This is just an introductory video on how to start using OpenBuildings designer.

1. Create a workset

2. Name it <your name>_architectural and Select Training Template_NM

3. Create a file named A_Lobby

4. File -> Save

1. Locate yourself on the Ground floor and adjust the zoom

2. Go to the Architectural tab and select wall

3. Choose “Default exterior wall”

4. Set Width as 150 mm

5. Set Height as 4500 mm

6. Select the placement

7. Select Place by Line

8. Select justified to the right

9. Set the Side Offset to 200 mm

10. Select close wall

11. Draw the walls by clicking on A1, A4, F4, F1

12. Right-click - the wall should close on its own to A1

1. Deactivate close wall

2. Change the snap mode to Multi-Snap 1

3. Click on C1,

4. Lock the axis in Y by moving your cursor in the Y direction and clicking on Enter,

5. Type 1200 in the Y value,

6. Click

7. Move on the X axis and lock the direction by clicking Enter

8. Click on B1

9. Click on B1 again

10. Right click to finish

1. On the modify tab, select break element

2. Click on the inside wall to break it

3. Move it to be flush with the wall

4. Click on the remaining wall and move it to the left to complete the aperture

1. On the modify tab, click on Connect Elements

2. Select L sector

3. Left click on the first wall

4. Left click on the second wall

5. Left click onto the screen

6. Do the same for the other side

1. Select all the walls

2. In the Modification tab, select Modify properties

3. Change to “Example + II + Gyp”

4. Click OK

5. Click on the screen

1. On the Architectural tab, select Door

2. Select full glass double

3. Click the middle yellow dot to set it to green

4. Change the front offset to 50, the sense distance to 300, the width to 2000 and the height to 3000

5. Change ID type to D1 and ID number to 001

6. Change your snap to midpoint

7. To place the door, you need 3 clicks: click once to identify the wall,

8. Click to identify the position (make sure snap is on midpoint)

9. And click identify the swing of the doors

10. Right click to end the door tool

1. On the Architectural, select Window

2. Select Example Fixed

3. Set the parameters: Front offset: 50, Sense Distance: 400, Sill height: 600, Dimension | Frame Width: 1200, Dimension | Frame Height: 2400

4. In the placement ribbon, set Side Offset to 600

5. Change the mode to transparent (Ctrl + Shift + Right click, then select the cube at 5)

6. To place the first window, click on the wall (it will turn red)

7. Click on the reference (bottom left corner of wall)

8. Click on the position (bottom right corner of wall)

9. Click to identify the swing outwards

10. To place the second window, click on the wall (it will turn red)

11. Click on the reference (bottom right corner of the first window)

12. Click on the bottom right of the wall

13. Click to identify the swing (outside)

14. Repeat the steps 10-13 to place the 3rd window

1. On the Architectural tab, select Object, then

2. Select Curtain wall

3. Set the parameters:

Sense Distance: 300,

Dimensions/CWWidth: 4500,

Dimensions/CWHeight: 4500,

Frame | Depth: 290,

Dimension | Frame Thickness: 65,

Dimensions/VertMullSpacing: 900,

Dimensions/HorzMullSpacing: 99,

Dimensions/MullionDepth: 150,

Dimensions/MullionThickness: 65

FrameExtension: 25

GlassHeight: 3000

MullionCount: 3

4. Click on the bottom left corner to identify the wall

5. Press the O (for “Origin”) key

6. Hover along the X axis and hit Enter to lock it

7. Type 150

8. Click again to finish

1. File -> New, name it “A_roof”

2. Open the floor manager

3. Select OFFICE FLOOR 1, then click on Remove

4. Select OFFICE FLOOR 2, then click on Remove

1. Set the active floor to ROOF

2. Click on References

3. Click on Attach References

4. Select the file Schematics.dgn

5. Select Interactive as Attachment Method

6. Check “Save Relative Path”

7. Click Open

8. Select Roof footprint

9. Select Live Nesting

10. To set the scale to the right one, References -> Roof footprint -> Change scale from 96 to 1 (if the scale is 1 but still it is much bigger than the grid, click on the select screen and then click back on the reference)

11. To merge your reference into the file so that it can be altered, Right-click on the reference and select Merge Into Master

