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Spot level, tag, and callout are not updating automatically; we have to update them manually each time.

Spot level, tag, and callout are not updating automatically; we have to update them manually each time.
4 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 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....
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 2 Future consideration

Elements need to be assigned correctly when in multiple spaces

When elements overlap multiple spaces (in some instances all they need to do is touch another space) the element is assigned to the first space placed. This is not always correct and results in incorrect scheduling. It is critical that elements ca...
2 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Changing system property order

For customized properties, I can define display order, but can not define with system properties. Also it is difficult to redefine property set order. it will be good to have controls on them.
2 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Future consideration

Allow Geometry to be constrained by Floor

A heavily requested feature is to allow objects to be constrained by floor plane. If the floor level adjusts the geometry adjusts. Reference planes with object associations (Speedikon GAP analysis)
over 5 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural / Buildings Systems / Structural 4 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 ...
11 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 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...
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 8 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 ...
7 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 2 Future consideration

DV using design history

It will be good if there is a way to use design history for DV drawing. At the end, we need to update/generate As-built drawings comparing with As-Design. Currently, we have to mark changes manually. Rather than this, it will be good to show versi...
3 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 4 Needs review

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...
8 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 3 Future consideration