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Text alignment isn't working when we use the leader feature in OBD software.

For Example, for notes, adjusting the left and right alignment is not straightforward. While these settings can be changed globally, they cannot be modified for individual notes. However, this adjustment is possible for text elements. Therefore, w...
7 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

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.
7 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Needs review

Allow batch mode without GUI

As per the manual (OpenBuildings Speedikon CONNECT Edition Update 4.2) , the export of IFC files can be batch processed by creating a job.lst file in PROJECT\des\bat\COMPUTERNAME\ife\job.ptk and then running speedm.exe "-mod" "design" "-prj" "proj...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Speedikon 2 Future consideration

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
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

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

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
4 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Future consideration

Annotation Tools Refresh

Some of OBD's Annotation tools date back to the 90s and need to be updated. A lot of OBD's functionality is also based on new Mstn tech like DV callouts (Place Section Callout, Place Detail Callout, Place Elevation Callout, Place Plan Callout, Pla...
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Planned

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...
12 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 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.
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Ceiling

There is no ceiling option to model in OBD. Need to use slab to model for ceiling. A separate catalog is needed for ceiling due to different Pset & SGPset use.
4 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Planned