Some of our users have reported issues when placing Functional Components (FC) with OBM CONNECT Edition Update 8.1 (May 2020 Release). The issue is in the preview window during selection of parametric cells for both the place custom abutment and place custom pier. The first issue is that the preview window does not generate an accurate view of the FC selected, and the second issue is that the selected functional component/cell does not get selected for placement in the file. We are able to duplicate the issue with only a few functional components.
If you run into the above problem, please contact our technical support team, and they can provide an updated dll file which fixes the selection for placement problem. This file simply needs to be copied over (with admin privileges) to the install folder (typically C:\Program Files\Bentley\OpenBridge Modeler CONNECT Edition\OpenBridgeModeler\OBMAssemblies)