When you attempt to open a V7 file in V8 or CE MicroStation, there is a pop-up window that gives instructions on how to change your settings to "Allow V7 dgn file open". It would be helpful if a button was added to this pop up to allow this settin...

.pid files are MicroStation J / PDS2D files from Intergraph. We still have thousands of files. With the new Bentley View version 2023, these can only be opened with great difficulty.

Occasionally, someone asks about using Python as a development tool. However, there's no obvious way in which Python per se could be used. An IEEE survey shows that Python is the most popular computer programming language (search for The IEEE Spec...

I have been experimenting with the Place Table tool in CONNECT 16. In 16 the tool worked reasonably well. I could the Import From File with no seed file defined. After importing the data from an Excel file, any manipulation of the rows and columns...

Microstation should upgrade to the latest version of .NET, as .NET Framework 4.6.2 is nearing the end of support. New versions of .NET could help AddIn developers, thanks to the new version of C# and all the .NET Core development tools, and could ...

Visual Scripting is a feature that uses a graphical interface to lower the entry barriers for users to create their own automations and tools with or without the need to code. Current technology exists today in various forms such as Grasshopper, D...

To facilitate ProjectWise Titleblock integration, it is necessary to have each sheet in it's own DGN container. Currently there is a "One Sheet per DGN" option on the create drawing dialog for civil boundary placement in OpenRoads but there is no ...

WMTS tiles in Microstation are only supported in KVP, but not in RESTFUL. As a result, many wmts services cannot be used. There is an urgent need to integrate the restful protocol, as more and more public administration services are only offered v...

Display Rules are great but we do miss a new option/action which can set a point style override . Just like it is possible in any GIS application (QGIS etc.). Today we can only change the color, fill, weight etc. at a point (element type: point or...

When selecting an Element Template, there does not seem to be a logical order of element templates or folders. It would be much simpler to have all folders and templates in alphabetical order. See the screenshot below from ORD.