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File option for per-Model Colour Table

New feature, with Capability Config variable to allow per Model colour table to override the Design File colour table. So, whilst retaining the existing Design File colour table, a Config Capability option to enable per-Model colour table attachme...
6 months ago in General 0 Needs review

Ability to change Accuracy in Item Type manager

Currently, you cannot change accuracy from 2 decimals to 3 decimals in item types properties for the number property in the Item type manager so there should be some settings to change the accuracy so that it will reflect in property definition pa...
over 1 year ago in General 0 Future consideration

Bring back recently used linestyles

In V8i, the custom linestyle pulldown in the attributes toolbar would "remember" that last few custom linestyles you had chosen. This was very useful! Apparently that capability has been removed from CONNECT. Why, I don't know...Please restore the...
over 1 year ago in General 0 Future consideration

Automation of VBA Coding using AI

As Microsoft has no plan to replace office VBA and promised to maintain, providing built-in generative AI to build VBA code would help Bentley Systems to close the gap for users. Although there are C# addins, C++ bmake etc. those technologies were...
over 1 year ago in General 0 Needs review

Create your own ribbon menue drag-and-drop

For particular daily workflows you have to do a couple of functions again and again. The next day you have a different set of functions for another task. So it would be nice to easily create your own menue quickly "on demand". But "Customize" is n...
almost 5 years ago in General 1 Needs review

Generated PDF text should be editable.

Generate pdf in MicroStation file>Print option use “Pdf.pltcfg “style. Import generated PDF in MicroStation. How to import and edit PDF file in DGN - MicroStation Wiki - MicroStation - Bentley Communities) Review the pdf Text, you will find all...
about 2 years ago in General 1 Will not implement

Show levels as used for shared cells

When you have shared cells many levels used within are not shown as used in the level list. When you sort your levels for used ones levels in shared cells are not listed. You can switch off levels ""Off by element" but you will not be able to find...
almost 5 years ago in General 1 Future consideration

Searchable text in raster PDF files

Please can you find a solutions to have searchable text in rasterized PDF prints. We use .pod and image background all the time to create context to our 2D detailing, but once you print this to PDF file the text becomes part of the "image" and you...
over 1 year ago in 2D Drawing 1 Needs review

Clip Reference / Mask Reference on a nested reference

Right now, when I try to do a clip reference or mask reference on a reference that uses live nesting, I can only do it on the single reference, which masks or clips every reference. I would like the ability to clip or mask a single nested referenc...
over 2 years ago in General 1 Future consideration

Give warning when attaching different GCS file

Give warning when attaching a different GCS file. For example if i have 2 different dgn files with different Geographic coordinate systems. If I attach one dgn into the other with coincident world option, I would expect that it will show a warning...
about 3 years ago in  0 Needs review