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Highlight Element in Project Explorer by clicking on Element

Currently, PE allows the user to select and element in the PE tree and highlight, zoom to and isolate the element in the View Window. What would be good is the reverse. The user would select an element in the View Window and have the element highl...
almost 4 years ago in General 0 Needs review

Highlight Ref Attachment in Ref Dialog by clicking on Element

Currently, you can:- 1. Select any Ref attachment in the Ref Dialog 2. All elements contained by the Ref attachment hilites in the View Window. What would be very useful is the reverse- 1. Pick any element in the View Window. 2. The Ref that conta...
almost 4 years ago in General 0 Needs review

Ability to change the name of Delivered "Examples" workspace name

When you open MicroStation or ORD with no design the main screen shows the available configurations for the workspaces. The default name for the main configuration is "Examples Configuration". "Manage Configuration" doesn't let you change the Con...
almost 4 years ago in General 2 Future consideration

Add Sheet Index "Update Sheet Properties" & Validate Progress bars & results summary dialog

Currently these commands just freeze the session indefinitely while processing and display a brief message in the status bar when complete. For practical functionality, these tools should have a progress bar that displays the current status and pr...
almost 4 years ago in Collaboration 0 Future consideration

Rotate view by points around Z axis

The option to keep Z axis while rotating using rotate view is clearly missing. When working with Reality models in real coordinates they are very hard to use as not easy to keep the model vertical to rotate parallel to facade for digitizing. The o...
almost 4 years ago in General 1 Needs review

Update LineStyle Editor

Suggest to append into existing Line Style Editor to develop an update graphical GUI based method to enhance existing and develop new Line Styles. An exact sized grid offset control when placing elements along distance controlled centerline would ...
over 2 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Needs review

Better shadows (rendered view)

If you have tried to create a good accurate render of a view using the solar settings, the shadows are jet black and it takes a lot of effort to get them to appear as a real shadow. I have spoken to support to see if they can make them realistic a...
over 1 year ago in Visualization 1 Needs review

Make Microstation Fully Scriptable

Provide keyins to all commands, tools including the options, inputs in the tool settings dialog. Make this a standard feature. If the keyins can not be provided initially for whatever reason, publish a roadmap (and stick to it). Develop internal t...
over 1 year ago in General 0 Needs review

Selected Elements improved handle manipulation

When selected elements have handles enabled, and those handles are selected again so they show yellow, these can be Translated (moved) as a group. Brilliant.... but I think they should also be able to be edited using the other fundamental modify o...
about 5 years ago in General 1 Needs review

Stream Deck Integration

I have used function keys extensively during my career as a Microstation user. I have also used numerous alternative input methods (paper menus, on-screen buttons, etc. and am well versed in these as well. However, newer technology promises even b...
almost 4 years ago in General 0 Needs review