• library components

    917722CM010 MEENAA BHARATHI
    917722CM010 MEENAA BHARATHI
    Is there any way to design prefabricated structures using the library components in Open Building Designer software?
    • 1 month ago
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  • Problems with exporting to IFC

    Maria Popławska
    Maria Popławska
    Hi, I have a few problems with exporting to IFC. 1. After export to IFC there are additional elements that were not in the .dgn file 2. When inserting base plates, I used the mirror. All elements inserted using the mirror function were exported to IFC…
    • 2 months ago
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  • BIM Workflow - Infrastructure

    Jaimin Patel
    Jaimin Patel
    Hi All, I am looking for the best practice/workflow for achieving a BIM reach model. The ultimate goal is that every 3D element should have instance data attached. I will be using custom definitions and I can create catalogue types and items as per…
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    • over 1 year ago
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  • Custom Catalogue Items and Definitions

    Jaimin Patel
    Jaimin Patel
    I am creating some Custom Catalogue Items and adding custom definitions to the catalogue items. The steps I followed are as below. 1. Create New Definition File in Definition Editor. 2. Create Custom Properties under the new Definition File. 3…
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    • over 1 year ago
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  • Why is AECOsim Building Designer crashing?

    Vipul Jain
    Vipul Jain
    I work with Inox steel India , why is AECOsim Building Designer crashing on my PC?
    • over 1 year ago
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  • OBD - Array with Rotation applied

    Ting Wei Wong
    Ting Wei Wong
    Hi all, I'm doing the trackwork by using the Open Building Designer. Does anyone know how to array the element (or cell) with certain degree of rotation vertically? I array the sleeper along the alignment line, however from the straight to curve…
    • over 1 year ago
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  • OpenBuildings Designer Live Session #4 - Freedom For Design Anything - Registration now available

    Nanette Dorando
    Nanette Dorando
    Save the date - on September 29th my dear colleague Meenakshi Sharma will host the next #OpenBuildings Designer Live Session #4 - Freedom For #Design Anything. Let her and Katarzyna Włosowicz get you on a fast track to unleash the potential of #BIM in…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • Importing Electrical Conduit from Revit to OpenBuildings

    Joe Waters
    Joe Waters
    Hello, I am working on a project utilising OpenBuildings (Update 6). The electrical engineer on the project has modelled conduit using Revit and I am attempting to utilise this to produce electrical layout drawings. I downloaded the Bentley plugin…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • IFC entities are case senstive or not ?

    Tandeep Singh
    Tandeep Singh
    Can anybody help in knowing that IFC entites are Case Senstive or Case insenstive. like Can we write IFCPERSON as IfcPerson (camel case) and ifcperson (small) in an .ifc file
    • over 4 years ago
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  • Creating Parametric BIM Objects

    Rafael Bombardiere Carvajal
    Rafael Bombardiere Carvajal
    Hello Good ABD Community, So here I'm with a question that I wanted to know for years the answer, How on earth do you make your own parametric BIM components to load on a Dataset? Do you make them like compounds cells? Are you doomed to use Parametric…
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    • over 4 years ago
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  • AECOsim element information missing when the model is uploaded to Projectwise.

    Shehan Warakagoda
    Shehan Warakagoda
    I have modelled some elements and attached custom Element Information using the Datagroup Definition Editor and DataGroup Catalogue Editor. Once I was satisfied with the model, the .dgn file was uploaded to Projectwise. I opened the model from Projectwise…
    • over 5 years ago
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  • Can't Import Revit Families

    Rafael Bombardiere Carvajal
    Rafael Bombardiere Carvajal
    Hello Good AECOsim Community, I'm having an issue with the importing of RFA Files. The thing is that I want to import some very good looking and fine RFA to our beloved AECOsim Building Designer CONNECT Edition (version 10.01.00.36) ....but I can…
    • over 5 years ago
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  • Calculating basic quantities user defined cells

    tom Denby
    tom Denby
    Good morning, when you create a user defined cell is it possible to map a datagroup e.g. Volume attribute, to the quantification data stored in the building information quantification tab of the original modeled element. Tom.
    • over 6 years ago
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  • Smart solids and tagging

