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Being able to input a ceiling plenum after an exposed ceiling design change

Currently there is no way to change from an exposed ceiling design to now a ceiling plenum without starting again once created. Designs change so this should be an easy change also
4 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Needs review

OBD Selects references

I want to lock references to prevent them from being selected.
11 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 2 Needs review

New tool: Perimeter Fence Tool

a large Bentley account (Big Ticket Project) is asking for a new Feature/Tool in creating a parametric Perimeter Fence. this feature shall; it behaves and be placed like a Railing tool or a Curtain Wall Tool. it follows the profile: linear Type &a...
about 2 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 3 Future consideration

Need sloped slab from compound slab option

Team needs it and creating sloped slab now is a challenge.
6 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 3 Future consideration

Parametric Frame/Cell Builder

There is currently no effective means to generate and update Parametric / Compound Cells. Including the proxy view dependent geometry is key to reducing BV,DV generation times. Also needed to automate and coordinate detail drawing production. The ...
2 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Rhino inside

HI Bentley I was just looking at Revit/Rhino/Grasshopper and they are all linked via a tool called Rhino Inside. https://www.rhino3d.com/inside/revit/1.0/ When revit, rhino and grasshopper are linked, the tool sets are added to each of the 3 appli...
23 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Needs review

Allow batch mode without GUI

As per the manual (OpenBuildings Speedikon CONNECT Edition Update 4.2) , the export of IFC files can be batch processed by creating a job.lst file in PROJECT\des\bat\COMPUTERNAME\ife\job.ptk and then running speedm.exe "-mod" "design" "-prj" "proj...
5 months ago in OpenBuildings Speedikon 1 Needs review

Add ability to cut a curtain wall with a shape

Hi Support. I have been trying to offset the top front face of a mullion of the top row of a CW and set it back by 20mm. Sadly this is not possible, the profile tool will not allow it. I then thought maybe I can use the cut tool and achieve the sa...
about 1 month ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 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 month ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Needs review

Railing with baseboard

The problem is that it is not possible to use a flat iron profile from the standard catalog because this profile is always placed horizontally instead of vertically on the railing. I have not found a way to place the profile rotated by 90 degrees....
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 1 Needs review