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PINNED Add measuring/pick distance tool in parametric solid and variables tools
As a MicroStation modelling user, I would like the capability of filling the Distance field by picking two points (or distance between other elements) from within the tool, so that I can be much quicker in creating solids and other elements where ...
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    Show handles on multiple selected elements

    Hi - can you add a switch to permanent show / select handles when select multiple elements by mouse rectangle ? For no i need to click "select handles" every time i select more than one element
    3 months ago in General 0 Needs review

    Require Ability to Control the Dimension Terminator Size

    Sizes of the four dimension terminator symbols (arrow, open circle, filled dot, and slash) are all controlled by the Dimension Styles dialog, terminator width and height. As shown in the attached screenshot ours is set up so that the arrow width e...
    about 1 year ago in 2D Drawing 0 Needs review

    Import .kmz and .kml

    OpenRoads needs the ability to directly import .kmz and .kml files. Currently the only way to do this to convert the file into a shape (.shp) file using some other type of software which is very tedious, time consuming and virtually impossible if ...
    7 months ago in  2 Already exists

    Print Google 3d to PDF

    Now that we have google 3d in MS 2025, we need the ability to print the google 3d together with any 3d geometry to 3D PDF. As it stands the google 3d is ignored. Ian
    5 months ago in 3D Modeling 0 Future consideration

    user preferences auto backup/restore

    user prefs get broken once in a while. It is recommended to delete them when awkward stuff happens. This happens in microStation et. al. since decades (the cause being in the dark) But you loose all your beloved GUI settings that you accumulated o...
    almost 5 years ago in General 3 Future consideration

    Dialogs not staying on top

    I have noticed that certain dialogs do not stay on top of the open Microstation session when using dual monitors. Manage Element Template, Edit Template, Manage Annotation Groups are all examples. I can't recover them using the popset trick. When ...
    almost 3 years ago in  2 Future consideration

    Create Cell using Ctrl-G: recognise Tentative + active ACS lock as Cell Insertion Point

    Ctfl-G is a very useful, quick way of grouping elements to create a Cell. The quick creation process defines the insertion point at the centre of the selected elements. The tool should replace this when there is a Tentative point, similar to the w...
    3 months ago in General 0 Needs review

    Cell Library: List of Cells - Folder Structure

    Please provide folder structure to MS_CELLIST(?). The extremely long list is extremely hard on the eyes... to the point of being annoyingly useless.
    3 months ago in General 1 Needs review

    Cell variations - pop up

    I have been working in ACAD recently and their Dynamic blocks aka cells is awesome. I know we have options for creating variations within a cell, but the way the users updates them via properties is clunky In ACAD they have a little marker that a ...
    7 months ago in 2D Drawing 0 Needs review

    Add AI render tools to the visualization tool

    Hi Bentley Can we add AI/copilot tools to the rendering tool set please. Currently we have to export to another add to use AI on the models. would be great to have AI inside MS to help produce better renders Ian
    3 months ago in Visualization 0 Future consideration