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Place New Element by Selecting Existing Element

This might seem a bit odd but might also be intuitive. Placing a new Element by selecting an existing Element. So, the whole thing goes; It's called 'Place Element by Selection' tool. This Element Creation Tool automatically applies settings based...
over 2 years ago in General 3 Needs review

Retain cell levels when placing label

As indicated in a couple of forum posts, and reflected in Enhancement Request ... many users would like to see that the level of the original cell is retained when placing a cell with the "Place Label" tool. Currently it uses the level of the acti...
about 3 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Future consideration

SaveAs DWG Options: Merge Reference settings

In the Safe As DWG/DXF Options dialog box there is a Reference section in the General tab and there is a References tab. Settings in one place can influence the other. It makes much more sense to have all Reference Settings in one place. The setti...
about 3 years ago in General 0 Needs review

Alt + LMC - add element class to matched attributes

Alt + LMC is a quick way to match attributes with an existing element, and is supposed to match 'all' attributes. However Element Class (Construction or Priority isn't included).
over 2 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Needs review

New Configuration Variable - Run Script

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...
over 2 years ago in General 2 Future consideration

Save As/Export Raster references options - RETAIN/OMIT

When saving/exporting a DGN to a DWG/DXF, we have options to control vector references i.e. Retain, Merge, OMIT etc. But we have NO control over Raster References. I want to have an option where we can include or Omit them.
over 2 years ago in Collaboration 1 Needs review

Smartline with predefined angles

I work with electrical conduits and it would be handy to have a smartline which will draw the circular bends at specific angles. For example the bend could have an angle of 11.25, 15, 22.5, 30 or 45 degrees. You could also nominate bend radii such...
over 2 years ago in General 0 Needs review

Place Detail Callout - Circle Option

When selecting the circle or ellipse option in the Place Detail Callout dialog, have the clip boundary match the circle or ellipse. Currently the clip is always a rectangle.
about 3 years ago in 2D Drawing 1 Needs review

Custom Tab Stop Settings

Since we have the ability to set custom tab stop widths, there should be a way to save those custom settings. Many years ago, we were able to save and recall Indent/Tab schemes, for reuse throughout a drawing. This was helpful because it allowed u...
almost 4 years ago in General 0 Needs review

ESRI Geocodeserver

Add support for querying ESRI Geocode and reverse geocode server. For example place point on map by address or place address as text from coordinate.
over 2 years ago in General 0 Needs review