I guess many SMDs are filing their CAD files in some project specific sub-folder on some server. You often need to switch between models. So you go open another file and then go to the right model. Explorer offers a better way to do this through "...

Hello Bentley, There already exists some options to run command scripts on the DGN or application at startup using the Command Line, but can this be simplified? I have already read these two forum items but in honesty it can be much simpler. https...

If a reference is removed from a composition model, then any cached drawings referencing Saved Views from that composition model will get an error message that prevents the cached DV from updating. There are several reasons that users may want to ...

Currently in the Customise Ribbon dialogue the cell to enter the key-in for a custom ribbon tool is only a single line and exceptionally difficult to edit when placing a long string of key-ins. Please allow the cell to expand and be multi-line.

There ist currently a capability setting CAPABILITY_PICKLIST that prevents the user from making any change to a picklist. As an administrator I'd like to have the option to prevent users from creating lokal picklists in the dgns but it should only...

The pattern and filed area dialogs work similar and "do" something similar. Why do you end up with two differnt element types. Why is it not interchangeable. This is more than ripe (dated) In dwg you end up with a mess when you with patterns and f...

While AutoCAD is very much focused on key-in commands, MicroStation has always worked on providing a constantly improving graphical user interface. Despite the advantages of such a visual approach the Position Mapping was and is a very efficient w...

When using the Label Point Coordinates tool and referencing to a defined Auxiliary Coordinate System (automatically available by selecting a geographic datum), there is no way to alter the output format of the data. As shown, a Geographic coordina...

If you work in 3d you should typically work within the SWA. If you have several buildings you can set them up at 0,0,0 and horizontal to the view. Reference these buildings to a master coordination file, where you would move the reference files to...

It would be very useful to have a way to annotate terrain slope between two points (similar to Analyse between Points in ORD). This tool should use a dimension and text style to be able to customize it to the project standards.