• Rendering wall

    hi. I don't know what to do anymore. I am doing visualization in OBD. She wants a white color for the wall. I made a fabric that is white. But there is always something that makes the wall gray - as attached. I turned off the environment, reflections…
  • Creating a STF Quantity report

    I'm having trouble creating a STF Quantity report (Structural Quantity Spreadsheet). It opens the spreadsheet ok. But when I begin the structural report, it tries to load something but produces nothing. I have noticed at the bottom of spreadsheet that…
  • How to get Multi-Category Schedules to show all Catalog Types on the same table?

    When I create a Multi-Category Schedule, and select it, it displays the column headers, but instead of displaying items, it says "There are no items to display". To see the items in the table, I have to drill down into the specific Catalog Type that…
  • OpenBuildings Electrical Symbol Manager is not editable to add new item

    Why "NEW' function is greyed out? My Dataset (metadata and symb folders) is stored in local drive with full modify/write/read access. I have no problem to register design file to link to this dataset and to use symbol manager to place items. Could this…
  • How to add/modify a project in Floor Manager

    After opening the floor manager in Open Building (step 1), how to step 2: add a new project? step 3 & 4: modify the current project to add more project details
  • How to create Curve Line with Gradient (slope) for extrusion

    I need to model a complex profile with gradient. From the top view, the alignment line have various curves and its not straight. From the side view, the alignment line is straight and sloping downwards at 2% gradient. The percentage doesn't matter the…
  • Did anyone know why the CE version Open Building is slower than the AECOsim V8i version when export cut section to CAD file?

    Hi OpenBuilding Forum, I am curious about why the Open Building Update7 version when export CAD file is slower than V8i version in AECOsim? Did anyone know the reason, and how to adjust the software setting can make it faster? I had run the export…
  • The problem of floor master (BB_FLOORMASTER)

    Hi Open Building Forum I met a situation on the floor manager can't save my edition. Keeping change like the picture below. The Message center shows up the Error the floor master( BB_FloorMaster ) then I check the dgnlib in the dataset,…
  • SIG Virtual Workshop: OpenBuildings Designer –Migrating from V8i to CONNECT Edition

    Title: SIG Virtual Workshop: OpenBuildings Designer – Migrating from V8i to CONNECT Edition Date/Time: August 18, 2020 11:00 A.M. EDT Co - Presenters: Mary Chib, Senior Content Engineer, Bentley Systems, Inc. and Paul Wagner, Senior Content Engineer,…
  • Change Curtail Wall Height

    Hello good OpenBuildings community, I have a question for you, I'm having a hard time figuring out how to modify the height of a curtain wall that has already been created in OpenBuildings. Does anyone knows how to do this? Regards …
  • Why the measure volume result is different between V8i version and CE version

    Hi Dear all, I would like to ask the measurement question that I discover in these two versions. (AECOsim V8i SS6 and OpenBuildings CE 10050049en ) This situation is happened on my manager doing double-check the model volume. I was used AECOsim…
  • OBD / AECOSIM Energy Simulator

    :i completely unable to see my model i Exported from OBD to Energy Simulator and SMART materials present in folder (C drive) but absent in Energy Sim Software (unable to change to SMART material)