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Filled Visible Edges in "Cached" view

The fact that element fill in display style "Filled Visible Edges" only works when Visible Edge setting is set to "Dynamic" is really annoying! For example making Elevation drawings wanting to use a simple fill on steel SW panels or window/door fr...
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 3 Future consideration

Dataset.cfg variable MS_DGNLIBLIST_LINESTYLES need to be set to '<'

OBD 2023 using the ISO19650 dataset, the Dataset.cfg has the variable MS_DGNLIBLIST_LINESTYLES = $(TFDIR)Dgnlib\Linestyles,dgnlib With it set the equals, it will not read any similar MS_DGNLIBLIST_LINESTYLES variables that has been set to either a...
10 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Planned

Use of the Exchange Reference Command

When we have file A active and B and C referenced, selecting B and using Exchange is simply equivalent to opening file B. The ideal function would be to open file B with A and C referenced.
10 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Needs review

Set default placement based on PS shape.

When placing certain member types, not need to remember the offset rotation and position. It would be good to be able to set these.
10 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 1 Already exists

Place Wall by Space / Shape - Segment option

It would be good to include this option. Its very rare that all sides of the space or room will have the same wall type. The user ends up having to delete or mod most of the walls or even worse not using the tool at all. With this option, the OBD ...
5 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

Map Itemtype Properties to DG Definitions

Itemtype can read lot of properties of an element using expressions however DG System can only read certain properties. It would be great to have a link between Itemtype or EC Schema properties and DG Prporties so user can map some of the properti...
over 2 years 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...
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 1 Future consideration

Allow the defintion of Inclined Floor Planes

Many users (CrossRail, TFL) working on stations would like to be able to define a "floor" that is inclined for use cases such as tunnels and ramps between platforms etc.
about 5 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 3 Planned

Generative Components: Support MS Python

It would be great to be able to support interaction with MS Python scripts. GC locks any Mstn geometry that it manipulates. This severely limits its use compared with other visual programming aids like Dynamo, PyRevit. MS Python seems a lot less c...
6 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Migrate data from one dataset to another

I would like to have some sort of (visual) tool that can show what data is stored in dataset A and convert bits of it to Dataset B. I do not want the entire dataset just bits of it i.e we could spend hours creating a series of doors, gates etc., w...
6 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration