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fundamental element properties within the Schedules

The DataGroup System does not provide a direct, user-configurable method to report on fundamental MicroStation element properties (e.g., raw XYZ coordinates from Range Low/High, or the element's source file name) within the Schedules tool for all ...
5 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Future consideration

Speed up designing with OpenBuildings Designer

I have a problem. Sometimes OBD will crash without any warning. All my projects are very big. > 10GB on third parties files. And when I want to place a pipe or a valve, it took a 8-9 seconds to show up the Place component menu. I think there mu...
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 8 Future consideration

Association of the Mark in the structural Data with the member section

Association of the 'Mark' in the structural Data section with the section size, so that it changes automatically when member modified to another section. In addition, the changes should reflect automatically in the associated annotation with reloa...
8 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 1 Needs review

Elements created in particular floor level are not pinned with that level

Elements/Beams modelled in a particular floor level are not pinned with that level and need to move manually if there is any change in level through level manager
8 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 1 Future consideration

Allow Updates to Cached Drawings with missing references

If a reference is removed from a composition model, then any cached drawings referencing Saved Views from that composition model will get an error message that prevents the cached DV from updating. There are several reasons that users may want to ...
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 4 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.
about 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 0 Future consideration

Parametric Frame/Cell Builder

There is currently no effective means to generate and update Parametric / Compound Cells. Including the proxy view dependent geometry is key to reducing BV,DV generation times. Also needed to automate and coordinate detail drawing production. The ...
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Creating native Revit files

Native Revit file Here in Holland the Architect, contructions, mechanical and Electric firms demand to use Revit. In their BIM protocols they demand to collaborate with RVT and IFC files. They demand me to collaborate this way. I don't have any so...
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 5 Needs review

Allow GC to work with Curtain wall tool

I would like to be able to use GC and drive a curtain wall. This would allow us to use GC to fit the CW to bespoke elements etc. Buildings are becoming more and more curved, GC would aid the design Ian
3 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Future consideration

Level Of Graphical Detail - LOgD

When working thought the various phases of a project, we have to develop a series of BIM objects based on the Level of Graphic Detail (LOgD) per design stage As a guide .. Concept design (CD) (stage 2 would typically be LOgD 200 Scheme Design (SD)...
6 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Future consideration