.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.

Currently if you open a file that does not belong to the active configuration it displays a message with very limited options and may be confusing to newer users, my suggestion to solve this is as follows. If you try to open a file that has an ass...

Requesting Bentley to add the option to outline text in a user specified color. This will help the text to stand out against aerial imagery.I'm already aware of the background option. Looking for something that contours to the text.Thank you.

We're familiar with smart text such as $FILE$ and $DATE$ that is replaced during plotting or printing. The actual file name or date is substituted for the smart text by the plotting software. Item Types offer the possibility to have a generally-av...

When the Properties, Explorer, or other dialogs are docked next to a view, the dock extents can be adjusted with a familiar 'divider' adjustment. This adjustment tugs on adjacent views and adjusts them, like a divider should. No such functionality...

Since we have the ability to set custom tab stop widths, there should be a way to save those custom settings. Many years ago, we were able to save and recall Indent/Tab schemes, for reuse throughout a drawing. This was helpful because it allowed u...

Every now and again someone posts a question on the MicroStation Forum about Named Groups. In 2004 AskInga posted an article about them: Named groups, displaysets and quick sets. That Wiki is archived, so today's users are unlikely to find it. Fif...

Hello Bentley, There already exists some options to run command scripts on the DGN or application at startup using the Command Line, but can this be simplified? I have already read these two forum items but in honesty it can be much simpler. https...

If a reference is removed from a composition model, then any cached drawings referencing Saved Views from that composition model will get an error message that prevents the cached DV from updating. There are several reasons that users may want to ...

Would be good to to have these options in the Conxtext Menu etc