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Penetrations: User-defined Penetration Object

The Penetration Object geometry should be replaced by a Parametric Cell, which the user can modify to suit project needs, additional elements etc. Penetrations require a lot of additional construction elements like sleeves, boarding, supports / li...
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

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...
7 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 2 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...
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Option to Add Company Logo to Results

On Hevacomp, you were able to add your company logo to results such as Heat Loss and Heat Gain. It would be good if the same can be done for open buildings energy simulator results.
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Services 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 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Section callout

Section callout should be moved by the keyboard's arrows.
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 4 Future consideration

ProjectWise configuration settings - affecting the File opening in OBD

Navigating between folders, particularly from the drawing folder to the sheet folder in directories, is taking a significant amount of time. which is a perfomance issue in integrating the Porjectwise and OBD...
8 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Will not implement

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

Slab modelling without using triangulation

Slab modelling without using triangulation
8 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 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
8 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Needs review