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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...
about 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...
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Planned

tool to create and update drawing schedule

It will save some time, reduce risk of mistakes and it will take away boring work and make you happier in front of OBD.
4 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Needs review

Allow non-parametric cells to be placed as shared cells through the DG placement dialogs.

Users would like an option to place cells through the DataGroup enriched placement dialogs (as opposed to Compound Cell Manager or Cells dialog) as Shared Cells. Users have several detailed cells that are used many times in the same model. Without...
about 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 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 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Color code AccuDraw dialog

The AccuDraw compass is rotated to the element snapped to. Very often not to view xy. So the x and y fields in the AccuDraw dialog are not view xy. Very unintuitive. Like in the attached video. The AccuDraw compass has a red and green marking for ...
4 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer 1 Needs review

Concatenate 2 dg properties

I would like to concatinate 2 dg properties into 1 property. Ex. DoorID = SpaceNumber+DoorNumber.
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 3 Will not implement

Select Similar

A Select Similar options needs to be added to the Right Click Popup option menu or the Tools Settings dialog. AutoCAD has had this feature for a long time and it would be very useful to be able to select a particular Element, such as a wall or a w...
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 3 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).
over 1 year 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...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Future consideration