To use IFC files to communicate with other programs, you need another Bentley product. I suppose it is possible to add this function to Microstation and OpenRoads.

It can be hard to notice if a text field is no longer updating and are stale. Would it be possible to have a way to visually notice stale labels by replacing the stale text with the word "stale" or something equivalent? Perhaps all text fields hav...

Associative dimensions need to work with elements that are in Reference attachments, not just elements in the same active model. Due to the federated way that Mstn is designed to work, association with elements stored in external files, models is ...

want a way to create annotation on a sheet that cross references information from a sheet in the index. for example, a label could say, "See sheet R-34 for detail". If the sheet changes number (e.g. from R-34 to R35 the label would update).

Adding a dropdown to the Measure Tool to allow the user to change the measurement unit. Currently, the only way to Measure in different units is to change the Design File Working Units, however, this causes other issues and permanently changes Wor...

What's in a DGNLIB? This question has been asked a few times on the V8i Forums.BackgroundAdministrators are increasingly using DGNLIBs to define project standards. That's one reason why Bentley invented DGNLIBs, to provide a project-wide resource....

I would like to be able to extrude a series of profiles along a series of paths in one move. Imagine you have defined the paths, added the profiles to the end of the profiles and in one move extrude them along the paths. Currently this is a per pa...

After Bentley ended support for Navigator v8i, Bentley is missing a desktop-based review tool that supports dynamic review of Openplant DGN files stored in a ProjectWise Environment. While working in a File Based system, it is essential to have a ...

Currently the only two options are "All Models" or 'Default Model Only".

Now that we have the ability to add tables to our DGN files. We can add the areas of many shapes to the table. It would be very useful to have an option to calculate the sum of all the areas. At the moment we have to copy/paste this into excel to ...