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Use Workset without associating file

Idea:When opening a file, add an option to use the current WorkSet without associating the file to it. Effectively this would allow a user to temporarily use the current WorkSet without effecting the files existing WorkSet association, whether tha...
almost 2 years ago in General 0 Needs review

Configuration Variable -> Random Number

Hello Bentley, there are times when we need random numbers, or unique numbers in the session, or from the Windows environment. There are a couple of ways to do this for example to generate an integer from Windows %Random command and pass it to a v...
almost 2 years ago in General 5 Future consideration

Bring back the Select by Attributes dialog which allowed more detailed ways to create selection sets.

Sometimes there is a need to select specific cells or line strings. This would be very helpful for changing old v8i cells to new ORD cells.
almost 2 years ago in  1 Needs review

comma option for English dimensions

Please add a comma units separator option for English unit dimensions. This shouldn't only be a Metric option.
almost 2 years ago in  0 Needs review

ability to link Item Type to images link or external link

Add the ability to link itemtype to images link, so when changing item type in pick list to define sign it would change also the associated images ok the sign panel. exemaple I have an item type name sign, when the value is sign1, I can display si...
almost 2 years ago in  0 Needs review

Add constraint functionality to work with tables

It seems table elements would benefit from working with constraints. As users adjust annotation scale borders change shape but the table elements slide around being able to constrain them to another element like the border would eliminate some of ...
almost 4 years ago in  0 Needs review

3D PDF texture size

In the 3D plotting options there is an option to set the texture map size to either small (128x128), medium (256x256), large (512x512) or unlimited. Is there a way to make this user defined? Like if I wanted something between large and unlimited. ...
almost 2 years ago in General 0 Needs review

Change WorkMode without application restart

Hello Bentley, I would like the ability to change WorkMode without having to restart the application. Currently the Configuration Variable determines the starting WorkMode. But perhaps if we can change it during the session to activate other Capab...
almost 2 years ago in General 0 Needs review

Custom Line Style Preview Window - Discontinue Rescaling Based on Annotation Scale

Problem: In the custom line style selection tool, the annotation scale setting must be set to "Full Size 1=1" in order to view the custom line style in the preview window. At a scale of 1/2"=1' (1"=2') or above, the line style displays as a solid ...
almost 2 years ago in General 0 Needs review

Item Type Data Manager

Item Types are so useful in so many different and creative ways that our models are getting a very large number of item types attached to the model elements. Currently, the only way to modify the item type data attached to something is to click on...
almost 4 years ago in General 3 Already exists