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    Hatch pattern preview window

    Would be nice to have a little preview window when selecting hatch patterns.
    almost 5 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Future consideration

    Tool or setting to toggle text/dimensions/notes background on/off

    MicroStation needs a simpler way to turn text background on or off in text, dimensions and notes.We do not always use Background, so we do not have it set on by default. When we do need it, it requires a special trip into the text styles dialog to...
    almost 5 years ago in 2D Drawing 3 Future consideration

    Chamfer distance by points

    2D/3D chamfer tools are missing option to "measure distance". It is troublesome to guess chamfer if for example I need to create simple roof by chamfer so the both sides meet at the roofline I need to use separate measure distance tool to nudge th...
    2 months ago in 3D Modeling 0 Needs review

    3D-tiles importing in Microstation through mesh as .json files

    Dear Bentley Service Team, Rather than proposing a new idea, I would like to refer to a previous case (link below) regarding MicroStation’s support for importing .json format files. This functionality is promoted, but not directly supported within...
    2 months ago in 3D Modeling 1 Future consideration

    Make display progress & percentage for point cloud import work for large files

    importing a big point cloud to the pod format can take quite a while. While the progress for smaller point cloud files is displayed with a progress bar in the status bar, it doesn't work for large files (several GB). You only get the wit cursor an...
    9 months ago in 3D Modeling 0 Needs review

    Need a manipulation tools called ALIGN by Element

    Something that has been missing from MicroStation is a manipulation tool called 'ALIGN to element' tool. In other applications such as ACAD and REVIT this tool is really powerful. MicroStation is lacking functionality, which could very easily be i...
    over 3 years ago in General 1 Future consideration

    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 ...
    almost 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...
    almost 5 years ago in Collaboration 5 Planned

    Accudraw Shortcut Zen

    Working in 3d usually means navigating between three coordinate systems of planes*. View Stored reference planes (ACS) Element reference planes (faces, Cell local coord systems, edges, vertices) Accudraw's Compass provides a fourth dynamic referen...
    7 months ago in 3D Modeling 0 Needs review

    Make Release Notes available

    Nearly all software has release notes available with every minor and major version upgrade. A very useful insight to see if a software update is needed for your purposes or if it can be skipped. Skipping software updates can save a lot of time (an...
    about 1 year ago in General 0 Needs review