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Adding search filters for references

I often have hundreds of references in a file, especially in a combined models. Having a way of filtering down references would be really useful.
about 3 years ago in General 0 Future consideration

Add additional "Initial Model" options to batch processor

In the batch processor you can only set the Initial Model to All Models or Default Model only. I would like additional options: All Sheet Models All Design Models All Drawing Models I imagine it's more difficult but an option to pattern match a mo...
over 4 years ago in General 2 Future consideration

Table Style Manager

When capturing a table style, I would like to see it recognize the format of each row and/or column of the body rather than applying a specific format to all body rows & columns. We have several tables where specific body columns and/or rows a...
6 months ago in General 1 Future consideration

user preferences auto backup/restore

user prefs get broken once in a while. It is recommended to delete them when awkward stuff happens. This happens in microStation et. al. since decades (the cause being in the dark) But you loose all your beloved GUI settings that you accumulated o...
almost 5 years ago in General 3 Future consideration

Ability to effectively use MIcrostation and other Bentley applications with current Citrix versions

WSP is greatly increasing globally the use of Citrix for better project workshare and performance. We are running Bentley applications through Citrix and though application operation and file performance is fantastic we all have a core problem reg...
about 1 year ago in General 1 Future consideration

Undo History

For some inexplicable reason Microstation does not provide users with a history of commands that they can use to undo and redo. This is a common and vital feature of most design and authoring software. Examples include Microsoft Word and Excel, as...
almost 3 years ago in General 6 Future consideration

GenerativeComponents for Microstation

Hi all, As we now have GenerativeComponents included with OpenBuildings, OpenRoads, OpenSite and OpenRail Designer, and just recently OpenBridge Modeler, adding GenerativeComponents to Vanila Microstation seems like the next logical step. Adding t...
over 4 years ago in General 7 Future consideration

Ability to export Thematic Display Shading

We currently use Thematic Display Styles to providing shading/color coding for things like elevation ranges, slopes, etc. but we can't communicate this to non-Bentley products which is a norm in our industry. The ability to export these triangles/...
almost 4 years ago in General 5 Future consideration

Provide more useful information to users during a crash.

When a file crashes it commonly outputs a exception log. To my knowledge these logs are not very useful to users trying to diagnose the issue. I've attached one to a support ticket and they said they are not useful to the Bentley support staff eit...
over 1 year ago in General 3 Future consideration

Recover text from PDF

With introduction of PDF import capability there is now issue that text is broken after mport. In AutoCAD there is command to create text form lines which is imported from PDF - PDFSHXTEXT Adding PDF as vector attachments such tool is now needed i...
about 3 years ago in General 1 Future consideration