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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>NigelPDavies's Activities</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/members/17c2a74d_2d00_2b36_2d00_4ebb_2d00_8867_2d00_14dd9894c22a</link><description>NigelPDavies's recent activity</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>Is it possible to export DGN with item types ( connect edition ) to DWG with attributes ?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/145765/is-it-possible-to-export-dgn-with-item-types-connect-edition-to-dwg-with-attributes</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2018 05:59:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:fbf323df-9986-4d8d-a013-e9604079c0ea</guid><dc:creator>helgeh</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to export DGN files that have item types ( connect edition ) in to DWG files with attributes?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have a client that basically wants a navisworks review file with tags/ attributes. My first thought was that if i am able to convert my dgn with item types to dwg with block attributes this would work ( imodel or dgn with item types are also not compattible with navisworks ). But so far i have not found a way, the item types are lost when i save to dwg. Any ideas if this is possible or not ?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Using the latest vercion of Microstation Connect&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Regards&lt;br /&gt;Helge&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>[ABD CE U2] Item Types export to IFC?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/145362/abd-ce-u2-item-types-export-to-ifc</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2018 05:38:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:ff411cbe-f149-41d4-a735-f7c3c9c724a7</guid><dc:creator>Jan Šlegr</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have received this question from my customer and because my knowledge of AECOsim Building Designer, especially CONNECT Edition, and also IFC format are limited, I am looking for existing experience and best practices:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Is it possible, when a model is exported to IFC format, to include also Item Types?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is a model that was created partially in MicroStation (both V8i and CONNECT Edition) and these elements have data attached as Item Types. These elements (often plain cells, old Smart Solids but also new Parametric solids) are not recognized as ABD elements. Another part of this project was created directly in ABD and now the whole 3D model should be exported to IFC.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When I tried to export it in ABD CE U2, not ABD elements are exported as geometries, but Item Types data seem to be lost. Is it possible to export Item Types also or it&amp;#39;s not supported (yet)? Or is there any requirement / preparation steps that have to be done like the element have to exist in ABD catalog or there is some special IFC export configuration / mapping?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With regards,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; Jan&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>Mon, 14 May 2018 16:09:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:d427ea1b-5594-405b-bfa6-b4ff88d3743b</guid><dc:creator /><description>Start a discussion in a forum that receives 5 replies.</description></item><item><title>Popular File</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/achievements/da0aff64-b8e8-4266-af11-9044c13de787</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 Aug 2017 05:37:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a79d7173-2445-4a35-b1db-1e871a8ffd5a</guid><dc:creator /><description>One of your files is downloaded 50 times.</description></item><item><title>AECOsim &amp;amp; COBie Coordinate sheet</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/f/aecosim-speedikon-forum/138378/aecosim-cobie-coordinate-sheet</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2017 15:05:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:62e6a1b4-7438-4577-a242-732588163168</guid><dc:creator>NigelPDavies</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Can anyone point me in the direction of the settings file that controls which DataGroup Types &amp;amp; Items export to the Coordinates sheet in COBie? COBie doesn&amp;#39;t strictly specify&amp;nbsp;what needs to be included on this sheet, only that it can utilise &amp;quot;Facility, Floor, Space, Component, Assembly&amp;quot; references. Clearly, there are occasions when you&amp;#39;d only want certain components to be included. How can this be achieved?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks&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>Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:00:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:d5bbb36e-6519-46e9-868c-4c71c3c1c846</guid><dc:creator /><description>Ask 10 questions in a forum.</description></item><item><title>Discussion Starter II</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/achievements/8e635ebd-a832-47f4-84ac-92db65a383ab</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2017 08:57:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:d226ed23-05d4-4e19-8345-3edeb1d1e7eb</guid><dc:creator /><description>Start 25 discussions in a forum that each receives 5 replies.</description></item><item><title>Ask A Question I</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/achievements/460ac7df-7ccc-4c42-a204-9e05eef3be09</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:00:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:003093df-8c6d-4952-8c2c-b114f515d233</guid><dc:creator /><description>Ask a question in a forum.</description></item><item><title>Bentley PDF file size vs Acrobat when printing hatch patterns</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/microstation_printing/f/printing-and-plotting-forum/22954/bentley-pdf-file-size-vs-acrobat-when-printing-hatch-patterns</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2017 15:42:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:bc25525f-ba4b-4d24-885e-6d0a8bae1f48</guid><dc:creator>NigelPDavies</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;
Hi
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Is there a known issue with printing patterns to PDF using the Bentley PDF driver? We've found that hatching can increase the file size by a significant amount using the Bentley driver compared to printer.pltcfg and using Acrobat:
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Our test case (I'd upload it but I can't work out how to attach files to the Communities Forum!) Acrobat at 600 dpi gives a PDF file of 281KB
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Bentley PDF driver = 517KB
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Acrobat without any patterning (switching it off in View Attributes) = 241KB
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Bentley PDF driver without patterning = 304KB.