12. Select Allow optimized clipping

13. Click on the screen

1. Make sure you are on the roof level

2. Ctrl + Shift + Right click to change the view to side

3. Select multi-snap1 for the snap mode

4. Select move

5. Click on the roof footprint to select it

6. Carefully move the cursor down, perpendicularly

7. Click on the grid

8. Right-click to end the move tool

1. On the Architectural tab, click on Wall

2. Select Example | MTLPanel

3. Make sure the height is set to 600 mm

4. In the placement menu, select Place By: From Element

5. Select right justify

6. Hover over the roof element and click on a corner. The walls will be created around the roof footprint.

1. Set the active floor to the Parapet Level (one above the roof)

2. Select Move Parallel

3. Set the distance to 1500

4. Hover mouse over roof footprint, it will turn red, then click on a corner of the shape

5. Move the mouse outwards to expand the shape

6. Click to accept

1. Go on the left view (Ctrl + Shift + Right-click)

2. Select the move tool

3. Click on the roof footprint

4. Lock the Y axis hitting Enter when the perpendicular line is showing

5. Click on the ACS when you see the yellow x

6. Right-click somewhere else to end the move tool

1. On the Architectural tab, select Roof

2. Select Roof 100mm

3. Select Rise:Run

4. Set Slope to 3:12

5. In Placement, select Gable

6. Set Base Offset to 1000.0

7. Select Place By: Shape

8. Select Delete Construction

1. On the Modify tab, click on Modify Wall

2. Select the Method To Form Or Shape

3. Click on the Roof to set is as the shape

4. Click on any part of the screen to Accept

5. Right Click to finish the shape selection

6. Click on each of the walls to make them conform to the shape

1. Create a new file, name it A_disciplinemaster

2. On the Architecture tab, click on References

3. Click on Attach References

4. Select the file A_lobby.dgn

5. Select Interactive as Attachment Method

6. Check “Save Relative Path”

7. Click Open

8. Select “No Nesting” and OK

9. We will do the same with the roof: click on References

10. Click on Attach References

11. Select the file A_roof.dgn

12. Select Interactive as Attachment Method

13. Check “Save Relative Path”

14. Click Open

15. Select “No Nesting” and OK

1. Create a new file, name it A_core

2. Set active floor to lobby (DEC L1) or Floor 1 (DEC L2)

3. Click on Wall, select New Default Interior Wall, set width to 150, and set the height to 4000

4. Make sure the placement settings are Place By: Line, Close Wall off, Auto Connect on

5. Click on B2

6. Click on B3

7. Click on C3

Lock the X axis

Type 3000 mm

8. Click

Lock the Y axis

9. Click over line 2

Lock the Y axis

10. Bring it close to B2 and click - it does not matter how close as we will connect the walls ourselves.

11. On the Modify tab, click on Connect Walls and Select the L bisector

12. Click on the wall close to B2

13. Click on the wall in B2

14. Accept right-clicking on the screen

1. Select smartline

2. Click on the B wall

3. Lock the X axis and type 2700

4. Click

5. On Architectural, select wall

6. To make sure the height is the same as the others already placed, click on the lightbulb to match properties and select an interior wall - height should change to 4000

7. Draw a wall on the Y axis from the smartline, smaller than the room (doesn't matter, we will connect them later)

8. On the Modify tab, click on Connect Walls

9. Select the T connection

10. Click on the walls to connect them

11. Accept right-clicking on the screen

I made a mistake on the video OBD21 and my wall should be 2700 mm away, not 2000 mm away. I must move it 700 mm to the right, as explained in video OBD21bis. To do so:

1. Select move

2. Click on the wall

3. Lock the X axis and type 700

4. Click

5. Right click to finish

1. On archictectural, select wall, match properties with the existing ones and

2. Click on E3

3. Click on D3

4. Lock the X axis clicking Enter

5. Type 3000 mm

6. Click

7. Lock the Y axis clicking Enter

8. Click over line 2

9. Lock the X axis clicking Enter

10. Click on E2

11. Click on E1 to complete the box

12. Right-click to finish

1. Select wall from architectural and make sure placement is right justified

2. Click the lightbulb, then click on an interior wall to match its properties

3. Click on the junction of the walls (W1 in the picture of the slide deck, here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1C_29DQzWpHJFtrojosJ-gKkn2kWSO52h-rP5w6sAEXw/edit#slide=id.gc587f6d9f0_0_2)

4. Move upwards, hit enter to lock, type 1500 and click

5. Move to the left, hit enter to lock, click on the corner

6. Change the placement to left justify

7. Click on the corner (W2 on the slide deck, https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1C_29DQzWpHJFtrojosJ-gKkn2kWSO52h-rP5w6sAEXw/edit#slide=id.gc587f6d9f0_0_2)

8. Right click to finish

Use the same idea for the bottom corridor.

