Bentley OpenBuildings Designer 23.00.00.114
This release includes support for seven (7) languages: Czech, Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Also this release includes support for sixteen (16) regional datasets: Australia, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, ISO19650, Neutral Metric, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Swedish, United Kingdom, and United States (Imperial and Metric). Additionally this version incorporates several new productivity enhancements and user-requested fixes. It also includes updates from MicroStation 2023.1. GenerativeComponents 2023 (v23.00.01.20) is available as a companion feature. This computational design platform can easily be included as part of any deployment of OpenBuildings Designer.
What's New Highlights for OpenBuildings Designer 2023 (23.00.00.114)

Rebranding from OpenBuildingsTm Designer CONNECT Edition to OpenBuildingsTm Designer 2023
Since brand is an integral part of the application identity, rebranding OpenBuildings Designer CONNECT Edition to OpenBuildings Designer 2023 results in several changes to the default installation directories, registry entries, executables and many other aspect of the application. References to 'CONNECT Edition' were replaced with '2023' which refers to current year. The OpenBuildings 2023 rebranding does not impact or change the Building Information Modeling feature set available in the product, and is both the next update release and successor to OpenBuildings Designer CONNECT Edition Update 10.1. OpenBuildings Designer CE and OpenBuildings Designer 2023 can coexist on the same computer, please refer installer update, side-by-side installation wiki.
Integrated MicroStation 2023.1
It includes updates from MicroStation 2023.1
Security Improvements
This release also includes the latest OpenBuildings Designer and MicroStation security improvements.
IFC-SG mapping and parameters available with Singapore dataset
This release includes IFC-SG mapping and parameters included as Dataset Extensions and enabled with Singapore dataset with a configuration variable.

Side-by-side Installationallows you to adopt OpenBuildings Designer 2023 without upgrading your current installation of OpenBuildings Designer CONNECT Edition mid-project.
**If you already have a previous version of OpenBuildings Designer on your machine, OpenBuildings Designer 2023 will install as a separate application.**
The following instructions are based on the OpenBuildings Designer 2023 readme:
Home > Installation > "Side-by-Side Installation"
Side-by-Side Installation
From the release of OpenBuildings Designer 2023 onwards, Side-by-Side installation will be supported for Major Releases. Minor Release updates will upgrade a Major Release (install over). A Major release and Minor Release will not be able to sit Side by Side. Users will have the ability to run multiple major releases of OpenBuildings Designer on the same machine. Installation of OpenBuildings Designer 2023 and onwards will by default occur alongside any previous installations. Removing previous versions of OpenBuildings Designer will require a manual uninstall. The application version naming FAQ describing major and minor releases is located here. Bentley Lifecycle Policy | Bentley Systems | Infrastructure Engineering Software Company
With OpenBuildings Designer 2023 available as a Side-by-Side install, its default installation directory and configuration folder are in different locations than previous application versions. In the default installation, you can work on two different configurations defined during OpenBuildings Designer CONNECT Edition and OpenBuildings Designer 2023 installation.
NB:As with all previous versions, the configuration is version specific. Two or more side by side installs cannot share a common configuration. If there is content (dataset or WorkSet files) you wish to carry forward into the newly installed version, you must follow the guidance for migrating and upgrading datasets and worksets. Once upgraded all users should use the same version of the application on a WorkSet.
Default Installation Paths
OpenBuildings Designer 2023 uses the same installation pattern for its major components as in previous versions, however it includes the release year as a differentiator, to allow side by side installs to take place.