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Multi-catalog search in Placement Panel

Add new search option in Catalog Item Selector that lets you search for any catalog item in your loaded libraries, regardless of element type selected at the top of the dialog. A single search for "wood" might return doors, walls, and a couple tab...
almost 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer 0 Future consideration

Fill Option Control

Provide 3 options to all cut elements in a view: No fill, solid fill (black or gray), or original fill, instead of the current system which only shows the cut fills defined in the Part/Family system
almost 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Future consideration

Constrain elements to reference planes

Add constraint to elements (such as walls) to have their height or placement location to be defined relative to floor above, floor below, or other plane defined in Floor Manager. This would cause elements to change their element height and/or moun...
almost 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Future consideration

Space Volume property

The ability to automatically calculate space volume property which can be reflected in schedules.
almost 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

Multi-layer Annotation

Ability to place annotations that lists all layers in the correct order with properties (width, materials, etc.).
almost 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Future consideration

Overall simplification of the steps required to link a database to a datagroup catalog such as piping systems

The process to create a link between an Access database and some datagroup info is painfull at least. Manually editing xml files, making sure everything matches between properties, database columns names, units, making sure we are not using some t...
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Services 2 Future consideration

Link access databases to datagroup other than mechanical

It would work the same way it already does for mechanical datagroup instances. To have the ability to link an Access database to datagroups from other specialties. It would be helpful if you have codes for specs or BOQs, organized in a database. O...
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 4 Future consideration

A new command for "Springpipe" (Stub that must have a negative value)

There is a new mechanical process to make a stub in a pipe for a sprinklerhead. They melt a hole in the pipe with a mechanical object and make a thread in the hole with the dimensions of the sprinklerhead. And the sprinklerhead can be screwed in t...
about 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 4 Future consideration

Calculated parameters for OBD elements

In today's BIM world the "I" of information becomes more and more important. This information is driven mostly by the properties attached to an element, more than by it's geometry. OBD already has a lot of built-in properties, also when it comes t...
about 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Future consideration

ProStructures Object View Center in OBD

It would be good to integrate OVC into OBD. Very few will be able to justify paying for the PS license just to get OVC inspite of its benefits. Link to previous discussion. OVC would also be very useful enabling tool for updating OBD's Place Objec...
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Future consideration