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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Dominic Seah's Activities</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/members/0ccc8245_2d00_4ca5_2d00_4ade_2d00_ae72_2d00_da5a97bdd8f2</link><description>Dominic Seah's recent activity</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>BIM Workfkows - Cost Planning Tools</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/f/aecosim-speedikon-forum/179064/bim-workfkows---cost-planning-tools</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2019 19:28:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:b54c35ab-b196-4cc1-8857-d7692800a68f</guid><dc:creator>Dominic Seah</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;More damning criticism of &lt;a href="https://www.building.co.uk/news/crossrail-overspend-on-stations-tops-2bn-/5099288.article"&gt;Crossrail&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;which is now going to overrun cost and programme-wise... so much so that a lot rail jobs are being put on hold or delayed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On the programming side, Bentley can point to Synchro. I wonder if the cost estimation / take-off side now need some serious attention.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Any rail or other infra jobbie in the UK will now be under the spotlight cost-wise. I would imagine that all those BEP&amp;#39;s would be dusted off and more BIM assisted cost checks will be demanded earlier and earlier on.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Connection or bridge to RIB iTwo... via Speedikon tools? CostX?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>updated barmenu.ma for Connect Edition ORD???</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/176615/updated-barmenu-ma-for-connect-edition-ord</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:03:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:4926f3ef-39b7-4971-9b5c-40b0cf605d06</guid><dc:creator>Greg Atkins</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have an updated barmenu.ma that would work with connect edition ORD?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Array Along Path vid</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/products_generativecomponents/f/generativecomponents---forum/198234/array-along-path-vid</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2020 07:32:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:cab90856-e457-4f21-9c97-d68d4af23d2c</guid><dc:creator>Dominic Seah</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Another great &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IoMLdzOtOE&amp;amp;t=0s"&gt;vid&lt;/a&gt; from JPW&amp;#39;s Wayne Dickerson !&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;1. It would be great to be able to reference geometry from Ref attachments using something other than the Range Box. Item Type properties, maybe? This would provide a more robust link as the reference geometry would inevitably move about.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2. Start point: I think that a more common way to define this would be to use an intersection point defined by a line perpendicular to / crossing the path Curve, which the user would use Mstn tools to manipulate. Again, this would normally be in the Ref attachment and it would be good to link directly to the GC script without having to define Range Boxes. There will be a lot of this kind of input geometry... some of which may be nested in Cells.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3. OpenBuildings &lt;a href="https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/web/OpenBuildings%20GenerativeComponents%20Help-v7/en/GUID-4215C9DF-0274-452A-8975-7B8BB1759002.html"&gt;Grid&lt;/a&gt; Node - it would be good to be able to extract intersections, grid names etc. Possible already in U6?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4. Exceptions: is it possible to index one of the arrayed Cells and add something that is specific to that Cell? Eg Translation: this would save the user having to redo his array if there is a localised clash&amp;nbsp; or offset requirement. Delete / Suppress is another one that would be really useful. It would be great if the index would be displayed or extracted using a tool or simply by hovering over the Cell.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5. Performance: it would be good to understand how -if possible- the script can be speeded up. I understand that GNTs do not speed up processing. Not sure what a C++ coder would do if he was given a GC script file and asked to port it. Easy? This would mean that no further changes to the script would be possible, but it would be worth the speed up in the later design phases when things are more settled anyway.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;6. Packaging: this kind of array tool could be packaged up a Cell and inserted into a model. It would be great to be able to provide a control panel that would be specific to the Cell.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;7. ??&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>MS CE U14 - Speed</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/196842/ms-ce-u14---speed</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2020 16:28:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:3de66676-9810-45c4-9106-a6ab50476c5e</guid><dc:creator>Dominic Seah</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Just installed U14.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Loading files and general responsiveness is feeling pretty snappy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Well done, team Bentley...!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Ask A Question II</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/achievements/cd3cd235-25c1-476e-bb88-33a5705ca45a</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2020 08:58:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:e5a11af4-ee96-4f06-b053-f37bf5b33ef9</guid><dc:creator /><description>Ask 10 questions in a forum.</description></item><item><title>Curtain Wall Tool: Paramteric Cell + Named Presentations Compatibility?