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    Design File Settings are rather model settings

    As It appears that the Bentley development puts a great deal of brain power into USABILITY I would greatly appreciate if you could consider this. A couple of settings in File>Settings>Design File are rather Model specific settings, right? Ev...
    almost 6 years ago in Collaboration 0 Will not implement

    Batch Converter - Subfolders

    It would be great if the BC tool could recognise and work with subfolders. The converted files would land in the folder next to the source file.Conversion is increasingly something that needed with today's ever increasing need for collaborative wo...
    almost 6 years ago in General 0 Needs review

    Slotted Hole Feature & Hole feature pick list/variation list

    The hole feature is very handy for quickly placing holes and includes options for counter bore and counter sync holes but not slots. Slots are far more common then counter bores and counter syncs so having a slot option would be very handy. Of cou...
    almost 6 years ago in 3D Modeling 0 Future consideration

    Include Part information and Assembly name in STEP file import

    It would be good if the cells created for parts had the part information added as Item Type information. It would also be good to use Named Graphic groups for Assemblies with the group name being the Assembly name. Currently the nested Cell struct...
    over 2 years ago in 3D Modeling 0 Future consideration

    Import tools: LOD management

    It would be good to provide more tools to simplify incoming CAD files. Using Luxart IT CARF BIM toolkit and other convertors in the MCAD space, I think it is fair to say that LOD reduction tools are becoming critical to info exchange and interoper...
    about 4 years ago in General 1 Future consideration

    Unlock Sheet model from Sheet Index

    Oftentimes we will remove a sheet from the sheet index, and add it back in later. Currently, when you add a sheet to the sheet index, it "brands" that sheet model to the sheet index. In order to remove it, we have to remove it from the sheet index...
    over 3 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Planned

    Edit Local Models

    Mstn has long provided the option for the Active Model to be Ref attached and edited. See setting in the Preferences dialogue. Since V5? I think the obvious use case would be any symmetrical assembly arrangements: ship hulls, aircraft fuselage/win...
    10 months ago in General 0 Needs review

    "Recent Tools" Tab to stay active

    Please keep the last used tab of the AccuDraw popup window on top--especially when it comes to the "recent tab" The new "Recent" tab in the AccuDraw pop-up box is something that I am semi-excited about. Unfortunately, there is no way to keep the "...
    over 3 years ago in General 2 Future consideration

    add leader to existing note

    Be able to add a leader to an existing note.
    over 3 years ago in General 0 Future consideration

    Add GCS option to "Label Coordinate" tool

    In OBD Label Coordinate there is the option to choose "ACS" or "Global origin". Please add an option for the "GCS" so that X/Y/Z values can be displayed in geographical coordinates.
    about 5 years ago in 2D Drawing 3 Planned