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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...
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 3 Future consideration

The elements in the 2D representation should all be at the same Z height

English: The Z heights of the vertical elements (Objekt über Polygon) are incorrect. They are not at the Z-height of the 2D elements of the model graphic, but are always stored at the Z value of the height reference (3D height) of the object. The ...
5 months ago in OpenBuildings Speedikon 0 Needs review

DV using design history

It will be good if there is a way to use design history for DV drawing. At the end, we need to update/generate As-built drawings comparing with As-Design. Currently, we have to mark changes manually. Rather than this, it will be good to show versi...
5 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 4 Needs review

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"
about 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

Project Manager tool

A single dialog to manage project settings, files, configuration variables, workset, dataset, and other options for OBD projects
about 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

"element ID..." drawing filter command to display additional attributes

It should be possible to use the “element ID...” drawing filter command to display additional attributes, not only the object ID, but also the floor and construction phase number, in order to be able to uniquely identify objects. This is particula...
5 months ago in OpenBuildings Speedikon 0 Needs review

RFA in a Cell but not in the schedule

I must a lot of fire dampfer in a building and it is a RFA file of Solid Air. It is all the same room, So I create a cell to copy this in other rooms. But when I want to create a schedule, This is not listed in the schedule. It can also be done by...
5 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 2 Needs review

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...
11 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Services 1 Future consideration

IFC 4.3 Schema

IFC Export: IFC 4.3 Schema
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Planned

Concatenate 2 dg properties

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