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/f/aecosim-speedikon-forum/194908/curtain-wall-tool-paramteric-cell-named-presentations-compatibility</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2020 10:06:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:cd502f16-23c2-4f42-a9bc-80f7d6ec8124</guid><dc:creator>Dominic Seah</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Curtain Walls are coming along very well. I can see this tool being used quite a bit.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Great to note that there is now the option to use Parametric Cells for the &lt;a href="https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/web/OpenBuildings%20Designer%20Help-v2/en/GUID-81CD630C-EB30-47EA-AA57-4BEA899DDC11.html"&gt;panels&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Going forward, it would be great to be able to also define a Parametric Cell for the mullions / transoms as well.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I understand that Parametric Cells would be able to leverage the new Named Presentations functionality, replacing Compound Cells. This will allow the user to get a higher LOD, more detailed representation of the mullions, jambs. sills etc for the drawings. Things like hatches/fills for the different materials, details like cappings etc would not really be required in 3d or when developing the overall design but will be great to have automatically generated for the drawing output. Embellishing miles of the stuff for an office tower project -for example- would be tedious and expensive.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5917/pastedimage1585908281517v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>(Re)-Place Object Tool : Shared (Compound)-Cell option?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/f/aecosim-speedikon-forum/194623/re--place-object-tool-shared-compound--cell-option</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:22:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:8e9621cb-c438-490e-8ebb-519e7afb981e</guid><dc:creator>dominic SEAH</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;1. I was wondering if there was a way to get the Place Object tool to place Shared Cells instead of Graphic / Normal ones.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For example, a lot of interior fit out items like lockers, sanitary fittings, end devices, light fittings etc do not really need to flex or be parametrically linked to their attached metadata but can add quickly to file size.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5917/pastedimage1585581935654v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2. What is the recommended workflow to replace the Graphic Cells with Shared Cells?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Modify / Place Object tool - Link to Cell folder?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/f/aecosim-speedikon-forum/194605/modify-place-object-tool---link-to-cell-folder</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2020 09:18:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:593eb66f-4284-4a89-8bb3-d4dfe1fc6011</guid><dc:creator>dominic SEAH</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hellos,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Is there a quick way to jump to the folder containing the Cell that the Modify/Place object tool is looking at?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This would really be helpful. Edit Catalog Item opens up the DGS Catalog Item xml but there doesn&amp;#39;t seem to be a path to where the Cell is stored.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The old right-click Building Element Information did provide an Edit button but only for PAZ Cells. It also automatically loaded PCS.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Having to go to the Backstage and rummage through the Config settings to find the path(s) is a bit of a pain.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5917/pastedimage1585559975817v2.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>OpenSite Designer - Landscaping Features?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/f/geopak-inroads-mx-openroads-forum/178474/opensite-designer---landscaping-features</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2019 17:19:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:3b5ffe76-f73b-4af0-9e74-d6c468916ccb</guid><dc:creator>Dominic Seah</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;This month&amp;#39;s SIG was very interesting.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Echoing this &lt;a href="/products/road___site_design/f/geopak-inroads-mx-openroads-forum/155621/landscape-design-application-software-in-bentley"&gt;post&lt;/a&gt;, I wonder OpenSite Designer might not pave the way for a landscape architecture BIM app. A lot of the elements are there for a unique offering, especially as Vue Render is being integrated into Mstn which should allow PlantFactory to be leveraged. ContextCapture should be a huge selling point for landscape architects, where capturing context has always been difficult due to the &amp;#39;non-geometrical&amp;#39; nature of planting and landscaping.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;1. &lt;a href="https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/web/OpenSiteDesigner%20CONNECT-v1/en/GUID-CF54ADA5-D625-C440-E6B9-CFB6313C54DE.html"&gt;OSD&lt;/a&gt; has some good tools for vehicular paths via OpenRoads. It would be good to leverage these tools (based on Civil Cells and &lt;a href="https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/web/OpenSiteDesigner%20CONNECT-v1/en/GUID-AAB9FE3D-4F56-4EC3-83E7-24DC9FA2C080.html"&gt;Templates&lt;/a&gt;) to provide tools for pedestrian footpaths. None of the available landscaping apps on the market does this very well. This feature would need to cater to stepped segments along the footpath.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;2. Can the Linear Templates (which are based on roadway alignments) be re-purposed to define falls in the landscape? The designer would define ridge and &amp;#39;gutter&amp;#39; lines and the LT would treat the ridge line as a zero width roadway? Designing the landscaping to have the appropriate falls is always a pain and frankly almost always badly done. Mstn has already got a very useful and unique slope Display Style. The section profile would need to accommodate curved or irregular lines to provide the option soften the slopes. Roadway cambers are curved.