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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...
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 3 Already exists

Finish consolidating tools

Throughout OBD, we have lots of tools that do similar things. For example, we have "Connect Elements", but also "Connect Beams/Pipes" and "Connect Roofs". This semi-duplication makes it harder to find commands and slower to find them because they ...
almost 5 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer 5 Future consideration

Add curve to Curtain wall

The current Curtain Wall tool in OBD10 doesn't allow you to create a Curtain wall that contains a curve or a complex shape. With the new style buildings that are being designed, there are very few buildings that do not have some sort of curved roo...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

Vertical Louvres

I have been working with Steve Cocchi to create a vertical Louvre. This new louvre will adjust the number of blades and allow you to to rotate them. It would be great to include these bespoke families & parts to the datasets for all to be able...
6 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Will not implement

Merge Dataset family & parts

Within the different datasets, there are family and parts that do not exist in other datasets ie within the US dataset there are handrails with a glass panels, but in the UK dataset this is missing. There are many many other items that I feel shou...
6 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Planned

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 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer 1 Future consideration

Place Slab - From Shape => Shape from reference file

Allow the option "From Shape" in Create Slab to accept input shape located in a referenced file. Now as a workaround I first have to copy these shapes from the refernce into active design file, then I can use the Create Slab From Shape
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

2D section export from Imodels

When cutting a section in an Imodel within the Design review environment it would be good if a user could export that 2D section as a DGN file?
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Digital Twins 3 Needs review

Add IFC_Entity 'IfcSpatialZone' under the map dialogue in IFC Export

Filing this idea on behalf of B+S AG | Stefan Schöni. During the IFC export (2x3 and 4.0) not all official IFC entities and subtypes appear for selection, e.g., IfcSpatialZone incl. all subtypes are missing. How to assign modelled clearance profil...
7 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Planned

Scale-sensitive hatch

Adjust crosshatch patterns and symbolic fill spacing to plotting scale in each view.
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Future consideration