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Item types expression

Item type is really a powerful tool to add metadata to an element. the main problem i see with item type is its not user friendly. user need to have good programming background. And Yes there are available syntax in the dialogbox but its not worki...
over 4 years ago in General 2 Future consideration

Show handles on multiple selected elements

Hi - can you add a switch to permanent show / select handles when select multiple elements by mouse rectangle ? For no i need to click "select handles" every time i select more than one element
11 months ago in General 0 Needs review

Cell Library dialog - include viewer for non-graphic info

Cells are no longer just symbolic annotation artifacts, but are also increasingly components that include a lot of non-graphic info. This means that the user will need to view the Cell's associated 'business' info before deciding whether to insert...
about 4 years ago in General 0 Future consideration

Display Styles -> Display Rules

Nowhere in the help pages relevant to Display Styles -> Display Rules does it provide a list of KeyIn Commands on how to implement them. Those commands are in a different section on View Control... Display Styles -> Display Sets There should...
6 months ago in Visualization 0 Needs review

Edit Cell in Place: Selecting Nested Cells or Elements

After selecting Edit Cell in Place option in the right-click context menu, Mstn should provide the user a menu of nested Cells to allow the user to select the nested Cell to edit. See DraftSight Edit Components menu. As the user scrolls over the l...
11 months ago in General 0 Needs review

Edit Cell in Place: Modify Insertion Point

Edit Cell in Place allows the user to edit the Cell contents in place. Bravo! Long time wish list item. What would be good is to also allow the user to modify (Redefine Basepoint in ACAD, Rhino-speak) the insertion point. The insertion point seems...
11 months ago in General 1 Needs review

Add / Remove Cell or Element(s) to Cell

As we do more and more BIM assembly:component modeling, it would be good to provide an easy means to add/remove Cells or Element(s) to Cells. See BricsCAD, DraftSight, Rhino tools.
11 months ago in General 0 Needs review

Measurement Tools: Alternate Unit Options

Unit flexibility within OpenRoads Designer would meaningfully improve productivity transitioning from design models to project documentation. Workflows currently require manual conversions or external calculation when extracting quantities for rep...
6 months ago in  1 Needs review

Replace / Update Cells: Option to use selected Cell

The Replace / Update Cell tool allows the user to select a Cell on screen to use as the new, replacement Cell. It accepts but stumbles when it can not find the Cell as named in the attached library. Replacement Cell vanishes. No error message. Thi...
11 months ago in General 0 Needs review

Ctrl-U: Ungrouping Orphan Cells - (re)generate Insertion Point

Ctfl-G is a very useful, quick way of grouping elements to create a Cell. This will often be followed by a Ctrl-H to ungroup and edit the elements contained in the Cell. It would be helpful to preserve the Insertion point when the Cell is ungroupe...
11 months ago in General 0 Needs review