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Add height of opening to width dimensions

When dimensioning the width of a door or window, show the height of the opening below the dimension line (in accordance with DIN standard)
over 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 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 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Future consideration

Model Audit tool

We have a series of very large infrastructure projects ie Rail station, airport , football stadium etc. typically these project contain several hundred DGN files and many more 2d files. In terms of 3d DGN files, one thing we are lacking is an AUDI...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Future consideration

Control structural drawing rule annotation angle

The following workflow results in upside-down text: - We have a 3D source model whose geometry displays non-orthogonal based on true real-world coordinates, which we attach to a container model as a reference.- We then rotate that reference attach...
5 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 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)...
11 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 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 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 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 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural Future consideration

Project Manager tool

A single dialog to manage project settings, files, configuration variables, workset, dataset, and other options for OBD projects
over 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 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 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General Future consideration

Add ability to cut a curtain wall with a shape

Hi Support. I have been trying to offset the top front face of a mullion of the top row of a CW and set it back by 20mm. Sadly this is not possible, the profile tool will not allow it. I then thought maybe I can use the cut tool and achieve the sa...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Future consideration