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'Automated' Drawing Production
danny-cooley
Hello to all I'm starting this thread to discuss the situation with regards to the so-called 'automated drawing production' process. Despite the fact that we are now on Update 10 OBD (and thus approx version 10 of the Dynamic Views approach, rather…
5 months ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon | Forum
Advanced Project Explorer - Configuration Variable Links
Mark Penn
When you are working on a project, you work with many files, designs and models. Have you ever been irked when you have to flip through many of these files to get to the right model, and correct view? I bet you have experienced this! Agreed, Project…
over 14 years ago
Bentley Colleague Blogs
Mark Penn's Blog
Annotation Scale in Create Dynamic Views dialog
Mark Penn
I will explain how annotation scale is useful for setting your reference scale in the Create Dynamic Views dialog. Once you set the annotation scale for Sheet, you don't need to bother about the Reference scale (Master:Reference (M:R)) factor for reference…
over 14 years ago
Bentley Colleague Blogs
Mark Penn's Blog
Automatic Hatching / Patterning in Dynamic Views
Mark Penn
When you place a dynamic view as a reference attachment on a sheet, you can set up your solids to automatically generate hatching / patterning on the section plane. This is a big relief because you no longer need to manually apply hatching / patterning…
over 14 years ago
Bentley Colleague Blogs
Mark Penn's Blog
Building Design - Wiki
Marc Thomas
This area of Bentley Communities provides information on OpenBuildings Designer, AECOsim Building Designer, legacy building applications, and related software such as Generative Components. You will find links to each of these on the left side of this…
over 4 years ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki
Configuring AECOsim Building Designer #2 – Adding a Company Dataset to the Simple Test Project
Marc Thomas
Having established MyDataset_NM and MyProject_NM_Light_01 in part 1 I’ll now show you how to add a Company Dataset to isolate any changes you make from the delivered dataset. This is going to involve a long list of configuration variables, however this…
over 10 years ago
Peer Blogs
Looking under the bonnet...
How to figure out what the command line switches are
Inga Morozoff
Posted: May 2004 Updated: January 2012 To quickly determine what switches are available: Using the command window (ie: DOS prompt), navigate to the install folder of MicroStation. Key in ustation /? OR ustation -help OR…
over 12 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
How to use DGNLib Saved Views ?
Mark Penn
A saved view is a view definition, which includes the level display for the active model and references, the clip volume, and other view attributes. It is saved with a unique name. A DGNLib saved view is a saved view that is shared across multiple…
over 14 years ago
Bentley Colleague Blogs
Mark Penn's Blog
Infrastructure Digital Twin – Bentley iTwin Training
Suvam Chatterjee
Welcome to the discussion forum of the Infrastructure Digital Twin – Bentley iTwin Training. This forum will help you connect with your peers and the subject matter experts from Bentley. You can utilize this platform to ask questions on various topics…
over 1 year ago
BEST – BEntley STudents Community
BEST Community Forum
Removing ustation.dgnlib tasks from the taskbar.
Charlie Lauricella
Hi all, I've created some project specific dgnlibs that house particular tasks for each type of project, and that wokrs perfectly. However I want to disable some of the starndard tasks that get loaded in from the ustation.dgnlib, such as: Surface…
over 15 years ago
MicroStation Programming
[Archived] MicroStation V8i Programming Forum
Run a VBA macro when opening or closing design files
David Trejo-Rodriguez
Original Article Date: January 2004 Updated: December 2010 Gerald Hernandez , president of Geospatial Paradigm Solutions, Inc. , contributed this slick VBA macro that will execute a set of commands every time a design file is opened and/or closed…
over 1 year ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Run commands or BASIC macro when opening files
Inga Morozoff
Original Article Date: July 19, 2002 Execute a BASIC macro (or run commands) every time a file is opened. 2003-11-24 Included notes from MicroStation /J's ReadMe file. 2005-09-27 Confirmed workflow in MicroStation V8. 2018-11-26 Updated for clarity…
over 5 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Suggested Workflow for new users
Shane Regan
Product(s): OpenBuildings Energy Simulator Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: Building Modelling Overview This guide provides a suggested workflow of how to easily create your building energy model in OpenBuildings…
5 months ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki
Supporting Techniques - Making Configuration Files Legible in Notepad++
Marc Thomas
Updated June 2021 Revised XML files are linked below that contain current keyword lists for MicroStation and OpenBuildings Designer. Notepad++ is one of the best text editors around and the one I always use for editing configuration files. However…
over 2 years ago
Peer Blogs
Looking under the bonnet...
Timber joists/beams in 2D Views
danny-cooley
Hello I have attached an image, in which you will (hopefully) be able to see some wireframe cross sections of some timber floor joists. (it's a 2D wireframe referenced in to a 3D model). As you can see, each cross section through the joists is indicated…
over 13 years ago
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon | Forum