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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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Solar exposure weather file

Utilize snow cover from weather file and calculate possible loss of exposure from snow for less steep surfaces.
about 2 years ago in Visualization 0 Needs review

Solar Exposure

How solar exposure calculator is supposed to be used? All I can get is just nice image with legend without any tools to do some kind of analysis. How to calculate or measure area how much total kwh for example a roof receives? It would be really h...
about 2 years ago in Visualization 0 Needs review

Name Drawing and Sheet Model Differently When Creating Sheets

When using the 'From Drawing Boundary' to create sheets, there's not an option to name the drawing model and sheet model differently. The drawing model gets named correctly and the sheet model gets named the same with [SHEET] added as a suffix. We...
about 2 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Needs review

PickLists should have multiple columns

A MicroStation PickList provides a list of alphanumeric data. They are used primarily when assigning Item Types to an element: the operator can pick a value from a list. It works well, but could be better. If a PickList were to support multiple co...
about 4 years ago in Collaboration 1 Future consideration

ORD: "Civil Formatting" also for Distance and Direction.

"Design File Settings" dialogbox has the category "Civil Formatting" for ORD. There you can set format basically for manipulators. Sometimes text manipulators are also Length and/or Direction (such as "Line Between Points" ) or add a taper. But in...
about 4 years ago in General 0 Will not implement

ORD: Cross Section Model (add Interval textbox)

Hi. We can show a Cross Section Model selecting an Alignment or Corridor. In case we select an Alignment we have to type an Interval value but once the View is open we cannot change that Interval value. In my opinion, in the header of the View (fo...
about 4 years ago in General 0 Will not implement

Add Expand and Collapse buttons in some dialog windows such as "Element Templates Manager", "Text Styles" dialog, etc..

Autodesk Civil 3D has 2 buttons (Expand and Collapse) in some of its dialog boxes such as "Parameters" tab in its Corridor Properties. See attached image. I would like to see similar buttons in some dialog windows in MicroStation such as the "Elem...
about 4 years ago in General 0 Needs review

Line Styles

I am looking for a list that shows what the numbers in the Line Style drop down box represent. Anyone have a list or know how to find one?...Thanks
about 2 years ago in 2D Drawing 1 Needs review

Import coordinates

As there is no option to move text anchors in Microstation the need option to add prefix to imported XYZ coordinates with text. For example to add space so text moves right from origin. Or at least option to not normalize text so the space from tx...
about 2 years ago in General 1 Needs review

Store Tangent Curve Unconstrained

This command was in the horizontal alignment generator in V8. A very useful tool that would store a tangent curve through an identified point and modify the existing element(s) if desired. I cannot find this command in Open Roads.
about 2 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Needs review