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;Not sure how all those cambers and car park drainage channels layouts are managed in OSD or SUDA?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;3. Can retaining walls be added to the OSD Feature set? Terracing and berms will be standard landscaping tasks.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;4. Features like lighting columns, seating, planting would need to follow the terrain elevations automatically. I see that the latest version of SUDA can slave manhole inverts to the a pre-set cover.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;Linear features like fences, walls and barriers would need a smoothing tool.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;5. OSD also has features for pads and ponds. Great for water features etc. Good combo with SUDA and OpenFlows?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;6. ???&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Create Assembly Tool?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/f/aecosim-speedikon-forum/192799/create-assembly-tool</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2020 11:40:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:3c82a694-9b2d-4950-a4d1-d6fdfb10dd35</guid><dc:creator>Dominic Seah</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Stumbled across &lt;a href="/communities/other_communities/chinafirst/w/chinawiki/45179/2019-9"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; on the Chinese OBD wiki. Couldn&amp;#39;t find anything in the OBD &lt;a href="https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/web/OpenBuildings%20Designer%20Help-v2/en/GUID-FC9D628A-305A-4814-AED4-CB78FFB8D9D9.html"&gt;help&lt;/a&gt; file. From the screenshots, it looks like it is based on the Bmech Asssembly Builder tool.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5917/pastedimage1582286456247v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What is interesting is that &lt;strong&gt;building elements&lt;/strong&gt; can also be included in the assembly. It would be interesting to see how this can be used. It would be great to utilise the smart &lt;a href="https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/web/OpenBuildings%20Designer%20Help-v2/en/GUID-D67F7C4E-D27D-A76F-D91B-E85DF0D150FD.html"&gt;connections&lt;/a&gt; available in the Mech discipline to help in an architectural context.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some examples:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;1. A lot of WC&amp;#39;s and sanitary accommodation fittings will be selected and positioned by the architects and not the MEP guys. But, each fitting will need to be &lt;a href="https://youtu.be/rBPa0-6TjcY?t=92"&gt;connected &lt;/a&gt;to an MEP service. It would be good to allow the architects to group their components as assemblies and not just Cells.... which are difficult to tunnel into and resistant to quantification.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5917/pastedimage1582285085924v5.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2. Similarly, elements like Cable Management Systems (CMS), lighting, equipment cabinets, information / advertising display panels and end-devices generally will need to intertwine both architectural and MEP components.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5917/pastedimage1582284401840v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>OpenRoads &amp;lt;=&amp;gt; Plaxis Dynamic Link</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/f/geopak-inroads-mx-openroads-forum/192796/openroads-plaxis-dynamic-link</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:07:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:4abc5d42-3958-455a-b5ef-49ef05598d7b</guid><dc:creator>Dominic Seah</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Intresting &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U419SkoW2-U&amp;amp;t=0s"&gt;vid&lt;/a&gt; on connecting OpenRoads to Plaxis2D.... but via dxf?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hopefully, a more robust and automated interop workflow is on the way?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Reminds me of the recent functionality provided in OpenBuildings Station Designer to move plan &lt;a href="https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/web/OpenBuildings%20StationDesigner%20Help-v2/en/GUID-8ECBB051-0F5C-4988-84BA-7D39A7022C7A.html"&gt;cuts&lt;/a&gt; to an associated analytical package (Legion) using Mstn Dynamic Views.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Instead of plan cuts, I suppose that it would be section cuts in OpenRoads.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Slope &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy7zZUvdCZ0"&gt;stability&lt;/a&gt; etc would be something that would need to be checked along the alignment repeatedly, and automated synching between the OR design model and the Plaxis analytical model would be good to have, I imagine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Discussion Starter I</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/achievements/21025ab1-febb-4fb4-a872-d32a921cb45c</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2019 08:02:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:0afcb2da-d44f-40b8-bf6f-acd069de3283</guid><dc:creator /><description>Start a discussion in a forum that receives 5 replies.</description></item><item><title>Update on Update 13</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/179817/update-on-update-13</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2019 13:46:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f418fa12-10a6-4d0a-b60f-b1f4476cc78d</guid><dc:creator>Duncan Macdonald</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The update on update 13 blog post has some welcome news that Bentley appears to be focusing on fixing the numerous bugs. It refers to the U13 being available before the end of the season. Which season did you have in mind? Football, Cricket, Summer? I also understand that not all the DWG issues will be resolves which is a major headache for us as the DWG performance is woeful compared to V8i. Also what does the first sentence mean as it makes little sense?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Possibility for GC in Multidiscipline?