per CS0352736 i am submitting this as an idea. When using the import shape file tool, the import dialog only shows element templates that exist in the file. I would like to have it show the element templates that are in dgnlib files and configurat...

the place label tool is restricted to only elements that exist in the active model. So any elements that are referenced in will not work with the tool. This idea is to update the tool to work with reference elements.

there are config variables specific to several things like levels, item types, element templates, display styles... but there is not one for display rules. I think there should be one specific to display rules, MS_DGNLIBLIST_DISPLAYRULES. For now ...

Overhaul the current Line Style Editor user interface. It is very non-intuitive and difficult to work with, which discourages both CAD administrators and the more tech savvy CAD users from creating custom line styles. Changes to the functionality ...

What's in a DGNLIB? This question has been asked a few times on the V8i Forums.BackgroundAdministrators are increasingly using DGNLIBs to define project standards. That's one reason why Bentley invented DGNLIBs, to provide a project-wide resource....

When using the command View Rotate Element on a text element rotates the view so that the text rotates to the nearest quadrant. For example if the text is close to upside down it will rotate the text to upside down instead of rotating the view so ...

When a file crashes it commonly outputs a exception log. To my knowledge these logs are not very useful to users trying to diagnose the issue. I've attached one to a support ticket and they said they are not useful to the Bentley support staff eit...

The so called 3D custom linestyles ar placed in same rotation as active view. There is no option to unrotate such lines under "modify linestyle atributes" tool.

We are looking for functionality that will allow printing corridor meshes (2d and 3d) or any meshes as filled entities, without the need to use Rasterized option active in the Print dialog. Currently to print meshes to PDF, to appear as filled wit...

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...