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fundamental element properties within the Schedules

The DataGroup System does not provide a direct, user-configurable method to report on fundamental MicroStation element properties (e.g., raw XYZ coordinates from Range Low/High, or the element's source file name) within the Schedules tool for all ...
8 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 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
about 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Future consideration

New tool: Perimeter Fence Tool

a large Bentley account (Big Ticket Project) is asking for a new Feature/Tool in creating a parametric Perimeter Fence. this feature shall; it behaves and be placed like a Railing tool or a Curtain Wall Tool. it follows the profile: linear Type &a...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 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 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 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...
4 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 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...
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 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...
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 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)...
10 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Future consideration

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...
10 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 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.
10 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General Needs review