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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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    Add "Invert selection" to context menu

    Enhancement request: Sometimes I want to choose all elements of a drawing but a few. It would be way more handy to just select those few and then click on "Invert selection" (just like in Adobe Photoshop) instead of holding the STRG key and then d...
    about 5 years ago in General 2 Needs review

    Add 'Hectares' and 'Thousand Square Feet' added to the Mstn Property Formatter schema

    In the metric world, Hectares is a common way to measure land area. A Hectare is 10,000m². It's analogous to the Acre in the English way of measurement.The MicroStation Unit schema includes Hectare. However, Hectares is not included in the Mstn Pr...
    about 5 years ago in General 0 Future consideration

    Reports should have a Query Language

    MicroStation's Reports interface is a closed UI. That is, we can manipulate the UI to create a report definition, but that definition remains obscure. It's stored internally in a DGN file.It would be great to have a formal report definition langua...
    about 5 years ago in Collaboration 3 Needs review

    In microstation connect edition- explorer, it should be possible to search within a fence.

    In microstation connect edition- explorer, itshould be possible to search within a fence. Currently that does not seem to be possible. see this thread for more details; https://bentleysystems.service-now.com/community?id=community_question&sys...
    about 5 years ago in General 1 Future consideration

    fix dimensions so they do not lose association so easily

    I get so tired of dimensioning a 3d drawing then find out I have to alter the model and the dimension associations are lost.I can understand if there is a modification along a vertex, but not if it's on a different face.There has to be a way to av...
    about 5 years ago in 3D Modeling 0 Future consideration

    Construct Minimum Distance Line using Meshes/Solids

    The "Construct Minimum Distance Line" tool currently only works using line/arc linear elements. This function would be exponentially more powerful if it would work with Mesh and Solid elements, the same way that the "Measure Distance" tool works w...
    about 5 years ago in Collaboration 1 Future consideration

    Item types expression

    Item type is really a powerful tool to add metadata to an element. the main problem i see with item type is its not user friendly. user need to have good programming background. And Yes there are available syntax in the dialogbox but its not worki...
    almost 4 years ago in General 2 Future consideration

    Option to import Display Styles

    Can we have an option to allow users the ability to import a 'Display Style' from another file. We have the option for Display Rules, but not Display Styles. Ian Lapper
    over 1 year ago in 2D Drawing 2 Needs review

    Power Selector Command Interface

    I propose the ability to control the Power Selector tool completely by Keyin and VBA for automation purposes. The ability to manually select by Text/Dim style with the mouse is nice but would it would be very useful to control this dialog by means...
    over 2 years ago in General 3 Needs review

    Last Valid Value used.

    I have a cell with an item type that reads an alignment and populates the Station and Offset when in ORD. If that file is opened in MSCE and the cell is moved, the station/offset will not be updated (as expected) and the "Last Valid Value" is disp...
    almost 3 years ago in General 3 Planned