It would be really useful to be able to change the units of 'Slope' in the measure distance tool e.g. to % and ratio (1:X).

Possibly not feasible or easy but having a version of the point analyze tool from OpenRoads for Bentley View would be really helpful, especially for terrains to get an elevation and slope at any point. It doesn't need to place text like OpenRoads,...

We deliver files to construction that contain design, drawing and sheet models within it. Obviously, we can navigate between those using the models window or saved views window, but some people in the construction field are not familiar enough wit...

Idea:When opening a file, add an option to use the current WorkSet without associating the file to it. Effectively this would allow a user to temporarily use the current WorkSet without effecting the files existing WorkSet association, whether tha...

It would be great to have some examples for the custom properties addition to elements using the modification of ECSchema through Bentley Class Editor tool. The ECSchema is already shipped with the product. If there would be some manual related to...

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...

Hello Bentley, I am using Configuration Explorer, but I notice it does not traverse Personal.ucf? Unless I am missing something could a near future upgrade include scanning WorkSpace/WorkSet/Personal.ucf? or could it continue to traverse the struc...

Hello Bentley, there are times when we need random numbers, or unique numbers in the session, or from the Windows environment. There are a couple of ways to do this for example to generate an integer from Windows %Random command and pass it to a v...

If you want suggestions on what an audit/repair tool should do, look in the dusty archives for documentation on the EDG tool from V4 to V7. This utility was very useful for analyzing and repairing corrupted files in a non-graphic environment. Here...

2023.2 will not connect to features services with WKT GCS strings. 2023.1 would allow the data to be imported but would not reproject the data. If we know the GCS of the data we can force the model's GCS to match and reproject the data via referen...