Within MS you can add a text box which is based around a rectangle. A lot of standards are now looking at other options to display the box behind the Text, ie an ellipse, triangle, rounded rectangle etc.

It would be very handy to be able to turn display of all references in a drawing on or off with a view attribute toggle in order to quickly view live info without reference clutter. Turning multiple references on or off using the reference dialogu...

If you have used other design related software, some of them have an amazing option called View template. Basically you can setup a view template ie levels on/off, view attributes, Level overrides etc. and apply them to may files/views. I know we ...

When using "Associative" on placing (linear) dimensions, they often 'break'. Resulting in some thick dashed line to show the user that the dimension is no longer associated with the geometry. However it's not clear where the association is broken....

This app was used in v8i to provide finishing/welding symbols, etc. for drawings in Microstation. These symbols are in Prostructures within OBM CONNECT, but they are needed in Microstation and ORD as well.

The Create Region tool allows user fill an area with 'Flood'. When there is no enclosed region found, the program prompts so. However it does not show where the gaps are. Only that there are. A different tool like CleanUp is required to look it up...

When using "copy and increment text" I can only choose a reference point within the text itself but not an external reference point to place it e.g. always in the same distance from another element. Would be nice to be able to pick a reference poi...

To analyze and create roadway lighting plans you must first use a program such as AGI32, and then move the design and reports manually into MicroStation/OpenRoads Designer. This capability should be incorporated directly into these programs.

Please enable us to easily create classic & simple 1 click commands like Microstation 2004 edition. 1 click commands allow the user to significantly improve drawing speed. Simplicity in menu commends is better than complexity.

Allowing a quick way to clip reference file boundaries would greatly help with drawing production. At the moment the only way to clip a reference file boundary is by manually doing it, in every file. This proves to be extremely tedious and time co...