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/products_generativecomponents/f/generativecomponents---forum/180642/possibility-for-gc-in-multidiscipline</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2019 02:39:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:9bce7ebd-1231-4c1b-9ccf-aca8dbc7282e</guid><dc:creator>netsonic</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;For people use parametric modeling , we know that GC in Bentley products family is&amp;nbsp;similar as Dynamo in Autodesk&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;products family.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;GC is primarily used in Architectural, which is the same as early version of Dynamo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;BUT &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;dynamo is now expanding its scope to other&amp;nbsp;disciplines, like&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;dynamo&amp;nbsp;for Civil 3D (linear structure, such as road, tunnel modeling),&amp;nbsp;dynamo&amp;nbsp;for Bridge, Dynamo for Steel structure.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>CE: New Approach for Text Substitution</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/182176/ce-new-approach-for-text-substitution</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2019 14:10:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:e8b13c42-933a-43c7-b013-0f3956eff425</guid><dc:creator>Karl Todt</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I just started testing this method out but it seems to be working great so I thought I would share.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am using the Excel Lookup table to populate various Text Fields for all my Sheet models. In a separate model, I place a cell with an Item Type definition attached to it. Then place Text Fields that are linked to the Cell. The Text Fields correspond to my border sheet information. I copy the Cell &amp;amp; linked Text Fields to all my sheets. Then by selecting the Properties of the Cell, I change the text fields from a default Heading to the Sheet Number corresponding to my file in the Excel Lookup table.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I found the background information from the Forum site postings by Snehal Deshpande:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Technology Preview) Expression to Derive Data from Lookup Tables&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;General Access Technology preview in MicroStation Update 12&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/176214/connect-u12-technology-preview-expression-to-derive-data-from-lookup-tables"&gt;https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/176214/connect-u12-technology-preview-expression-to-derive-data-from-lookup-tables&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/web/MicroStation%20Help-v14/en/LookUp.html"&gt;https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/web/MicroStation%20Help-v14/en/LookUp.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The key for me to get this to work was the development of the &amp;ldquo;Pick List&amp;rdquo;. I listed 500 sheets in this pick list. If I had one suggestion, it would be to have a &lt;strong&gt;Move Up&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;strong&gt;Move Down&lt;/strong&gt; button on the Values side of the Pick List Manager. Make it a bit more robust.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/273/pastedimage1562594714306v1.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I made a cell with the Item Type attached to it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/273/pastedimage1562594742862v2.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here are my Item Type definitions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/273/pastedimage1562594769678v3.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/273/pastedimage1562594782027v4.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is a before and after example of the Text Fields that reflect choosing the proper Sheet file from the pulldown.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Pulldown set to Headings&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Pulldown set to Sheet-001&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/273/pastedimage1562594813611v5.png" alt=" " /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/273/pastedimage1562594827459v6.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is a snapshot of the Properties dialog of the selected Cell showing the Expression values of the Item Type. This is where I change the pulldown from Headings to Sheet-001.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Pulldown selections&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/273/pastedimage1562594903380v9.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is a snapshot of the Excel file lookup table. Note that the pink colored cells should never change since they are utilized by the Lookup expression. The orange row of headings can change and the columns of data under the headings can be changed for each sheet.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;This could even be utilized as a Sheet Index by making a heading for Sheet Total and Sheet Name/Number.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here are the variables that I used:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;# File that contains the Item Type and Pick List for Text Substitution method&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;MS_DGNLIBLIST &amp;gt; $(_USTN_ORGANIZATION)dgnlib/TextSubstitution/TextSubstitution_CE.dgnlib&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;# Project Directory to locate Text Substitution Excel file&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ITEMTYPE_EXCELLOOKUP = $(_USTN_WORKSETDGNS)Shared/Support/TextSubstitution_CE.xlsm&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I apologize for this lengthy posting. My goal was to share this process or possibly start a discussion to see if anyone else is using the lookup table as a text substitution method.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Using MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 12 - Version 10.12.00.40&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Karl Todt&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>