Openings Studio™ Designed for architects
Transform the way you collaborate
ASSA ABLOY is the only door and hardware company on the market with an add-in for both Autodesk® Revit® and Graphisoft® ARCHICAD®. With Openings Studio, you can:
Manage and control specification data.
Gain access to specifications, reports, and catalogues, with options to select and export specification data for consistent information in the model.
Track changes and reduce errors.
Submit project revisions through the Openings Studio plugin. Once submitted, any changes made to door openings are automatically tracked within Openings Studio.
Uncover time-savings on every project.
Receive door and hardware schedules faster by avoiding manual data entry and duplication of efforts.
Create opening specific Requests for Information (RFI’s).
The RFI feature facilitates project specific collaboration for tracking and recording any changes to door openings.
Download specifications, reports, and catalogues.
Leverage Openings Studio to save hours, even days, worth of searching for product information, installation guides, manuals and more. Download catalogues, review reports and save specifications - all in one easy to access location.
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Openings Studio is a software tool for architects, specification writers, building owners, distributors, and contractors to collaborate, design, build and manage openings information. There are many people involved in the process of designing, constructing and managing a building. Openings Studio unites them by creating a single workflow without interruptions where everyone makes their contributions.
Watch a prime example: finding the specs for an automated warehouse
Designing and constructing an automated warehouse means balancing efficiency, safety, and smart flow management—often within tight spaces. From machine guarding doors that protect workers, to high-frequency access solutions, every detail matters.
Our local Specification experts help you find the right door solutions for safety, durability, and automation, ensuring smooth, reliable operations. With expertise in BIM, compliance, and sustainability, we support you in designing future-ready buildings, such as automated and semi-automated facilities that perform at their best.
Knowledge Base
Have a question about Openings Studio? Dive into our knowledge at your fingertips with the Openings Studio Knowledge Base.
Support
Need help on an issue with Openings Studio? Choose your country, then your state or region. An email will go to an Openings Studio Consultant and open a Service Support Ticket.
Easy access to BIM-objects
Work smarter and bring your designs to life with ready-to-use BIM objects. With BIM, you can fine-tune every detail before construction begins, making smarter decisions and giving clients a clear vision of the final result.
We offer free BIM objects for automatic doors, industrial doors, high-speed doors, security entrance control and loading dock equipment—and our library keeps growing.
Tutorial: Get faster with BIM
Watch our tutorial to see how effortlessly you can integrate the OH1142 Dual Drive—one of our most popular products. Learn the basics of BIM and discover how it can streamline your specification process.
Openings Studio™
Create and visualize 3D doors, frames and hardware – and then modify their parameters for use in design, construction and facility management. Openings Studio™ is our full-featured, web-based suite of BIM software tools.
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For Builders and Contractors
Gain a BIM partner. Openings Studio uses Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology to create and visualise door, frame, and hardware objects.
For Owners and Facility Managers
Define standards before, during, and after construction. Visualise building standards, establish security requirements and access as-built information … for the life of your building.
For Distributors
Help meet requirements for BIM projects and BIM workflows used by architects, builders, and owners by providing “as supplied” door opening information to the model.
For Security Consultants
Create fully wired and tagged electrical elevations. Openings Studio reduces frustration when determining which electrical and security components are needed for specific openings, with 3D objects that visualise electrical and security elevations.
For Architects and Designers
Design. Collaborate. Simple! Seamlessly transfer project data to manage door openings. Discover openings made easy.
Read our case study
ColladoCollins Architects and ASSA ABLOY have worked together on the up-and-coming refurbishment of The Shredded Wheat Factory. Read about the ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & IE Specification team using Openings Studio to save days, even weeks of time on their door schedules.
BIM Door Solutions
A high-quality selection of BIM-ready door opening solutions, enabling more complete and cost-effective designs, and adding value throughout the building lifecycle.
Green Buildings
We are working to make door and security solutions more sustainable, through innovation, certification support and a global commitment to reducing the environmental impact of buildings and building solutions.
Compliance - always meet the rules and regulations
Satisfying building regulations is a crucial but meticulous part of any project. Working with suppliers armed with up-to-date local compliance knowledge and a good overview of what is to come makes it easier for you to be sure your specifications go above and beyond the requirements. Our architect consultants work with you to ensure your specified entrances satisfy and exceed all local requirements. And with a service agreement in place, you can be confident they will continue to do so throughout your building’s lifecycle.
Sustainable buildings
Today, it is more important than ever to design and build environmentally responsible and resource-efficient buildings to fulfill the growing needs of individuals and communities. We work with you to help specify solutions that contribute to creating buildings with a low carbon footprint that are also cost-effective to run.
Featured products
Automatic sliding door systems
Sliding door systems for any application.Overhead sectional doors
Durable overhead sectional doors.Revolving doors
Revolving doors for smooth traffic flows.Loading dock equipment
Well-built and high-performance loading dock equipment.Cylinders, locks and keys
A wide range of locks, cylinders, keys and security solutions – for asset protection at home, in the company and in public buildings. From mechanics to electronics, from padlocks to safes.
Digital solutions
Software, hardware and credentials for installing, upgrading and integrating flexible access control solutions
Hardware for doors
Door fittings, panic bars, closers, electric openers and crash bars – everything for the safe, comfortable and functional operation of your doors in any type of building.
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Let’s talk
Questions or comments about our products and solutions, services or anything else regarding ASSA ABLOY? We would love to hear from you.