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PINNED Add measuring/pick distance tool in parametric solid and variables tools
As a MicroStation modelling user, I would like the capability of filling the Distance field by picking two points (or distance between other elements) from within the tool, so that I can be much quicker in creating solids and other elements where ...
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Annotate element information

I would like to be able to annotate information on an element. Today this is very tedious (or its me that havent found a good way of doing it). I would like to have a tool that allows me to click on an element and then choose what information to s...
over 3 years ago in General 1 Already exists

Abandon the ribbon

Abandon the ribbon and go back to the legacy tool palettes. IMO, the ribbon takes too much time to find the proper tool and switch between tools.
over 2 years ago in General 2 Already exists

Properties Panel: should recognise nested Cells

Transfered from EAP Ideas listThe Transform tools should be able to access nested Cells via the Properties Panel
almost 5 years ago in 2D Drawing 1 Already exists

Properties Panel: Replace Cell tool should recognise Cells

Transfered from EAP Ideas listReplace Cell tools should be able to access individual (of a selection of) nested Cells.
almost 5 years ago in General 1 Already exists

Properties Panel: More Granular Highlighting of Constraints Glyphs / Profiles / Dims

Transfered from EAP Ideas listThe Properties Panel doesn't seem to be fully linked up with Parametric Solids or Constraints.Selecting constraints or solids or paths in the PP don't seem to highlight the corresponding elements in the View Window pr...
almost 5 years ago in General 1 Already exists

Explorer: Add more criteria/options to advanced search

When searching for multilines in references I found that you can't do that, only in models. So I'd like to have a search option for references added to the list.I'd also like to have the option to search multilines by their style added.
almost 5 years ago in General 2 Already exists

Reference Files - Clip Boundary With Key-in, Macro, or Python

Allowing a quick way to clip reference file boundaries would greatly help with drawing production. At the moment the only way to clip a reference file boundary is by manually doing it, in every file. This proves to be extremely tedious and time co...
over 1 year ago in 2D Drawing 2 Already exists

Add transparency as an option to level overrides

Add transparency as an option to level overrides.
over 1 year ago in  2 Already exists

Add ability to define global variables for constraints

currently there are only local variables that can be used within one parametric cell model. It would be nice to be able to define global variables with in the dgn or a dgnlib that are available in all models and can be added to the pool of local v...
over 4 years ago in General 2 Already exists

Create a tool palette for customized tools

The attached image is a Tool Palette in AutoCAD where the user can create custom icons to create for example a polyline with a particular layer. I would like to see this in MicroStation, especially in ORD. MicroStation should have a palette where ...
over 4 years ago in General 1 Already exists