According to API: OpenDesignFile opens an existing design file after closing the currently open design file.If an error is raised during this method, the original design file is left open. But no error is actually raised if opened file is not vali...

It would be good to have some material on Python. Probably needs to be multiple levels: Beginnner: no previous macro writing experience. Intermediate: some previous VBA experience. Guidance on how to port, rewrite in python. Examples of using ...

C# needs a way to place an instance of a cell from a cell library. C++ can do it, VBA can do it, Python can do it, but C# can't. The .NET API was introduced with MicroStation CONNECT in 2015. Why can't C# place or replace a cell instance?

Hi, Until Visual Studio 2017 there is a wizard to create new MDL project in C++ or C#. It was very useful because we do not create new project everyday and it is painful to configure accurately a new project, add references,... It will be interres...

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...

Improve the Macro Recording tool (Drawing > Utilities > Macros) to capture many critical key strokes that are currently ignored. Using "Drawing > Home > Primary > Level Manager > Update levels from library" as an example: 1) Cli...

I am trying to learn to use Python for our programming needs but find the documentation and lack of examples very depressing. Could we at least get the API docs to include code syntax examples for each topic.

The demos that I'm seeing for the new Python Assistant are very intriguing to me, and I have a lot of ideas on some code it could generate for me. However, it may be a long time before my organization adopts an updated product that will have this ...

Python is already available in MicroStation, it would be nice if this is also available in Bentley Descarts!

Compared with OpenX Products, Microstation is the General 3D Modelling Platform. Microstation provided named boundary for sheeting (drawing plans), however tools for generating multiple sections (without alignment) with sheet/2D drawing are still ...