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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...
5 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Will not implement

Slab modelling without using triangulation

Slab modelling without using triangulation
5 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
5 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Needs review

Creation of structural foundations in OBD

Currently it is not possible to create dedicated "Footing" / foundation elements in OBD. The workaround is to use Beams (for strip foundation) or Columns (for pad foundation). However it's not an ideal situation. Proconcrete of course does offer t...
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 2 Future consideration

Profile tool - Perforator Option

OBD's Profile tool is quite powerful. A lot of building elements are linear and can be modeled this way. Mstn's new Perforator tool is also powerful as it complements solid modeling by providing the 'negative' of solids ie voids. Together, both fu...
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Future consideration

Filled spaces are not displayed with display rules

A behavior that should be corrected. By indicating filled spaces in dynamic view, the spaces are not shown filled. If we indicate display rules for these spaces in dynamic views, the spaces are shown as indicated by the display rules but are no...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Needs review

IFC entity mapping for subcomponents of Curtain Wall

The subcomponents Panels and Mullions of Curtain Wall now mapped to IfcBuildingElementProxy in IfcEntity when exported to IFC4 in OpenBuildings. Tried to modify the mapping options in the IFC Export dialog or edit the IFC_PartMapping_ifc4.set to a...
12 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 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 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 1 Future consideration

Make OBD Content Discoverable: Create a search tool for Catalogs and Catalog Items

The Ribbon Search tool is a life-saver for new users (and old ones who forget where tools are). It makes it very easy to find a tool in the interface, however, if you do not know what tool is hiding the content you want to place, then you are out ...
over 5 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer 1 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).
about 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration