MicroStation CONNECT introduced Reports. It's a great technology. Reports let us harvest all kinds of DGN data from files, models and elements. However, a single Report won't let us harvest data from multiple DGN files. Here's a simple example: I ...

We notice that the Input Elements of Parametric Solids, are assigned to the active level. However, when the final modeled Parametric Solid is assigned a new level, the Input Elements remain on the old level, and need to be manually selected and ch...

Static clip volumes were a good addition in their day, but we desperately need to move forward and come up with a more dynamic option to clip a model, and be able to do this in a 3D volume rather than cutting 2D planes. See image as an example fro...

When we attach a Reference that Reference has a property called "Treat Attachment as Element for Manipulation". I would like that for Annotation Group of Annotation Element. Currently, when we add annotation for alignment or for Template Linear (s...

Bentley allows for Custom Workset Properties but there is no place they can be used. If you could pick them in a Text Favorite, you could use them to label title blocks for sheeting. This would speed up creation and not force duplicate text input.

Now that Bentley have introduced the 23.0.0 folders in the APPDATA folders, the deployment option /layout needs an option to be able to take a 23.0.0 template for both local and local/temp versions and add these to the user profile. C:\Users\%user...

Hi, in the webinar "Answer Hour: MicroStation – Working with Text - Part II, Troubleshooting" it was shown how to create a custom date format used with text fields by editting/copying "C:\Program Files\Bentley\MicroStation CONNECT Edition\MicroSta...

Adding an Icon for "update server copy" to the quick access tool bar would just speed up the process. loading the backstage can sometimes be slow and buggy. It would just make it easier for the end user to add this to their workflow if it was next...

I would like to have more description fields for Models (and thus Cells) plus a possibility to rename the name of those columns of descriptions in the Modelmanager dialog. This way Models can be sorted bij Name, Description, Description#2, Descrit...

A third Element Class, Transient Elements An Element or Cell can be made Transient and attach/placed or created in the DGN. The Transient Element can then be attached as a Reference, or as a DGN Library to another file. Construction Elements are n...