OpenBuildings™ Station Designer Help

Deprecated Features

Feature Description Deprecated Key-ins
Load/Unload [Building discipline] Deprecate Load/Unload OpenBuildings Designer Applications
  • BUILDINGDESIGNER < ENABLE | DISABLE > ARCHITECTURAL
  • BUILDINGDESIGNER < ENABLE | DISABLE > MECHANICAL
  • BUILDINGDESIGNER < ENABLE | DISABLE > STRUCTURAL
  • BUILDINGDESIGNER < ENABLE | DISABLE > ELECTRICAL
  • BUILDINGDESIGNER < ENABLE | DISABLE > AES
  • BUILDINGDESIGNER < ENABLE | DISABLE > GC
  • BUILDINGDESIGNER < ENABLE | DISABLE > SPACEPLANNER
Note: Load/Unload Electrical Application tools are replaced on the ribbon. (Key-ins: BUILDINGDESIGNER ENABLE ELECTRICAL;RIBBON REBUILD and BUILDINGDESIGNER DISABLE ELECTRICAL;RIBBON REBUILD)
Drawing Extraction Manager (DEM) Deprecated Drawing Extraction Manager; Drawing Extraction Settings; Drawing Extraction Batch Processing; Referenced Drawings; Form Exchange; Open Model File
  • TFDRAWINGS MANAGER
  • TFDRAWINGS SETTINGS
  • TFDRAWINGS BATCHPROCESS
  • TFDRAWINGS CALCULATE
  • TFDRAWINGS UPDATE
  • TFDRAWINGS VIEW
  • TFDRAWINGS CHECK
  • TFDRAWINGS < NEW | OPEN >
  • TFDRAWINGS < COPY | DELETE | EDIT >
  • TFDRAWINGS MOVEDEFS
  • TFDRAWINGS < EXPORT | IMPORT >
  • TFDRAWINGS PARTMANAGER
  • TFDRAWINGS SECTIONEDITOR
  • TFDRAWINGS SELECT
  • TFDRAWINGS SYNCDEFTOSV
  • TFDRAWINGS UNSELECTALL
  • TFDRAWINGS UPGRADEPARTMAP
  • TFDRAWINGS REFERENCED
  • TFDRAWINGS LOGSETTINGS
  • TFREOPEN3D
  • EXCHANGETOMODEL
Structural Documentation Center (SDC) Deprecated Drawing Center; Drawing Settings
  • STRDRAWINGS DIALOG DRAWINGCENTER
  • STRDRAWINGS DIALOG DRAWINGSETTINGS
  • STRDRAWINGS DRAWINGCENTER < LIST | OPENDRAWINGVIEW >
  • STRDRAWINGS CREATE
  • STRDRAWINGS EXPLORER
  • STRDRAWINGS < OPENHOMEMODEL | OPENDRAWINGMODEL >
  • STRDRAWINGS UPDATE
SpacePlanner Deprecated in SpacePlanner:
  • Navigation
  • Properties
  • Search
  • Report
  • Create Space (from Shape)
  • Schema Configuration
  • Define Asset Catalogs
  • Change Language
Note: Retained Space Planning; Thematic Maps; Labeling
  • PLANNER CREATEAREA
  • PLANNER NAVIGATE
  • PLANNER PROPERTIES
  • PLANNER REPORT
  • PLANNER RELEASEDATA
  • PLANNER SEARCH
  • PLANNER SCHEMACONFIG
  • PLANNER DEFINEASSET
  • PLANNER CHANGELANGUAGE
  • PLANNER ABOUT
  • PLANNER HELP
  • BESDOBJECTPROP
Project Explorer Assistant Removed from the Preferences dialog (Building Designer Category > Project Explorer Assistant > Turn On Link Assistant) N/A
Viewsets and Non-Platform View Controls Previously, OpenBuildings Designer View Display tools. Deprecated viewset.ma (loaded on-demand) in favor of Platform Displaysets. Retired Associated key-ins and dialogs.
  • TFUPDATE
  • TFFIT
  • FITELEMENT
  • TFDIALOG VIEWSET
  • VSET < CLEAR | CLEARALL | FIT | REMOVE | SET | VIEW
  • TFSET DISPLAY DEPTH MAXIMUM
  • TFSET ACTIVE DEPTH
  • TFSET GRID
RAM 3D Viewer Discontinued delivery of RAM 3D Viewer. N/A
Dataset_GB Dataset_GB permanently replaced with Dataset UK N/A
Legacy items
  • Legacy toolboxes
  • Legacy Grid tool
  • Legacy Terrain tool
N/A
Plant Utilities Retired hs-tools.ma (loaded on-demand). Retired STF_PLANTUTILS_CONFIG=$(TF_DATASETS)$(TF_DATASETNAME)\data\plantutils.ini (settings file for the Plant Utilities tools). Retired HS_CONFIG settings file for the Plant Utilities tools. Only evaluated if STF_PLANTUTILS_CONFIG variable is not set. N/A
IFC2 Dropped IFC2 ( IFC 2x3 and IFC4 remain) N/A
RAM Structural System, SFrame, STAAD Pro Direct Import/Export In favor of ISM N/A
Part Rendering Upgrade Utility Deprecated Part Rendering Upgrade Utility

Legacy feature. Previously, used to scan all part files in the active workspace for part rendering definitions using palette files (*.pal), upgraded part rendering definitions from using *.pal files to *.dgnlib files compatible with Luxology.

  • TFPARTWIZARD; OPEN PARTWIZARD
Space Part Upgrade Utility Deprecated Space Part Upgrade Utility

Previously used to upgrade legacy DataGroup catalog files for spaces with the part and family (defined ObjectMaterial property).

  • TFSPACEWIZARD; OPEN SPACEWIZARD
Dataset Upgrade Utility Deprecated Dataset Upgrade Utility; Dataset Upgrade Utility Settings

Previously made dataset changes to assist the transition from legacy layer application to OpenBuildings Designer.

  • MDL LOAD TFDATASETUPGRADESERVICE; OPEN DATASETUPGRADESERVICE
  • MDL LOAD TFDATASETUPGRADESERVICE; OPENDATASETUPGRADEUTIL
Catalog Upgrade Utility Deprecated Update Catalog Files; Verify Architectural Instance Information

Previously made schema/catalog changes to assist the transition from legacy layer application to OpenBuildings Designer (upgraded DGN's created in versions previous to 2004).

  • MDL LOAD CATALOGUTIL; ATFCATALOGUTIL UPDATE
  • MDL LOAD CATALOGUTIL; ATFCATALOGUTIL VERIFY ALL
Electrical integration with Visual Support for Electrical integration with Visual is no longer available. Visual no longer supports 3 rd party integration for their recent versions. N/A