1. Open A_lobby

2. Click on References

3. Click on Attach Reference

4. Select A_core and select Interactive and Save Relative Path

5. Click Open

6. Select Live Nesting to 1

To merge your reference into the file so that it can be altered,

7. Right-click on the reference and select Merge Into Master

8. Allow optimized clipping

9. Click on the screen to Accept - you should see a message at the bottom stating "1 references merged into active model": if you do not see this, merge again.

1. On the Architectural tab, select Wall

2. Click on the light bulb and click on an interior wall to match its properties

3. On the modify tab, enable Auto Connect

4. Click on the intersection of D and the outer wall and pull along the Y axis, Enter to lock

5. Click somewhere in the middle

6. Right-click to finish, we will connect using Connect Walls (next step).

7. On the Placement tab, select Connect Walls

8. Select T junction

9. Click on the wall that we need to connect - it will change to red

10. Click on the exterior wall - it will change to red

11. Click somewhere else to Accept

The process is analogous for all the walls, with the minor difference of placement middle and snap to midpoint in the walls located on the sides, have a look at the slides for full instructions: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1C_29DQzWpHJFtrojosJ-gKkn2kWSO52h-rP5w6sAEXw/edit#slide=id.gc587f6d9f0_0_29

1. On the Architectural tab, click on Space

2. On the placement tab, set Place By to Flood Area

3. Set the space to Office, label Office1

4. Set the Ceiling Height to 4000

5. Set the area to 272

6. Click on the office 1 area (it will turn green)

7. Click again to Accept (it will turn orange and have a sign identifying the space)

Proceed in the same way, changing the office number, with the rest of the spaces.

1. Change the view to wireframe

2. Set the values:

3. Row Spacing: 600

4. Column Spacing: 1200

5. Elevation: Space Height By Point

6. Part: AcousticalTile_Grid

7. Click to select the space

8. Click to Accept

9. Click on a corner

10. Click to set the orientation

Repeat steps 7-10 for all the spaces.

1. Open the federated discipline master

2. On the Drawing production tab, select Floor Plan(s)

3. Select the 3rd option and check all the floors

4. Click Next

5. Click Create

6. For each floor:

7. Check Create Drawing Model

8. Check Create Sheet Model

9. Click Create

At the bottom right, you can select now the sheets to view them

To know more, this is an official video from Bentley: OpenBuildings CONNECT Edition - Create Architectural Drawings

1. Open the drawing of the lobby

2. Select Dimension Linear

3. Click on your drawing to define dimensions, one click to start, one click to finish

1. Select Visualization

2. Click LumenRT

3. Navigate around the options!

1. Define a reference grid sketch that will better assist you when creating your EcoClassroom.

2. Create a new workset with your name and your project (EcoClassroom for DEC L1) and make sure you select TrainingTemplate_NM

3. Click on the Grid Systems Manager, bottom right

4. Modify the vertical and horizontal values according to your reference grid sketch, just changing the Spacing values

1. Create a new file named A_roof.

2. Modify the floor manager to reflect your building (just lobby and roof, no office 1 or office 2).

3. Set the roof as the active floor.

4. Insert the roof footprint reference, merge it into master.

5. Move the roof footprint to the roof level.

6. Select the roof footprint shape and drag the diamonds to conform the shape to that of your exterior walls.

1. Just use the object menu or the casework menu.

1. In Drawings, click on elevation.

2. Click once to chose the spot, and click again to define the direction.

3. Check all the options.

1. In Drawings, click on Floor Plan.

2. Select the second option.

3. Click once to chose the floor.

4. Check all the options.

1. In Visualization, change the settings with manage in the lighting section

2. Click on Solar Path.

1. In Architecture, select Slab

2. Select the appropriate width

3. Draw the shape using left clicks, finish with a right-click.

The slab is positioned below the grid: to act as a roof, you will have to move it above the grid (see video 16 for an example on how to move an element vertically).

1. In Lumen RT, click on the video

2. Click on the add a scene

3. Reposition the camera and click on the add a scene again, repeating the process until you are happy with the result.

4. To export as a movie, use the 3 lines menu on the bottom right, and select export movie