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Staircase volume in quantity property tab

Want to see the concrete volume for staircase in quantity properties tab.
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 6 Future consideration

Add "Date Modified" to Model Dialog

Similar to how you have a "Date modified" in Windows Explorer as a way to sort a list of files. I always have countless models in the dialog, where many are reiterations of the same model, and would like to sort them by "date last modified". This ...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Needs review

Support for phased construction/renovation

Many construction projects include work on existing buildings or working in phases, so each phase has items that are existing to remain, to be removed, to be patched, and to be added. While we have a data property for this, it would be more useful...
almost 5 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer 0 Future consideration

Enable Program Area of a space to constrain its size

Enable Program Area of a space to constrain its size (rubber-banding capability) so user can adjust a side and have the shape respond. 2D constraints in MicroStation can do this, see video (the video is real-time; scrub through to get the picture ...
almost 5 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 3 Future consideration

Implement bi direction links between the Datagroup System and External Databases

Make it simpler to connect to external databases, e.g. Building Smart data dictionary, SAP, user database, etc. The existing UDL technology has largely been underused and underdeveloped. Replacing it with something more robust and suitable for mod...
almost 5 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer 2 Will not implement

Have the cut section annotation bubble show the saved view name, without the need to pace it in a sheet

There are two moments where we use cut sections - when we are preparing drawigns for publishing, and also when we just need to see some geometry in a specific way to better help understand the construction. Its really difficult, after creating a f...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Needs review

Convert an associative flooded space to a non-associative space

It would be good if a user could initially place spaces using the flood placement option as this is a quick and efficient way to add spaces and room data to a model in the early stages of design. Later in the process, he may need to be more exact ...
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Planned

Allow unfiers between parts

There is a need for unifiers work between parts
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Needs review

SNDF Export to export everything including all non structural members.

Currently the sndf export just exports structural members and non structural members such as handrail, grating, concrete goes missing. This will help the sndf export to have the whole model without missing geometry.
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 1 Will not implement

Color tabel slection in Create Drawing dialog

When you use Creat View tools and the Creat Drawing dialog appears it would be nice to be able to set the specific color table for Creat Drawing Model, and Creat sheet Model. For example, the Seedfile you select when naming the file. pick the colo...
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Needs review