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Some files are not opening at all at first time!

When we open multiple files in a day, the temporary files get accumulated in the backend memory space. Restarting and clearing the temporary files is necessary action every time. Which is a OBD performance issue, Enhancement & improvement need...
3 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Will not implement

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...
3 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Slab modelling without using triangulation

Slab modelling without using triangulation
3 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Needs review

Dimensioning issues in sheet files; grids from the grid manager are not being considered

Dimensioning issues in sheet files; grids from the grid manager are not being considered
3 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Needs review

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

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...
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 4 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

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

Titlebox for printouts

I am former Hevacomp user. There I had option to add a title box to layout printout, so client was presented with project number, building name, scale etc. It looked professional and helped to avoid mistakes. Not sure why it is not available on En...
8 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Services 1 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...
8 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Services 4 Future consideration