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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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    Edit Local Models

    Mstn has long provided the option for the Active Model to be Ref attached and edited. See setting in the Preferences dialogue. Since V5? I think the obvious use case would be any symmetrical assembly arrangements: ship hulls, aircraft fuselage/win...
    2 months ago in General 0 Needs review

    fix bugs before new functionality

    Can we the BENTLEY USERS request that Bentley concentrate on fixing the endless BUGS before they implement new functionality
    over 2 years ago in General 5 Will not implement

    View Independent text that rotates around Justification

    I know that, by default, for legacy reasons, plain text, when placed as "View Independent" will rotate around the lower left-hand corner of the text element. This, however produces somewhat unpredictable and VERY unhelpful effects, as text appears...
    about 5 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Planned

    When opening a V7 file in V8, add an option to upgrade the file to V8 within the pop up window.

    When you attempt to open a V7 file in V8 or CE MicroStation, there is a pop-up window that gives instructions on how to change your settings to "Allow V7 dgn file open". It would be helpful if a button was added to this pop up to allow this settin...
    almost 2 years ago in General 1 Needs review

    Simplify Licensing of Bentley Viewer

    While I agree that registering one time to download a version of free software from a website is not uncommon. Linking to a remote website or the checking out of time constrained licenses every time you use the software is definitely NOT common. I...
    about 4 years ago in General 3 Will not implement

    Tables needs a Manager or Utility

    While there is a tool for individual updates and a key-in for global updates of linked Tables, there should be a manager or utility that can be used to update each Table without having to select individually, update all in bulk, show the status of...
    over 2 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Needs review

    Config file directive to log message in debug output

    Similar to %echo a directive (perhaps %debugmsg) that allows inserting information/comments into the debugging log output. %echo echos data to the console window so it pops-up for all users, the new directive would only put info in the debug outpu...
    about 1 year ago in General 1 Needs review

    Benchmarktool

    For AutoCAD there is a tool called Cadalyst. Something similar for MicroStation and related would be very appreciated. Since we moved to Azure platform users are experiencing all kinds of (latency related) problems. Although we have done a lot of ...
    almost 3 years ago in General 0 Needs review

    Allow Annotation Scale to be applied to revision clouds

    I would like to see an option to apply Annotation Scale to the arc radius of revision clouds. This would allow clouds to be defined with a nominal radius that would be scaled up or down in the same way that text and dimensions are, for consistent ...
    about 5 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Planned

    Support IFC4 import/export with textures

    Add support for IFC4 import/export with textures. Add support for entities IfcBlobTexture, IfcPixelTexture, IfcImageTexture. At least entity IfcIndexedColourMap is already implemented as it shows correctly. Attaching examples with textures from bu...
    about 5 years ago in Collaboration 5 Planned