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Add Structural Types to structural framing lookups

Hi The StructuralFramingCommon_enumlookups.xml is found in the C:\Program Files\Bentley\OpenBuildings 20XX\OpenBuildingsDesigner\DataGroupSystem\ This means that the Structural types are not able to be edited. need to move all the files in the C:\...
13 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Needs review
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associative placement checkbox on a Grid

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It would significantly speed up the work, if the elements could be placed on the axis Grid associatively. For example, when placing columns or walls on the grid lines, it would be useful to have a checkbox in the placement options that can enable ...
2 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Future consideration

Definition editor string property limited to 255

When a property is defined as string in definition editor despite there are fields where you can declare the maximum and minimun length, the program trunks the string at 255 characters instead the number you define as maximum length
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 3 Future consideration

Allow special characters in attribute names

We would like to specify the units with a suffix in the attributes, e.g. "Schichtstaerke_[mm]". Unfortunately, square brackets and other special characters are not allowed. We ask you to program this so that special characters are also allowed. Wi...
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

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...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Color 255

Nowadays there are lot of BIM technique with different CAD software. If I read an IFC in OBD other CAD software use color 255 in the Part and family. So when I want to plot or create a pdf file, this color doesn't show up on paper or pdf. Because ...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Needs review

Program Manager Notification

If we delete files from the Design folder (our workset) and these files were used in Program Manager for Design Options, we should have notification when we start OBD that there are no these files and existing Design Option was changed.
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

Enable Program Area of a space to constrain its size

Enable Program Area of a space to constrain its size (rubber-banding capability) so user can adjust a side and have the shape respond. 2D constraints in MicroStation can do this, see video (the video is real-time; scrub through to get the picture ...
over 5 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 3 Future consideration

Add cached files and live nesting function

For example, if we have 5(five) volume files referenced into a masterfile and this masterfile is referenced to a mastermodel where you take sections for 2D drawings. The 2D drawing is cached. When opening this file with live nesting set to 2, the ...
about 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Needs review

Enable parts to be placed completely on active layer

Currently when doors, windows, walls, etc. are placed when a level is set as active, the various components of the part land on different levels. The part placement actually creates levels that have been programmed into the part and cannot be chan...
about 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 2 Needs review