Simplest way to resolve the Compound Slab issue for a newly created WorkSpace

Problem Description

When you are trying to place Compound Slab in your newly created custom WorkSpace the placement panel of Compound Slab shows empty as shown in the below screengrab. How to fix this problem?

Solution

Please refer to the below mentioned steps to quickly resolve this issue.

1. At first, when you are trying to place a Compound Slab in your custom workspace the placement dialog shows empty.
   
   
2. Then simply go to this location: “C:\ProgramData\Bentley\OpenBuildings CONNECT Edition\Configuration\Datasets\Dataset_NM\DataGroupCatalogs” and copy the “CompoundSlab.xml” file and paste it in your customized dataset location under Dataset >> DataGroupCatalogs (in this case Dataset_NM was used) and restart OpenBuildings Designer.

3. After that when you restart OBD you can see that the Compound Slab placement dialog box isn’t empty and is working fine.