• Create a backup of your file automatically with this macro

    Original Article Date: Aug 12. 2005 With thanks to Robert Wojtczak for this nice macro that makes a copy of your active file and appends the current date to it. Download 260.zip and extract SaveCopyNow.mvba from the zip file. Place the mvba in…
  • Determining keyins associated with tool settings

    Original Post Date: December 2010 To determine, and set, options in the tool settings box, use the set item keyin. For example, let's suppose you want a keyin to turn on or off the Join Elements option found with the Place SmartLine tool. …
  • Enable/Disable Civil Products From Within MicroStation

    Product(s): InRoads, MX, GEOPAK Version(s): 08.11.09+ Area: Basic Settings Original Author: Jacquelyn Pettus, Bentley Technical Support Group Question: Why can I no longer launch or close InRoads, GEOPAK or MX from…
  • Hide dgnlib Levels

    We have dgnlib files with large level libraries which are meant to be accessed through element templates. I would like to hide these levels so they don't appear in a design file until drawn through an element template. I have created a level filter in…
  • Inserting name of surface in plan, profile and cross-section

    I have been looking for this for a long time, and now it's time to ask the question to the people who might know the answer. I work with several seabed DTMs and often create profiles to view vertical shifts. Mostly I have one design survey with lots…
  • Mimic the old OverView - Birds Eye View with this keyin

    Original Tip Date: June 2005 Mimic the old OverView / Bird's Eye View with this keyin Wow! Way to go Steve Atkinson for contributing this excellent tip! This keyin will open a second window, the "bird's eye view", and allow you…
  • Open Windows Explorer to location of workspace files

    Original Tip Date: Mar 28, 2008 Open Windows Explorer at location of workspace files Looking for the location of your UPF file? Or how about the workspace root folder? If so, then use these handy dandy keyins as shared by Jon Summers…
  • Regarding the last line in a configuration file

    Original Tip Date: Feb 9, 2007 Regarding the last line in a configuration file As many of you know, the last line in a configuration file must end with a carriage return or the line may not be read and digested with MicroStation…
  • Report your variables with Expand Echo keyin

    Original Tip Date: Nov. 5, 2003 Report (expand) your variables with expand echo keyin Gino Cortesi shared the following on the v8.general newsgroup. Note, that these keyins are available in V8.5 and require expandkeyin.ma to…
  • Viewing and determining the configuration variables

    Original Article Date: March 2004 Updated: March 2012 For the new CAD Administrator, this article will help you locate and view the configuration variables available in MicroStation....after that, you'll learn how to determine what your variables…