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Section callout

Section callout should be moved by the keyboard's arrows.
6 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 4 Future consideration

Grid Systems and Floor manager

In Grid systems menu there is a possibity to import XML files. But I receive IFC or RVT files. And mostley there is a grid IFCGrid. Is it possible to import this IFCGrid into OpenBuilding and also the levels of the floor in the floor manager. Beca...
about 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 4 Future consideration

Allow non-parametric cells to be placed as shared cells through the DG placement dialogs.

Users would like an option to place cells through the DataGroup enriched placement dialogs (as opposed to Compound Cell Manager or Cells dialog) as Shared Cells. Users have several detailed cells that are used many times in the same model. Without...
about 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Future consideration

Upgrade design file cleanup tool to work with building elements

in basic MS the design file cleanup tool is very useful at removing duplicate elements, this should be upgraded to work with Building elements such as walls, doors, windows(and all objects) and structural elements also.
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Select Similar

A Select Similar options needs to be added to the Right Click Popup option menu or the Tools Settings dialog. AutoCAD has had this feature for a long time and it would be very useful to be able to select a particular Element, such as a wall or a w...
about 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 3 Future consideration

Automated Element Numbering

Generate element ID numbers based on their floor number and space location. For examples, manually label a space "03" on the first floor, becomes "103". A door that is manually labeled "A", opening into room 104 becomes "104A"
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

Sort Saved Views (Orientation) in Attach Reference

When you attach a reference and open the Orientation, you can choose a Saved View within the file. The list shows the SVs in order of creation. It would be nice to be able to sort them (by View or Description).
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Use of Configuration explorer for OBD2023

For me It is easy to use Configuration Explorer to split the Delivered datasets WorkSpace an WorkSet. It will be very helpfull when support update the Configuration Explorer for OBD2023 because it is very clear. And when in Bentley learn the BIM30...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Future consideration

Creation of structural foundations in OBD

Currently it is not possible to create dedicated "Footing" / foundation elements in OBD. The workaround is to use Beams (for strip foundation) or Columns (for pad foundation). However it's not an ideal situation. Proconcrete of course does offer t...
about 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 2 Future consideration

GC - Itemtype Support

Special Node/Option for Full Itemtype support in Generative Components. Users can assign Itemtype library to already available nodes (eg. Line, Solid etc.) and user can fill the properties by either text or assign excel spreadsheet.
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Future consideration