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    Selection handles preference

    have a preference setting where you can have select handles button as a default instead of a selection color. Each time you start a new selection today it resets on selection color and need to click on select handles again
    over 1 year ago in General 1 Needs review

    Datasmith Exporter (including Direct Link) for Twinmotion/ Unreal Engine

    Request: Develop an official Datasmith Exporter (including Direct Link) for MicroStation. Datasmith has become the industry-standard workflow for Twinmotion and Unreal Engine. Most competing AEC/CAD platforms—including Revit, Archicad, SketchUp Pr...
    4 months ago in Visualization 0 Needs review

    Creation of an "Update Server Copy" Button for the Quick Access Toolbar

    This icon would be useful to quickly update the server copy rather than doing the following: Clicking on the "File" tab or typing "Update Server Copy" in the Search Ribbon. Users would be able to update the server copy faster than the current alte...
    8 months ago in  3 Needs review

    Speed up start-up process of MicroStation by caching worksets

    If there are quite a few workspaces with lots of worksets the start-up process can take a very long time. In our case we have 10 workspaces with 50 (and more) worksets each and the time between splash screen and welcone page takes about 90 seconds...
    about 2 years ago in General 2 Needs review

    Manipulate Fence Conmtents: Stretch. Please show it to me.

    The stretch fence command should display the fence content dynamically as the fence is being dragged around. Just as it does with the other Manipulate Fence commands. In V8i it only shows the fence itself being moved, not its content. Manipulated ...
    almost 6 years ago in 2D Drawing 2 Future consideration

    Select by attributes - add "within highlighted area only" option (i.e. fence)

    I know there's the option in the element selection to only search for certain levels etc. but I only get it to work by selecting a bunch of elements and then switching everything off in the various tabs that I don't want to be selected.It would wa...
    almost 6 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Future consideration

    graphic group within cell

    When creating a named graphic group in a cell definition cell lib and then place it in a drawing (then drop the cell) the graphic group definition is not maintained.The graphic group definition should be maintained after placement.
    almost 6 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Future consideration

    Item Type properties should have a Display Label as well as a Name

    Most EC schema objects have both a Name and a DisplayLabel. The Name is for MicroStation consumption. The DisplayLabel is for human consumption. The Name may have certain (unpublished) restrictions. The DisplayLabel can be anything: MicroStation d...
    almost 6 years ago in General 1 Future consideration

    Refresh Item Type Excel Lookup Values within Active DGN

    Item Types using lookup values from an excel are very helpful. However, if the excel values are modified while a user already has an active DGN open in a workspace, the user close or leave the DGN and come back to load the new lookup values. It wo...
    about 2 years ago in General 0 Needs review

    Display Rule: update from library

    As stated by another user in this thread: https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/172878/update-display-rule-from-library/498364 It makes absolutely no sense that the Display Rule library doesn't behave in the sa...
    over 3 years ago in General 1 Future consideration