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Add Instance Data - Mapping tool

Could the Add Instance Data tool be enhanced to provide some means of linking the object's Properties to the DGS information, please? Link to previous discussion back 2015. There seems to quite a lot of progress with Expressions which can extract ...
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Future consideration

Automated reductions in reported floor area

Rule system to reduce area/volume of rooms based on sloped elements above, such as roofs and stairs, niches and floor-to-ceiling windows, and columns, in space reports
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Future consideration

Sort Saved Views (Orientation) in Attach Reference

When you attach a reference and open the Orientation, you can choose a Saved View within the file. The list shows the SVs in order of creation. It would be nice to be able to sort them (by View or Description).
10 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Use of Configuration explorer for OBD2023

For me It is easy to use Configuration Explorer to split the Delivered datasets WorkSpace an WorkSet. It will be very helpfull when support update the Configuration Explorer for OBD2023 because it is very clear. And when in Bentley learn the BIM30...
10 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 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

Improve DWG Export

Currently when exporting drawing models to DWG it appears as if the OBD-specific geometry is completely ignored. What I mean is that the entire represantation based on F/P assignment is not respected in the DWG file. I would expect the DWG file to...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 3 Needs review

Make Displayset different sets for different views

In dense models it is easier to identify one/a few elements and see their relations to other elements. Like viewset.mdl did in ABD
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 11 Future consideration

Place PS Member Mirrored

Very handy option we had with OBD members was to place a member mirrored. Great for modelling channel sections.
about 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 2 Planned

Create space by flood on Referenced geometry

Currently the "Create space - Flood Area" only works on geometry in the active model. I'd be nice to also be able to use it with referenced geometry. See also Idea 138 - Create wall from space in Referenced File. Making this possible would probabl...
about 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 5 Already exists

Improvement in Family/Parts Editor and Catalog Editor

Hi, It will be appreciate to have a better respect of the general Windows convention in these two dialog boxes. 1) They are similar but they are working differently 2) When an entity is editable in the tree or in the listview (right side), F...
about 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Future consideration