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    Show Vertices

    MicroStation needs ability to toggle on the display of vertices for elements. Similar to how you can display them when SELECTING a feature.... LEAVE THEM ON so that I know where they are when actually USING A TOOL like Delete Vertex. (Also the cat...
    almost 6 years ago in 2D Drawing 1 Future consideration

    Add to Dimension ordinates + to positive values and plus/minus sign to 0.000

    Would be wonderful if Dimension ordinates at least will have possibility to choose +/- sign next to the 0.000 and plus sign (+) next to positive ordinates in the Elevation drawings as for negative coordinates.And it would be perfect if will be pos...
    almost 6 years ago in 2D Drawing 3 Future consideration

    Creating Entities by Best Fit

    Tool to find best fit lines, rectangles, arcs, half-ellipses, circles or ellipses through points. Regression analysis. Similar to ACAD - https://help.autodesk.com/view/CIV3D/2025/ENU/?guid=GUID-0F64B4E9-A943-4842-B883-0FF5297B101C
    11 months ago in 2D Drawing 1 Needs review

    Sheet Numbering Controls - Start Number Enhancement

    At times, sheet numbers may change through the life of a project, which have to be documented in the top right corner of each sheet. Currently, there is an ORD limitation where the Start Number sheet numbering control can only be set for one line....
    about 1 year ago in 2D Drawing 1 Needs review

    Linear Solids - T, L, X Connections

    It would be very productive to add the means to make Connections with other Solids, Surfaces, Shapes. See OBD's Wall tool. The current Linear Solid is incomplete, difficult to use for real production tasks, where connections are almost always need...
    3 months ago in 3D Modeling 0 Needs review

    Expand ItemType Export/Import Functionality

    When exporting ItemTypes to Excel, allow the following as options: Choose Excel file to export to (can currently only select folder and name is automatic) Allow exporting from multiple dgns (with a selection of all models, default only, etc.) Sele...
    over 2 years ago in Collaboration 1 Needs review

    Missing Format Painter

    We miss the Fomat Painter in MicroStation (like in MS Word, AutoCAD etc.). Actually I asked for this in a Service Ticket years ago. Now I notice that 2023.2 has expanded the "Change Attributes" tool with an ability to change Fill Color: https://do...
    almost 3 years ago in  2 Needs review

    Copy and Increment Text Improvements

    1) Add an alpha mode to increment textWith an increment of 1 Alpha mode would Increase 11A to 11B, ..., 11Z, 11AA etc2) Add first and/or last option so"T22a" could be incremented to both "U22a" and "T22b" or "U23b" if numeric was also on3) Tools s...
    almost 6 years ago in 2D Drawing 3 Future consideration

    Extend in line leader to text

    In our office it is a current standard to keep callout text left justified. it is more in line with the idea that the English language is read from left to right, so right justifying is more difficult for the eye to follow. I have seen a few posts...
    almost 6 years ago in 2D Drawing 4 Will not implement

    Bentley View - Open file type like in Update 17

    Hi, Since the release 2023, the number of file format supported by Bentley View has drastically decreased. As a lot of customers used BV to see different kind of CAD file, it will be interresting to get back to the previous file format list ? (as ...
    over 1 year ago in Collaboration 3 Needs review