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Why such a large difference? On larger project files this is making the difference between 600KB &amp;amp; over 3MB! I presume it's the way MicroStation handles the pattern representation, maybe in a similar fashion to the rasterisation of OLE objects(?). &amp;nbsp;It would be great to get some insight and some advice on how to reduce the file sizes and still retain patterns.
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Thanks
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Nigel
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Create Floor Plan Views</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/f/aecosim-speedikon-forum/75336/create-floor-plan-views</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2016 14:12:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:3568ec36-9cf4-4586-a56d-87c4a2fa3b2f</guid><dc:creator>NigelPDavies</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Afternoon all&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When I&amp;#39;m using the Create Floor Plan Views tool to... wait for it... create a new floor plan, the Drawing Template settings don&amp;#39;t seem to match the Floor Manager Cut Plane Delta and Forward/Reflected View Depths..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Forward elevation seems to be set to the Floor elevation. The Cut level isn&amp;#39;t 1000 above the Floor elevation. Forwards and Back should be 4000 above &amp;amp; below the Floor elevation (ie&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://communities.bentley.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Discussions-Components-Files/5917/2783.ToolSettings.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://communities.bentley.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Discussions-Components-Files/5917/5516.FloorManager.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anyone else getting the same problems?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nigel&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Dynamic Views &amp;amp; Level Overrides</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/f/aecosim-speedikon-forum/106267/dynamic-views-level-overrides</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2015 15:43:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:cc747d7e-dbcd-489e-82ac-1458dcb3d30c</guid><dc:creator>NigelPDavies</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Why is it that, when referencing drawing models created from saved views, it is not possible to use level overrides? It is common (typical) practice to want to adjust a couple of line weights or colours further on down the reference chain, or even in the final sheet file.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Imagine the scenario:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3D design model(s)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ref into&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3D &amp;quot;assembly&amp;quot; model (composition model)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;create&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Drawing model as a separate dgn (can adjust overrides using Ref Presentation &amp;gt; View Flags)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ref into&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2D design model (cannot adjust overrides)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and on into the sheet (cannot adjust overrides)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Part of the problem seems to be that the DV levels don&amp;#39;t display as used in a downstream design model. Again, not sure why this is, but it&amp;#39;s most irritating.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If this question has ever been answered, please point me in the direction of the solution.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks&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>New file properties</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/107487/new-file-properties</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 16:16:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:af22056f-8bb1-465a-b2c4-c545eda70f1f</guid><dc:creator>NigelPDavies</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Quick one hopefully: when creating a new .dgn file, the file properties for Author and Company are automatically written into the file. The Author is taken from the Windows login name, but where is Company derived from?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>IFC Import ignores global origin</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/f/aecosim-speedikon-forum/104964/ifc-import-ignores-global-origin</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:47:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:988d1b47-c242-46fa-84c1-76a6435c5ea9</guid><dc:creator>NigelPDavies</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi all&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When using File &amp;gt; Import &amp;gt; IFC, with Ignore Storey Containment unticked, the DGN files created do not seem to use the correct seed file. Either that or the import process ignores the global origin and imports the IFC into &amp;quot;true&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;space. i.e. the IFC model imports many km outside of the SWA, despite the coordinate system being set correctly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Does anyone see similar problems, and does anyone have a fix?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>SS5 - Can door Architraves be turned off?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/f/aecosim-speedikon-forum/105196/ss5---can-door-architraves-be-turned-off</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2015 16:40:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:32f4827a-8488-4d2f-9e5d-83f65a62eba3</guid><dc:creator>richard kettleborough</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I can see that door architraves parameter can be hidden in edit catalogs, but it appears this only means&amp;nbsp;the parameter is&amp;nbsp;hidden when modifying a door.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;what I want is a door with no architrave at all, ie external doors do not usually have an architrave and some internal doors have a different architrave profile that the one that is loaded when inserting a door.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>DImension Extension lines in DWG</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/fileformats-forum/101284/dimension-extension-lines-in-dwg</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:40:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f7c8ebd6-ee95-4588-8528-6677085fc077</guid><dc:creator>NigelPDavies</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Could someone confirm for me why the extension symbology of a DImension Style is not converted to DWG? DWG can support extension line linetypes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For example, in a DGN file, you have a Dimension style where the Symbology &amp;gt; Extension Lines &amp;gt; Style is set to 4. When this converts to DWG, the Linetype ext line 1 and 2 are set incorrectly to ByBlock.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Similarly, if you open a DWG in MIcroStation that has Linetype ext line 1 and 2 set to, for example, Center, MicroStation greys this option out and sets them to 0.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Help file states:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Set the Style to be the same as the style of the active dimension element. Do not use different line styles on dimension components (dimension lines, extension lines, terminators, and text).&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;But there doesn&amp;#39;t seem to be a reason for this as extension lines can be modified in both DGN and DWG Dim styles.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>