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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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    apply level settings of a reference to other references

    When you get plan (e.g. a floorplan Groundfloor) that you use as background of your design (craft) you probably want to switch of a couple of levels. One can save this setting via Saved Views. For the next floorplan you will need to manually set t...
    almost 3 years ago in General 0 Needs review

    Show annotation Cell name on hover

    Annotation cells has name so show cell names for all all cells not only normal/shared cells:
    over 4 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Future consideration

    Area tool - needs formatting option

    The new Area tools in MS 2023 need to have an option for formatting. Drawing> Analyze>Area tools. This will allow the user to select the units rather than take the DGN file settings. Ian Lapper
    over 1 year ago in 2D Drawing 2 Needs review

    Select reference in ref dialog after attachment

    We recently updated to 2024 from V8i and noticed that when attaching a reference, it does not highlight the reference as active in the reference dialog, which it did in V8i. This makes finding the most recent attached reference very difficult in t...
    about 1 year ago in General 0 Needs review

    Change attributes - copy with marked "+"

    I asked many years ago ( as in move / copy / mirror ) , that Change Attributes with Copy need mark "+" on mouse coursor . Many times i forget to uncheck Copy and double some elements. So mark this on coursor will be great
    about 4 years ago in  0 Needs review

    UI right click element centric menu

    Can we make the UI better for things like 'Change Pattern'. Rather than the Change Pattern dialog, can this be a Right click menu. This could be used for numerous other type of elements.
    7 months ago in  0 Needs review

    Add variation to Text box options

    Within MS you can add a text box which is based around a rectangle. A lot of standards are now looking at other options to display the box behind the Text, ie an ellipse, triangle, rounded rectangle etc.
    almost 2 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Needs review

    Merge Reference Attachment as Cell

    It would be great to have the option to merge a Ref into the active Model as a Cell. The nested Refs would come in as nested Cells. Similar to AutoCAD Insert functionality. Option to Flatten. See previous discussion, item 1
    over 3 years ago in General 2 Needs review

    Bentley View - Preview Handlers

    View should provide Preview Handlers for DWG, RFA, 3DM, DXF, IFC, OBJ, FBX... not just DGN. A lot of time is wasted if thumbnails are not available. Looking for the relavant files to open takes a lot more time than opening to get a better view, co...
    about 1 year ago in General 1 Needs review

    Edit "Report" values

    I think Reports could be so much more powerfull if it were possible to EDIT the values that are reported and those values get written back into the file. This would be very similar to how Schedules behave in Openbuildings Designer as well as many ...
    over 3 years ago in General 1 Needs review