Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: DataGroup System Subarea: Catalog Editor Problem Description: We often have custom parametric cells that we want to place as catalog items…

Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: DataGroup System Subarea: Modify Properties Problem I need to edit the properties of a wall assembly's layers, whether from the Schedules…

Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: DataGroup System Subarea: Parametric Cells Problem I need to place a custom cube-shaped parametric cell as a Catalog item to input the…

Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: DataGroup System Subarea: Parametric Cells Problem It's unclear how DataGroup enabled parametric cells that have already been placed in…

Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: DataGroup System Subarea: Catalog Editor Problem Description We often see that when creating custom catalogs some will use the primary…

Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): Connect Edition Area: DataGroup System Problem How can I remove unwanted catalogs that have been created after importing RFA files? Solution The RFA import wizard…

Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: Annotation Subarea: DataGroup Annotation Problem description How to set accuracy for Label Coordinate Solution Below is the workflow…

Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: DataGroup System Subarea: Catalog Items From Update 4 onwards we added and enhanced the hyperlink capability of Catalog properties to…

Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: Architectural Design Subarea: Compound Slabs Problem I have a few custom Cast In Place (CIP) slab types that I've created in previous…

Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: Installation Subarea: dataset upgrade Problem After upgrading to OpenBuildings Designer Update 9 I see an “empty” dialog box for Structural…

Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: DataGroup System Subarea: DataGroup Validator Problem For some reason we are getting these DataGroup validation errors when opening any…

Product(s): AECOsim Building Designer Version(s): 08.11.09.866 Environment: DataGroup System Area: DataGroup Explorer Subarea: N/A Problem We have tried to link LibreOffice Basic to the DataGroup…

Product(s): Aecosim Building Designer V8i Version(s): 08.11.09.747 Environment: N/A Area: DataGroup System Subarea: N/A Problem Are there any keyins for the DataGroup System tools? Solution…

Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: General Subarea: Performance Problem When I've docked the Properties dialog it may not display after I open a DGN file in OpenBuildings…

Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer (and AECOsim Building Designer) Version(s): CONNECT Edition and V8i Environment: N/A Area: Datagroup System Subarea: Instance Data Overview TFREMOVE is a…

Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: Dataset and Content Problem Description A wiremesh fence is something that we can create many ways. Here we will try to understand one of the…

Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: Catalog Problem Description A specific size and type of compound wall is needed and there isn't one in the program that meets the company standards…

Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Environment: N/A Area: DataGroup System Subarea: Schedules Problem After clicking on the "New Schedule" icon from the Schedules…

Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: DataGroup System Pages within this section cover various tools and aspects of the DataGroup System, such as Catalog Types, Properties, Schedules…

Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Environment: N/A Area: Datasets Subarea: N/A OpenBuildings Designer is delivered with one or more regional datasets, selected during…

Product(s): AECOsim Building Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Environment: N/A Area: Dataset and Content Subarea: Family/Part Problem The "Mark" property, when placing structural members…

Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer (and AECOsim Building Designer) Version(s): CONNECT Edition and V8i Environment: N/A Area: DataGroup System Subarea: DataGroup Catalog Editor Problem Description…

Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer (and AECOsim Building Designer) Version(s): CONNECT Edition and V8i Environment: N/A Area: DataGroup System Subarea: DataGroup Catalog Tools Problem Description…

Product(s): AECOsim Building Designer Version(s): 08.11.09.866 and above Environment: N\A Area: Plumbing Design Subarea: N\A Problem How to add pipe thickness information in pipes? Solution…

Product(s): AECOsim Building Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Environment: N\A Area: Structural Design Subarea: N\A Column - User-Defined and Beam - User-Defined To have your…