• [MSCE U16 C#] Create custom group for "Include Items" in Microstation's Report

    Introduction We have introduced groups for selecting items in the Reports->Included Items tab->ItemTypes property. When you click on the "Select an Item Type.." drop-down of "Item Types" dialog, a pop-up appears with groups of Items like "Item Types…

  • [ORD/CE] _USTN_WORKSETDGNWS

    I am trying to understand this variable. I would think it needs to be defined somewhere, but my attempts to define it don't seem to be working. In this thread, Marc Thomas says he uses _USTN_WORKSETDGNWS = $(_USTN_WORKSETSTANDARDS)$(_USTN_WORKSETNAME…

  • [ORD] ...\Configuration\Organization\ pathed to network drive?

    Apparently, just including this directory at the network level is not enough. Not surprising, because I haven't seen anything to redirect to it... I would like to include some organizational standards (at the network level because I don't plan on doing…

  • Best practice for documenting design changes in ORD

    Hi all, I'm reaching out to the community at large to please share some inisght or practical experience with documenting design changes in ORD. We're having some issues on a current major project where the design isn't behaving as it should between…

  • Configuration Blog Series - Configuration Files in CONNECT

    MicroStation startup is simply not just the main executable starting but rather a series of preplanned actions of each variable and its configuration data located in specific *.cfg, *.ucf/WorkSpace, *.pcf/WorkSet, and others. All configuration files…

  • Configuration Blog Series - DGNWS File and WorkSet Template

    In the CONNECT Edition, a new file extension .dgnws has been introduced. The DGNWS file is specific for a WorkSet. In other words, each WorkSet has an associated DGNWS file and has the same file name as the WorkSet name. It is located within the WorkSet…

  • Dynamic Managed Workspace

    Dynamic Managed Workspace Introduction The Dynamic Managed Workspace (DMW) is a templated ProjectWise Managed Workspace that is primarily .cfg file based. The Dynamic Managed Workspace Template saves time in Workspace development. Both owner/operators…

  • Item Types - Using Item Types and Text Fields in Title Blocks - Part 1

    [Update: Some of the the techniques shown here have been superseded by Excel lookups, please refer to later posts coming soon from Nov 2023] The following example shows how these two features can be used to provide some degree of automation without…

  • Link details of a Sheet Number from a Model external to the current file

    Product: MicroStation Version: 10.15.00.74 Environment: N\A Area: Text Subarea: Fields Problem How can I link details of a Sheet Number from a Model or design file that is external to the current…

  • MicroScope 2.0 Released to the MicroStation Community

    MicroScope 2.0 is a diagnostic tool used in conjunction with Mi croStation and other Bentley products. It is useful when creating custom tools, performing various “debugging” operations, and while creating scripts for the batch processor. It displays…
    • MicroScope 2.0.01.zip

  • Migration Utilities for OpenRoads Designer 10.12

    Hi We would need updated Migration Utilities for ORD 2022 R3. Just need to be able to bulk edit FDefinition, FSymbologie and Element Templates. I am after these tools: Migration Utilities Last time they were released for ORD 2020. Have anyone…

  • OpenRoads Designer

    OpenRoads Designer is a comprehensive and fully functioned detailed design application for surveying, drainage, subsurface utilities, and roadway design that supersedes all capabilities previously delivered through InRoads, GEOPAK, MX, and PowerCivil…

  • Personal.dgnlib configuration variable

    I know there are variable for dgnlibs and guidgnliblists but my question is there a variable specific to the personal.dgnlib file. We find that some files in the C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Bentley\OpenRoadsDesigner\10.0.0\prefs get corrupt and deleting…

  • Populate Item Type Field from text Value in File

    Hi All, Is there a way to populate an Item Type Property Definition with a value from text in a file? On the project I am currently working on we are required to add Zone, Sub_Zone and Design Package information onto each component/element in the…

  • Processing DOT .cfg Workspaces into ProjectWise CSB managed Workspaces.

    I am looking for other user / developer insight into a sort of "Best Practice" when it comes to adapting DOT Workstation / Server WorkSpaces into ProjectWise CSB based Managed Workspaces. I'm sure there must be something out there in the digital ether…

  • ProjectWise Managed WorkSpace and Predefined variables

    Over the years several predefined variables have been added to the different CADD products but those variables aren't available in ProjectWise Managed workspace when it is copying out files and compiling the config file it hands off to the CADD product…
  • Reporting for CAD Administrators: Cell Count Reports

    Reporting for CAD Administrators: Cell Count Reports

    As a CAD Administrator or user, you have a real need to run a specific report, one showing each cell that has been placed into a design. In the past, you may have even done this by “brute force” by using Edit>Select By Attributes . A tedious task…

  • Reporting from Item Types in Cells

    I have a cell library in which I have defined Item Types and attached them to an element in the cells so that when they are placed, they will have the Item Types already attached. My aim is to produce a report that contains all the Item Type values along…

  • Text Fields - Auto Updating Annotations

    Product: MicroStation Version: XM, V8i, CONNECT Environment: N\A Area: Text Subarea: Fields Background Most of the time when placing text in your design file it would be manually placed and…

  • XSEC Named Boundaries not respecting active terrain model?

    Hi, We've run into an issue where, when making Cross-Section Named Boundaries, specifying a nonzero clearance (10' up and 10' down in our case), Openroads doesn't seem to be using the active terrain. Seems like the 10' is only respecting the corridor…
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