A PDF with layers contains a Tree Hierarchy when viewed in Acrobat Viewer and other PDF Viewers. But within MicroStation, the Layers are presented in a flat list. This makes it much harder to determine which layer names control which displays. Mic...

I have just finished another large project taking advantage of the new 'Item Types' and 'Display Rules' functionality, I think that this new functionalityis oneof the best things to come out of Bentley in a long time. The only problem isthat it re...

Currently when exporting to dgn (merged references) the options are limited and as such certain settings and appearances cannot be retained.For example, placing saved views onto sheets used setting from the reference file, yet when merged the sett...

AllWhy does Bentley still charge for Academic licenses when other software vendors i.e. Autodesk!!!!!. We need to get students using Bentley software at schools/Universities etc. I know Bentley have an academic program but the fact is the students...

When youattach an Item Type the integer values can be null or empty if there are no default value.If you add some value to such a property you can not clear it since that is not a valid numer. It would be great is numbers couldallow empty values. ...

This would be really beneficial to be able to apply projectwise attributes as itemtype metadata, very useful for collaboration & Digital Engineering data exchange.

There should be an online solution which would be simple and universal for new users to view 2D DGN contents without need to install anything and would be OS independent. Bentley View for example is too complicated and at same time too limited for...

MicroStation's Reports interface is a closed UI. That is, we can manipulate the UI to create a report definition, but that definition remains obscure. It's stored internally in a DGN file.It would be great to have a formal report definition langua...

The "Construct Minimum Distance Line" tool currently only works using line/arc linear elements. This function would be exponentially more powerful if it would work with Mesh and Solid elements, the same way that the "Measure Distance" tool works w...

When exporting ItemTypes to Excel, allow the following as options: Choose Excel file to export to (can currently only select folder and name is automatic) Allow exporting from multiple dgns (with a selection of all models, default only, etc.) Sele...