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Add DGN "Title" column to Reference Manager

As others have noted, managing a large number of referenced files is not easy. Often a filename is insufficient. We use the dgn property "Title" accessed by Alt-Enter to populate our drawing title blocks. This can also be easily be shown as a colu...
over 5 years ago in General 0 Needs review

Configuration File Operators - Can read mapped drives, but not UNC shares.

Hello Bentley, another configuration request. There are a number of configuration operators that do not recognise network UNC [Universal Naming Convention] locations like SharePoint. These Operators only recognise mapped network drive letters like...
almost 3 years ago in General 0 Needs review

Make All Text Item Types

Hello Bentley, I watched the 2023 preview, why not make all Text Elements as Item Types? Includes Text, Dimensions, Notes. The Item Type for multiline text, the header is the node, the lines of text are properties. This could make all text accessi...
almost 3 years ago in General 2 Needs review

Lost Dialog Boxes

Hello Bentley, This has been a persistent issue for the entire time I have been a Bentley CAD user. Losing dialog boxes still seems so easy to do, yet difficult to recover/restore. One example is that if I move a dialog outside of the application ...
almost 3 years ago in General 2 Needs review

Add error handling to Sheet Index/ Print Organizer

Currently if you want to access the Print Organizer from the Sheet Index, there is no error handling if a file or sheet model is not found. If you select invalid sheet models from your sheet index and click on the Print Organizer button, nothing h...
almost 3 years ago in General 0 Needs review

Cell Properties -> Geolocation and Bearing

Two new Cell [and possibly a label?] Properties: Geolocation & Bearing: The coordinates can be applied manually or using a map placement splatter or scripted to place Cells on a Point Cloud or by inheriting their placement in the environment. ...
almost 3 years ago in 3D Modeling 0 Needs review

Point placing Tools Update

Points to PatternsPlace Active Cell has active angle and x,z,y scale as part of its dialog, but not Place Active Point which has a Cell/Character option.It would be a big improvement if the Point placing tools (Place Active Point,Place Active Poin...
over 5 years ago in Collaboration 0 Future consideration

One-click element property change (colour, style, weight) in attribute toolbox

Add one-click element property change (colour, style, weight) in the attribute toolbox: use active/selected attribute instead of having to go through the pull-down-menu. Just like in MS Word, click on the small down arrow if you need the pull-down...
over 5 years ago in General 1 Needs review

Accudraw Rotate Element: Locate Interiors

Transferred from EAP2. Could RE please recognise the planar surfaces, not just the edges, please? Using a shaded view doesn't seem to make a difference. Locate Interiors should be Always On? There a way to make RE cycle through the different planes.
over 5 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Future consideration

Preview/Display in Populate Contents.

I'd like to have a cell display/preview window in the Populate Contants dialog.The Populate tool allows for mass placement of cells/RPCs. The Populate Contents dialog is where all cells that are to be used are listed. But currently there is no way...
over 5 years ago in General 0 Will not implement