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Add ability to define global variables for constraints

currently there are only local variables that can be used within one parametric cell model. It would be nice to be able to define global variables with in the dgn or a dgnlib that are available in all models and can be added to the pool of local v...
almost 5 years ago in General 2 Already exists

"Text Editor" window should have a shortcut to Preferences dialog.

"Text Editor" does not have a menu bar with settings but at least it could have a button to open the Preferences dialog (Text category selected) due to most of the options in the Preferences for Text are related to Text Editor such as "Text Editor...
almost 5 years ago in General 2 Will not implement

ProjectWise File path text substitution in pentable for Connect/ORD

Projectwise does not currently have an easy way to pull the metadata down to give a proper filepath on the PW server when printing. The forums do not seem to have adequate answers on this. There are no variables I can seem to set to make it so I c...
over 3 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Needs review

Reports - Show only Unique rows option

Hello, I have had issue when using reports that sometimes duplicate rows are shown. For example when I generate the report on a sheet. Then it needs to look in references and not only in the active design file. But on a single sheet maybe there ar...
over 3 years ago in General 0 Needs review

New property for elements: "Full Match" (ReadOnly)

MicroStation has a lot of styles for elements: Element Templates, Text Styles, etc.. Due to the style is also a property of the element in the Properties palette but the user which is ultimately can override values then maybe the properties of tha...
almost 5 years ago in General 1 Needs review

Microstation Vectorisation / OCR Support

Mstn has made great strides with pdfs. Pdf import and referencing are pretty useful, and recognises that the Mstn user often can not access the originating CAD files. OTOH, not all pdfs are in vector format. It would be helpful to be able to conve...
over 1 year ago in 2D Drawing 0 Needs review

Ability to insert field for sheet sequence number within sheet index folder

We have fields under the model properties for overall sequence number and total sheets in a sheet index folder, but not the ability to use the sequence number within the same sheet index folder, even though the sheet index knows this information a...
over 1 year ago in  1 Needs review

Open as ToolBox - Don´t move toolBox is already open

Sometimes a button in a ToolBox is a listbox button (drop down list) and the last option is "Open as Toolbox". If we press "Open as Toolbox" and that ToolBox is already open in the drawing (especially we have put that toolBox in a particular locat...
about 5 years ago in General 0 Needs review

Level Manager Dialog - add "Open Library" and "Open Library in a New session".

MS CE 14 In the Element Templates dialog if we select a library and right-click, the context menu has: Open Library Open Library in a New Session. In the Level Manager dialog, if I select a library and right-click, there are not these options...
about 5 years ago in General 3 Will not implement

Create a tool palette for customized tools

The attached image is a Tool Palette in AutoCAD where the user can create custom icons to create for example a polyline with a particular layer. I would like to see this in MicroStation, especially in ORD. MicroStation should have a palette where ...
about 5 years ago in General 1 Already exists