Smrutirekha Mahapatra

MicroStation 2023 introduces the following minor enhancements keeping user workflows in mind.

Expose View Group name and View Index property in the Saved view

Two new attributes, View Group and View Index in View Group, are added to the Saved Views dialog…

In Update 17.2, two enhancements have been introduced to effectively control the color and background of text fields. Now you can bring more clarity to designs that are densely populated with text using these settings.

Use Text Style Background Color…

In update 17.2 to open a V7 DGN file you will have to set a preference to be able to open it as read-only or upgrade it to the V8 file format. The Allow V7 DGN File Open check box is now added to the Preferences dialog, Operations category for this purpose…

With Update 17.2 you will observe greater flexibility in working with Graphical and Shared Cells. You can avoid rework and save time by editing cells in place. There is no need to drop the cell for editing. You can do this with just a few clicks in update…

In this update, you can merge internally referenced models in a DGN file using the new Merge Internal References option. This option is available in the Save as V8 Options dialog, References section. This new option allows you to handle references better…

In Update 17.1, you will see the new Open PDF as Vector Geometry option in the DWG Open Options dialog, Advanced section. 

With this option, you can open vector data available in a DWG file as design elements like Lines, Line Strings, Curves, Polygons…

Working with parametric blocks is now simpler with the new Remove Parametric Variables option in Update 17.1. This option lets you remove all applied variables from a parametric block.

While managing a parametric block with variables assigned to the edges…

In Update 17.1 two key enhancements have been made to the Components Center to streamline its workflows.

Components Center is a cloud-based digital component library and catalog management service. It allows organizations to efficiently manage their component…

Update 17.1 brings to you small but useful enhancements to the Attach Item dialog. You can now be more productive while using item types in your workflows with these improvements.

Ability to resize the dialog

You can now resize the dialog as well as the…

With MicroStation Update 17 it is now easier to create and apply display rules and share your data. New tools and enhancements are introduced to streamline your workflows and let you export your data with display rules. 

The new Apply Display Rule tool…

Manage Configuration

Create new configurations and manage existing configurations using the Manage Configuration tool available in Update 17. You can also create a ProjectWise Drive configuration to work with your project data and synchronize it with ProjectWise…

If you often work with areas in your design, Update 17 introduces the Area tools ribbon group under the Analyze tab to simplify things for you. The tools available in this group will help you measure and calculate area and place it as text in the design…

The Smart Match tool (Match All Element Settings tool) is used to change all active element attributes to match with the attributes of an element in a design. In MicroStation Update 17 you can also set the active Element Template to match with that of…

Placement Points

Placement points are now also available for Graphic and Shared cells.

You will see a new setting added to the View Attributes dialog, Presentation section for Placement Points. This global setting controls the visibility of placement…

MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 16.1 is a minor release of MicroStation focusing more on bug fixes, performance, and stability. An extensive list of bugs is fixed in this update and minor but crucial enhancements, mostly driven by user requests, have…

Associative Extraction converting smart solids

With update 16.1, Associative Extraction will treat a Smart solid as a Parametric solid before extracting an associative edge or face. After extraction, the parent Smart solid will get converted to a Parametric…

The Design History tool in MicroStation CONNECT Edition gives you full control of revisions made in an active DGN file to manage your design process. You can view and track changes made to the design, who made the changes, and when. If needed you can…

In addition to the extended settings available in the new Attach Item Dialog, Update 16 brings to you the ability to search and filter out picklist values. This enhancement is particularly useful while working with large datasets with exhaustive lists…

Here’s an update on General Availability features (previously known as Commercially Available features) in Update 16. The following features and tools are now available for all in Update 16:

Attach Item Dialog

The new Attach Item Dialog was released…

VUE offers many excellent ready-to-use rendering presets that can be used as-is. But if you wish to tweak and customize these rendering settings, Update 16 offers you the Render Setup Manager dialog to conveniently do so.

The VUE Rendering engine, introduced…

In Update 16 the Text Favorites Manager has the Select Element filter introduced that will enable you to select an element and choose a property to associate with your text favorite. While creating a new favorite, you can select an element to view its…

With Update 16 you can take advantage of One Configuration which is a unified configuration system for multiple Bentley products.

A Configuration is a container of project data and enables the creation of a custom work environment to optimize user productivity…

In Update 16 datums based on the method “Grid Shift Files” will now indicate in their properties the grid file format, direction of application and the file name. This will apply to both system libraries and user libraries.

In the Select…

Update 16 introduces the ability to fix a desired Placement point while placing a parametric cell in a design. If you are using placement points (introduced in Update 15 as technology preview) in parametric modeling, you will find this enhancement very…

MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 16 is now launched and available for download. As in previous updates, MicroStation’s Update 16 is loaded with new features, upgraded workflows, and enhancements. MicroStation CONNECT Edition comes with numerous services…