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    Item Type properties should have the option to allow null values

    When youattach an Item Type the integer values can be null or empty if there are no default value.If you add some value to such a property you can not clear it since that is not a valid numer. It would be great is numbers couldallow empty values. ...
    almost 5 years ago in Collaboration 1 Future consideration

    Scale or rotate only the part of an element within the fence

    This existed a long time ago as a variation of Fence Stretch, and I'd like to see it reinstated.I'd like to see an option to fence PART of a complex element (Line String, Complex Chain, Cell, etc.) and perform scale or rotate only only the portion...
    almost 5 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Future consideration

    Add "Z increment" option to move/copy parallel

    Move/copy parallel allows a distance to be specified (in the x,y plane). We spend a lot of time using this tool, however, we also need to change the elevation. An option to do this incorporated into the tool would save a lot of time using other me...
    almost 5 years ago in 2D Drawing 1 Will not implement

    Data Clean up Merge Lines/Arcs

    A very old 2D drafting package I used 15-20 years had a tool call "delete dupes" and it was liken to the Microstation Delete Duplicates command under utilities. But it had an added bonus if any lines(or arcs)of the same weight, level, type etc. ov...
    almost 5 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Will not implement

    Scaling of Linestyle in Display Rules

    Display rules are a brilliant addition to Microstation and being able to chose different linestyles colors etc is great but we have anumber of line styles that require a scale to them, can this be added to to the dialog boxes when you chose the li...
    almost 5 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Future consideration

    Rotate text placed at arbitrary angle back to 0 or 90 degree

    command or key-in for text that is placed at an arbitrary angle be easily rotated to sit at 0 or 90 degrees to match other text placed horizontally, without having to delete it and then re-entering it.
    almost 5 years ago in 2D Drawing 6 Already exists

    Pick more attributes through ALT + left mouse click

    Some of you may already know that you can pick and subsequently activate layer, line style, weight and colour by left-clicking on an element with the ALT key held down instead of changing those settings one by one.I would love to see this extended...
    almost 5 years ago in 2D Drawing 2 Already exists

    Pattern Styles

    Adding to the concept of Text Styles, Dimension Styles, Multiline Styles, etc. it would be very helpful to create and save Pattern Styles.A basic implementation would be the ability to save Hatch and Cross Hatch settings to an AutoCAD .pat file th...
    almost 5 years ago in General 1 Needs review

    Enable/Disable Feature with True/False Variable

    I see the enable toggle under feature properties but it would be much more powerful if you could tie it to a variable and let a true/false variable define it's state. This would allow users to turn many features on or off based on a single variable.
    almost 5 years ago in 3D Modeling 2 Future consideration

    MS 2023 icon

    Can we suggest that the MS icon be changed to include the year version. Now that we can have multiple installs, it will make it easier to identify which is which (version) I know the text under the icon states the version, but having a visual aspe...
    over 2 years ago in General 2 Future consideration