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  • RE: Custom move element tool is not fast as the built-in Microstation "Move extended" when hundreds of elements are manipulated[V8i MDL]

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers
    Lubo B said:
    I´ve decided for transient elements because I thought its the right idea

    Bentley staffer Brien Bastings provided this tip: A view decorator is good for things that may be changing every frame/cursor motion, an IViewTransient is good for things…

    • 2 months ago
    • MicroStation Programming
    • MicroStation Programming Forum
  • RE: [CONNECT C++] Copy context resizes the elements x10

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers

    I'm pleased to read that you found a working solution. And, thanks for telling us: it helps everyone!

    Topaz said:
    elmhandle->GetHandler().ApplyTransform(*elmhandle, tInfo) works better than all the CopyContextContent methods

    The help for Elemen…

    • 3 months ago
    • MicroStation Programming
    • MicroStation Programming Forum
  • RE: [Microstation V8i MDL C++ API] Creating complex shape causing my subchildren to connect even though the element is closed.

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers
    Brien Bastings said:
    It is not valid to add a complex chain or shape as a child of another complex chain or shape
    Lubo B said:
    I have it like this because i wanted a way to differentiate between parts of my element in VBA

    Brien Bastings is a member of the…

    • 4 months ago
    • MicroStation Programming
    • MicroStation Programming Forum
  • RE: [Connect C++] How to get the color of an element?

    Mario Pîrău
    Mario Pîrău

    Hello,

    Thank you Jon Summers and Brien Bastings for your response.

    I ended up using both suggestions. I used Jon's suggestion to create a recursive function using ChildElemIter to get the "leaf" nodes of each element of the model, and then I used Brien…

    • 5 months ago
    • MicroStation Programming
    • MicroStation Programming Forum
  • RE: [MS Connect Edition C++] mdlClip_element() crashes with non persistant element

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers
    Christine Joy said:
    mdlClip_isElemInside works perfectly when the element is a persistent element. It only crashes on elements that have not yet been added to the design file

    As Brien Bastings commented, a persistent element has a DGN model associated with…

    • 7 months ago
    • MicroStation Programming
    • MicroStation Programming Forum
  • RE: How to use IViewTransient in .NET for CONNECT

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers
    ARISTOTELIS KOLYMPARIS said:
    I want to be able to draw geometry/images dynamically without having to add elements to the mode

    This article describes the temporary objects you can implement in MicroStation CONNECT.  Note Brien Bastings's comment: A view…

    • 9 months ago
    • MicroStation Programming
    • MicroStation Programming Forum
  • RE: Do 3D Graphics Need to be Near Global Origin/Do Solids Working Areas [SWA] Still Apply?

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers
    dominic SEAH said:
    Maybe Brien B can confirm?

    dominic SEAH if you want to mention someone on a Forum, use @Name. Brien Bastings is more visible than Brien B.

    When you type @ followed by the first few letters of the person's name, the Forum software starts…

    • 10 months ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Forum
  • RE: Do 3D Graphics Need to be Near Global Origin/Do Solids Working Areas [SWA] Still Apply?

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers
    andihawes said:
    What if a Design Model has lots of objects over several kms

    Search this Forum for answers about SWA provided by Brien Bastings.  Be clear in your own mind about which version of MicroStation he is commenting.

    • 10 months ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Forum
  • RE: Boolean Union of Solids - error in MicroStation Connect Edition SDK

    Jan Šlegr
    Jan Šlegr

    Hi Peder,

    Peder Frandsen Jakobsen said:
    Sorry, we are using:

    thanks for providing the details :-)

    Accordingly to the best practices, may I ask you to:

    • Change the topic subject to recommended format [MStn CE U13 C++] ...
    • Edit the last post and to use
    …
    • 10 months ago
    • MicroStation Programming
    • MicroStation Programming Forum
  • RE: [CE U13 C#] Error extracting vertices from some SmartSolids?

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers
    Valerio said:
    I'm facing a strange issue extracting vertices from SmartSolids

    It would be better to use a SmartSolid handler or query class to extract information.  From MicroStationAPI help: SmartSolids and Notes are examples of cells that do not have…

    • 11 months ago
    • MicroStation Programming
    • MicroStation Programming Forum
  • RE: [CONNECT C++] mdlClip_isElemInside() now observes view attributes

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers
    Piers Porter said:
    None of the new C++ classes (ClipVector, ClipPrimitive, etc) seem to handle clipping of elements

    We need some help from Brien Bastings!

    • 11 months ago
    • MicroStation Programming
    • MicroStation Programming Forum
  • RE: Export solid element from OBM to DWG format.

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers

    Thanks for the clarification!

    Mark Shamoun said:
    OBM exports these Smart Solids to DWGs as Cells

    What are you hoping for in DWG?  I'll defer to Brien Bastings or Don H. Fu on that.

    • over 1 year ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Forum
  • RE: [CE U13.1 C#] How to work with Type 19 Solid in LocateSubEntityTool?

    Jan Šlegr
    Jan Šlegr

    Any idea or insight, maybe Brien Bastings or Paul Connelly?

    At this point of development I would like to know whether it's bug in NET API (which probably would mean to use C++/CLI as a workaround to use the tool available functionality) or I just missunderstand…

    • over 1 year ago
    • MicroStation Programming
    • MicroStation Programming Forum
  • RE: [CE U13.1 C#] How to work with Type 19 Solid in LocateSubEntityTool?

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers
    Jan Šlegr said:
    The tools is "read only / query tool", so IsModifyOriginal returns true

    Shouldn't that return false?

    Jan Šlegr said:
    I am not sure what is a right value returned from OnPreElementModify

    Here are some comments from Brien Bas…

    • over 1 year ago
    • MicroStation Programming
    • MicroStation Programming Forum
  • RE: [CONNECT/C++] mdlState_startPrimitive different from MicroStation's primitive?

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers
    Loren said:
    I'll try my command using the primitive classes
    Jan Šlegr said:
    it's sometimes not clear and painful to find what method should be overwritten or what value should be returned to add or remove desired functionality

    Fortunately for all…

    • over 1 year ago
    • MicroStation Programming
    • MicroStation Programming Forum
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