• Parametric Frame Builder Video Tutorial

    AECOsim Building Designer V8i (SS6) Version 08.11.09.563 Projectwise Explorer V8i (SS4) Version 08.11.11.115 Hi There does anyone know if there are video tutorials for illustrating the parametric frame builder. if so, I would appreciate…
  • Help Please! Parametric Frame Builder Dimension Issue

    I'm currently building doors and windows in PFB for a new project, and have managed to do this sucessfully but have encountered what appears to be a major flaw in the software. I'm able to specify height and width dimensions but once I've placed a door…
  • frame builder

    Hi, I am trying to create a plain panel door. Based solely on my attached snapshot, would anyone be able to tell me what I am missing from my configuration? The door on the left is a door created from a standard microstation compound cell…
  • Parametric Frame Builder

    The DataGroup system only allows PAZ and BXF for some object types eg Doors, Windows, Curtain Walls To refresh myself on Parametric Frame Builder I used the three online videos by Lawrence Eaton: in the first video there is emphasis on the origin of BXF…
  • Re: frame builder

    Hmm... can't say I've ever seen that before! Unfortunately I don't know PFB well enough to guess what might be wrong.
  • Parametic Frame Builder - problem with some saved settings (xml-file)

    I have some problems with the Parametric Frame Builder, more specific with saving settings to the xml-file to make it available for all users by simply loading the settings file: PROBLEM 1: SET SYMBOLOGY: PFB doesn’t use the preset settings in the…
  • Why does a slab shows not a hatch/pattern in section

    Hi Folks, Q: why does a slab shows not a hatch/pattern in section? (pic see attached) Info: one way a found is to change a slab over “building element” to a family: wall component / concrete. So I got a hatch/pattern Thanks Konrad
  • Re: The Wall ?

    rklaschka: In lew of this I really like the idea that we could place Compound Cells as dg doors and windows with dg data attached. If we attached a bxc to a dg definition the parametric bits could just be disabled. 1) Create…
  • Bentleys Content Options

    Anyone, We have a client requesting Bentley BIM, eventually AECOSim and I’m trying to get a handle on the different Bentleys content options. what works with the dataset catalogs and what doesn’t, what is parametric and what isn’t. From what I can…
  • Framebuilder

    Hi, using aecosim building designer ss3. I know i should use PCS to cerate windows and doors but I find it to complicated for standard frames. when creating the doors and windows using framebuilder the rendering properties of the part and even…
  • PFB Doors/windows in DEM

    Here's another quirck with PFB in V8i; I have a number of legacy PFB doors & windows matched to manufacturer product codes, that now do not display completely DEM Elevation extractions. Only the frame appears, so it is not the Cut Plan toggle,…