    Craig Baas
    Craig Baas
    Hi Guys I am based in Australia and work in a civil structural group for a large multi disciplinary consultant. We use AECOsim for modelling of Bridges, Tunnels, Retaining Walls, Maritime structures etc etc and have had great success to date. With…
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    • over 7 years ago
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  • Uniclass 2015 based dataset for ABD

    Brenden Roche
    Brenden Roche
    We, Bentley, have been working on compiling an ABD dataset compatible with Uniclass 2015 for some time. The recent changes to the tables has provided an opportunity to carry out a sanity check and ask you users of ABD etc. for your opinion about this…
    • over 7 years ago
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  • Level management in the context of UK BIM (ABD SS5)

    Thomas Hartley
    Thomas Hartley
    Hi, A lot of companies have their own level / layer naming conventions for 2D draughting, and there is a temptation for them to mandate that ABD should be configured to follow those standards. My gut reaction is that there are probably a number of reasons…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • DATAGROUPS - user experience and building your own DG

    StefanC
    StefanC
    WHO WE ARE: We are a Belgian architectural office, using AECOsim to do some 3D modeling. In Belgium, we don’t have a CAD standard, and it seems we won’t have one anytime soon. WHAT WE HAVE DONE SO FAR: To build our own standard (so at least we have…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • Upcoming AECOsim Virtual Classes, April 27-May 1 and May 4-8, 2015

    Gina Mazzulla
    Gina Mazzulla
    Architectural Modeling - Walls, Curtainwalls and Roofs AECOsim Virtual Classroom, United States Apr. 27, 2015 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM EDT Dan Tanner Architectural Modeling - Stairs, Elevators and Toilet Rooms AECOsim Virtual Classroom, United States Apr…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • RE: What is the role of a 'BIM Manager'?

    Neil Norberg
    Neil Norberg
    I see two kinds of BIM Managers. The owner-operator BIM Manager defining process and requirements and consultant firm BIM Managers that insure their product meets those needs. From the owner-operator perspective, BIM requirements can have a big effect…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • Register for ABD SIG: Intro to AECOsim Building Designer!

    Lauren_R
    Lauren_R
    Register for ABD SIG: Intro to AECOsim Building Designer! Online Event : ABD SIG: Intro to AECOsim Building Designer Live Q&A Webinar : Tuesday, September 30 th at 8:00 AM PDT or 4:00 PM PDT Cost : None! Must register to receive video links and…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • Conference Session Assistance - Kansas City

    Shawn Foster
    Shawn Foster
    Hello fellow Building professionals! Here is my yearly call for action to you...August 5th and 6th are the dates for the Mid America CADD Community annual conference. For those not familiar, MACC is held in the Kansas City area. We are a local community…
    • over 9 years ago
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  • Re: Problems running the latest Mechanical V8XM and V8i with Microsoft 7 PRO

    mmates
    mmates
    Anthony, I can't tell you what's wrong, but I can confirm that the BBMS SS1 V8i (08.11.07.55) works fine on my Windows 7 Enterprise workstation. Although I am a network admin, I am typically logged in as a domain user and it works fine. I do have UAC…
    • over 12 years ago
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  • ECQuery Files creation help

    Adolfo Ribeiro
    Adolfo Ribeiro
    Hi, I'd like some help to make the ECQuery Files for my i-models created with AECOSim. Regards, Adolfo
    • over 10 years ago
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  • Re: Class on building a Part - wall - wall assembly and DGWALL

    mark.wilhelmsen
    mark.wilhelmsen
    Eric, There is a class that covers creation of Single/Compound walls and the parts that make them up. Take a look at the AECOsim Building Designer - Advanced User Customization class on the Learn Server. This is an on demand class with a video walking…
    • over 10 years ago
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  • AECOsim Building Designer - Scheduled Training

    Mary Chib
    Mary Chib
    The AECOsim Building Designer LEARN services team, Dan Tanner, Paul Wagner and Mary Chib, would like to announce the September schedule for online distance learning classes. The online distance learning classes are offered in convenient modules to…
    • over 10 years ago
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