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Changing system property order

For customized properties, I can define display order, but can not define with system properties. Also it is difficult to redefine property set order. it will be good to have controls on them.
5 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Future consideration

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

IFC 4.3 Schema

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

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

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...
12 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Services 1 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 ...
6 months ago in OpenBuildings Speedikon 0 Needs review

DV using design history

It would be helpful if there were 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 would be better to s...
6 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 4 Needs review

Spaces are not in alphabetical order

Spaces appear in the project tree in order of tracing and not in alphabetical order. The trouble is it cannot be changed and it is being replicated in all the results and reports. Numbers are often a part of room names, so I often end up with room...
12 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Services 4 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...
6 months ago in OpenBuildings Speedikon 0 Needs review

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