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    Dialogs not staying on top

    I have noticed that certain dialogs do not stay on top of the open Microstation session when using dual monitors. Manage Element Template, Edit Template, Manage Annotation Groups are all examples. I can't recover them using the popset trick. When ...
    over 3 years ago in General 2 Future consideration

    Paste PW URN in Attach Reference Dialog

    It would be a lot faster to add references if you were able to paste the PW URN from the PW Explorer directly into the Attach Reference dialog box instead of navigating the project file tree. I know you can use the PW search features, but if you'r...
    6 months ago in General 0 Needs review

    Photomatch Enhancements

    I would like to see the Photomatch tool improved in the following ways. Add a default option on the Photomatch dialog to adjust aspect ratio of view to match that of the photo being used. (Making sure the resulting view dimensions are not the resu...
    almost 6 years ago in Visualization 5 Planned

    Improved and consolidated Linestyle / Multiline Editor

    1. More WYSIWYG. Bigger better preview display. Should reflect scale. 1:10? 1:500? What does it look like?You should be able to orbit, zoom in/out.There should be handles linked to the parameters settings.The handles should be editablein the previ...
    almost 6 years ago in General 0 Planned

    Make show connected conduits in profile on by default

    I'm not sure why anyone would not want to see cross pipes in their storm profiles. I propose either setting the default to always show connected conduits in profile giving the user the option to turn this off or completely remove it from user pref...
    2 months ago in Visualization 0 Needs review

    Allow MicroStation (and all Open products such as ORD) to read AutoDesk .DWG Object Data Properties

    Many companies (including Survey Companies) use AutoDesk Products. Whenever we request a utilities locate Survey, it is 99.9% of the time delivered in .dwg which is fine for visually loading/attaching to MicroStation (and OpenRoads etc.) but the p...
    4 months ago in Collaboration 0 Future consideration

    New ByLevel property for Fill Color

    Currently we have ByLevel Color, but not ByLevel Fill Color. This works for opaque shapes, but is inconvenient for shapes with outline fill.
    8 months ago in General 0 Needs review

    Allow Mass Export of Feature Definitions from Loaded Read-Only Dgnlibs

    When creating supplemental dgnlib content, it is important to understand the content already available in all loaded dgnlibs. If the dgnlibs are in a read-only location, the only way to access this content for export is to copy them into another r...
    2 months ago in General 0 Needs review

    Geospatial feature service - Delete

    Elements that are created from a geospatial feature service connection are not able to be deleted if the feature service connection is removed. When the connection is active, clear features works, but when the connection is removed the elements ar...
    2 months ago in General 2 Already exists

    GenerativeComponents for Microstation

    Hi all, As we now have GenerativeComponents included with OpenBuildings, OpenRoads, OpenSite and OpenRail Designer, and just recently OpenBridge Modeler, adding GenerativeComponents to Vanila Microstation seems like the next logical step. Adding t...
    over 5 years ago in General 7 Future consideration