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Resolve slab encounter with stair

Staircase encounters with the slab are not considered in OBD. It would be interesting to be able to adjust them directly in the stair settings so that they are similar to reality when they are built.See image
3 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

Parametric Cell does not display drawing symbols correctly

When placing a parametric cell, the preview of the top view symbols is displayed correctly if they are activated in the Building settings. If they are not activated in the Building settings but Named Presentation is activated, the top view and the...
3 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

Improve parametric cells for doors and windows

The behavior of parametric cells must be improved in order to replace PCS and BXC to create doors and windows.When modifying a parametric door, strange behavior is observed. If the width is enlarged with the handle, the door is not modified in the...
3 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 2 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"
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 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...
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 2 Future consideration

Profile tool - Perforator Option

OBD's Profile tool is quite powerful. A lot of building elements are linear and can be modeled this way. Mstn's new Perforator tool is also powerful as it complements solid modeling by providing the 'negative' of solids ie voids. Together, both fu...
about 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Future consideration

Filled Visible Edges in "Cached" view

The fact that element fill in display style "Filled Visible Edges" only works when Visible Edge setting is set to "Dynamic" is really annoying! For example making Elevation drawings wanting to use a simple fill on steel SW panels or window/door fr...
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 3 Future consideration

Apply Part and Family to elements in group "orphan cell"

When you group elements it creates an orphan cell so when you apply Part and Family it only applies to the Cell Header not all the elements in the Group "orphan cell". Need to have a "Change Whole Elements" like there is in the Change tool. And on...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 1 Future consideration

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)
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Future consideration

Project Manager tool

A single dialog to manage project settings, files, configuration variables, workset, dataset, and other options for OBD projects
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Future consideration