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Staircase - Label Co-ordinates

Label Co-ordinates not working on the staircase Hence raising an enhancement request to address this missing detail in OBD
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Future consideration

Angular Grids

Angular Grids do not display in the sections. Currently, grids that are angled and not perpendicular to the slice do not show up in Sections or Elevations. This results in missing angular grids on the drawing sheets. Additionally, when elevations ...
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Future consideration

Visibility States Range

Hi Bentley When OBD2026 is released we would love the option to use Visibility States to control the graphical outputs of BIM objects such as a wall We can set up a VS called Low Medium High within each we define how the wall will look in each sta...
4 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Future consideration

Dataset cleanup tools

I have received a series of XML files and when I open OBD, I need to be able to clean up any duplicates, missing data, etc. ATM this is a painful exercise. Can we have a nice dialog that allows us to review the Dataset validation reports and actua...
4 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Future consideration

Catalog Editor filter/search

Can we add an option within the catalog editor dialog to search for a part or instance. ATM if you are not 100% sure where the part or instance is defined it takes forever to locate it. Having a search option will make this process so much easier....
5 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Future consideration

Need sloped slab from compound slab option

Team needs it and creating sloped slab now is a challenge.
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Future consideration

Allow Geometry to be constrained by Floor

A heavily requested feature is to allow objects to be constrained by floor plane. If the floor level adjusts the geometry adjusts. Reference planes with object associations (Speedikon GAP analysis)
over 6 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural / Buildings Systems / Structural Future consideration

Trim/Extend Multiple Walls

The Connect Walls command only works on 1 wall at a time. If the users need to extend multiple walls to touch another wall, the user must click the same wall multiple times. We should strive to match the workflow available in the Trim to Element C...
over 6 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Future consideration

Model Audit tool

We have a series of very large infrastructure projects ie Rail station, airport , football stadium etc. typically these project contain several hundred DGN files and many more 2d files. In terms of 3d DGN files, one thing we are lacking is an AUDI...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Future consideration

Railing Prostructures section placement point

When you are choosing the Prostructures members in any of the areas the member is always Place top Center. Need to be appy to choose the placement point E.G. Centre - Center
about 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Future consideration