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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 2 Future consideration

Spaces are not in alphabetical order

Spaces appear in the project tree in order of tracing and not in alphabetical order. The trouble is it cannot be changed and it is being replicated in all the results and reports. Numbers are often a part of room names, so I often end up with room...
5 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Services 4 Future consideration

Creating new Catalog

I have copied an excisting mdb and xml file and modify all. But OBD can't design with it. Support send me here to upload this idea. Because I have design it with delivered catalog. But I have to change this, because this is not the right catalog. ...
2 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 1 Needs review

Update compound slab so align hatch to form works

I want to be able to use "Align hatch to form" even with a Compound slab, which is not possible at the moment. If you have a pattern that is required to align with the slab, it's not possible to get it through the part and family system. Like the ...
2 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Schedule export to XLSX

The format for Excel export from schedules should be to the modern Excel XLSX format rather than the legacy XLS one.
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 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...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 5 Needs review

RVT - OBD - iTwn

Is there a tutorial for using iTwin for one project using Revit and OpenBuilding for the same dicipline! Because I'm using OpenBuilding for Mechanical design and my client also design Mechanical design but with Revit. Is it possible to create one ...
3 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Digital Twins 0 Needs review

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.
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 0 Future consideration

New pipe system for OBD

There are for OBD new pipe. There is no command to dessign these pipes. The pipes are in a role. See link. If I must design it with Flexible command. This is very slow and not workable. https://www.warmteservice.nl/Installatiemateriaal/Leidingsyst...
3 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 0 Needs review

Railing Prostructures section placement point

When you are choosing the Prostructures members in any of the areas the member is always Place top Center. Need to be appy to choose the placement point E.G. Centre - Center
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration