• Bentley Architecture vs Revit vs Archicad

    Hi I am a long time MicroStation user currently reviewing a number of the leading BIM platforms out there - namely Bentley Architecture, Revit, & Archicad. Now I am not a 'die-hard' Bentley fan and so my remit is to simply try and evaluate each…
  • Communities forums help

    Last revised: November 13, 2015 Forums are where you will find groupings of related threads of discussion that you can reference and contribute to; if you have a question or are looking for information you cannot find by searching the site, post your…
  • Create Documents using SDK

    Hi guys, I want to, whenever a user click in a option created in PW and select a File from a FileDialog, this file should be created in PW. The first step of it (Create menu option and FileDialog) was acomplished succesfully. Now, i'm having problems…
  • Document name, File name and Description change on several thousand files

    Hi all! PW SDK 08.11.07.443 I have been requested to rename certain specific files that were imported into the ProjectWise system over a year ago. The scenario is this: Only files matching a specific file name format of "50XXXXXXXX.dgn" will…
  • Folder Permissions: aaApi_ApplyAccessControlList

    Hello I’m new to using Projectwise SDK and would like to change the permissions to a project and its folder structure using the SDK API. I understand the function to call is aaApi_ApplyAccessControlList. So far no luck. I believe this is due…
  • How to access ProjectWise via VB.net or VBA

    Hi, We are introducing ProjectWise (XM) in our company to manage our operational data. In this process I need to customize some of our self written applications. Those are written in vba (mvba) or VB.net and are used to read and scan files (ascii…
  • MicroStation V8i System Requirements and Hardware Recommendations [TN]

    Product: MicroStation Version: V8i Environment: N\A Area: Hardware / Input Devices Subarea: N/A NOTE: This is accurate as of the date it was published. Advancements in technology may supersede…
  • pen weights - pltcfg maps vs pen tables

    Which takes priority when plotting, pen table assigned in the pltcfg file, pen table assigned in the plot style or the weight map in the pltcfg file?
  • PLEASE READ: MicroStation Programming forum best practices

    1. When including code in your post, please use the the SyntaxHighlighter, which is one of the tools in the "Advanced Reply Editor". 2. To let others know the MicroStation release and programming language being used without having to open the thread…
  • Process Style in Software - PLTCFG setting for linestyle - what does it mean?

    I can't seem to find any information on what "process style in software" does in the linestyle settings dialog for pltcfg drivers. What I do know is that for one printer, if I don't choose that option, all lines print solid - no dashes, but all other…
  • ProjectWise SDK Debugging

    Hi, I'm relatively new to the pw sdk and the C/C++ language. I use VS2010 to run and compile code. I'm battling to debug some code. The norm would be to go [MENU]->[Debug]->[Attach to Process]. I've select the running pw process but non of my debugging…
  • ProjectWise SDK: AAHOOK_DOCUMENT_PROPERTY_DLG

    Hello, I'm not able to get AAHOOK_DOCUMENT_PROPERTY_DLG working : I call rnt = aaApi_AddHook(AAHOOK_DOCUMENT_PROPERTY_DLG, AAACTIONHOOK, Hook_DocumentPropertyDlg); and get rnt = 1. But the Hook_DocumentPropertyDlg function is NOT called…
  • PW with Visual Studio

    Is there a way to test code on the fly using VS? I was hoping the VS could be set up so that I did not have to build and then copy the dll to the PW bin folder everytime. Thanks
  • Re: Delivered linestyle dash/gap control for printing

    There are line style and width scale factors that can be defined in the .pltcfg file on a per-paper-size basis.
  • RE: Setting document properties through API

    Hmm, as far as I can see, those two only changes things like name, description, department and so on. I am looking for something to change the dynamic set of properties/attributes/metadata - including the custom defined ones.
  • Set Environment property using PW SDK

    Hi, guys! How could I, using PW C++ SDK, select the environment used in the current folder and modify one of its properties? Thanks in advance, guys!
  • Simple Testing of UserAttributeData

    Hi, I'm just trying to construct simple macros to get an idea of how User Attribute Data can work, but I can't get it working. Any ideas? Here's the two macro's I'm testing: Option Explicit Private Const attrId As Long = 333333333 ' I'm assuming…
  • Visual studio project type for ProjectWise API

    I am planning to develop a custom ProjectWise API using C++ in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and am having trouble determining which "Project Type" to create. The API will be called from another application and passed a parameter which will search ProjectWise…
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  • Want help to read I-model files using SDK

    Hi Everyone, I want to read Imodel(i.dgn ) files using MicrostationAPI functions. Can anyone please provide the help. I am new to use this SDK. My aim is to create a c++ project to read the i.dgn files. so i am asking help using microstation APIS NOT…