HTML/schema/ifcproductextension/qset/qto_spacebasequantities.htm. Please implement those in OBD...
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 3 Future consideration

Define spaces on Dataset, Workspace and Workset levels

For most building elements the Datagroup System allows for 'Definitions' and Catalog Types/Items on multiple levels: Dataset, Workspace and Workset. Spaces on the contrary don't allow this flexibility. They are set on a "System" level. It is curre...
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

Curtain Wall Tool: Tubular Walls

It would be great if the Curtain Wall tool would also cater for polar coordinate systems, and the geometry issues that come from them. Link to previous discussion
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

Enhance All Triforma Form Modification tools to take multiple inputs

Looking at the old Triforma Form manipulation tools, it is amazing how inconsistent they are and how badly they support dealing with multiple or 'many' elements. Forcing the user to manually click and feed the tools one element at a time. This is ...
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 3 Needs review

Remove Instance Data tool <> Cell/Nesting

It would be good to enhance the Remove Instance Data tool so that it can tunnel into cells. Link to previous discussion.
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Will not implement