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    Automatic Dimension Masking

    Need to have the ability for dimension lines that cross other dimension lines be automatically masked. This has traditionally been done by adjusting extension lines, but with associative dimensions, this is not feasible. The order of dimension pla...
    over 1 year ago in  4 Will not implement

    KML export text

    Don't drop text when exporting to KML. What outdated approach it is?
    15 days ago in General 0 Needs review

    Application ICONS per version

    Hi Bentley Can we request that each version of the software MS, OBD, etc includes the version year in the icon. As it stands if you were ot have MS 2022, 2023, 204, 2025, 2026 all the icons are identical. same applies to OBD etc. Ian
    about 1 month ago in General 0 Needs review

    Gradient, fade to transparent

    We can currently create gradient filled shapes. These gradients fade one color to another or even through multiple colors. There is currently no way of fading one color to transparent. This would allow users to fade their shapes out of view.
    9 months ago in 2D Drawing 1 Needs review

    Display Styles - Import

    I would like an option to be able to import a series of Display Styles from one DGNLIB to another. Ian
    16 days ago in Visualization 0 Needs review

    Update dialogs with pull downs to include a search option

    Hi Bentley Can i request an overhaul of the dialogs that have a pull down menu, so that they include a search option (filter). some dialogs that come to mind are: element section change element attributes Place cell Saved Views Reference...
    about 2 months ago in General 0 Needs review
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    CE - Home use license (NOT AVAILABLE IN CE)

    All As per the 'Bentley View' saga/idea, we need to YOU to VOTE to push Bentley into making a HOME USE license available for ALL CONNECT software and NOW, not in 12-24 months time. As it stands, this is not possible and Bentley are telling users t...
    almost 6 years ago in Collaboration 4 Will not implement

    Attach vertical GCS by key-in

    Key-in to attach vertical coordinate is missing. There is geocoordinate attach but it doesn't take VCS as input. Same issue with programming no option in VBA/Python to add VCS.
    19 days ago in General 2 Needs review

    Ability for patterns within display rules to follow annotation scale of the master file

    When applying patterns with display rules it is possible to set the scale to be annotative. When the element is in the current dgn, this works well and the pattern changes when the scale changes.However, when linked into another file at a differen...
    about 2 months ago in 2D Drawing 0 Needs review

    Change text style simultaneously in all text in the table selected

    MicroStation provides established tools for editing text, including the Change Text Attributes dialog. Since the introduction of tables, text inside table cells do not behave consistently with these standard tools. Expectation is that the text too...
    3 months ago in General 0 Needs review