• A neat trick to delete the Default model

    Original Tip Date: April 2005 As you know, you can't delete the default model , however...you can trick MicroStation by doing this: Do a File > Save As... > Options > Filter > Models . Now select only the model that you'd like…
  • AECOsim Building Designer - Importar luminarias desde DIALUX

    A continuación se describen los pasos a seguir para comunicar AECOsim Building Designer con un programa de Cálculo de Luminarias. Aunque AECOsim se comunica con varias aplicaciones y el método es similar para todas, este caso lo vamos a documentar con…
  • BXC Part Mapping Utility Error

    Applies To Product(s): AECOsim Building Designer Version(s): 08.11.09.593 Environment: N/A Area: Utilities Subarea: Original Author: Robert DiMauro, Bentley Technical…
  • Create Floor Plan Views

    Afternoon all When I'm using the Create Floor Plan Views tool to... wait for it... create a new floor plan, the Drawing Template settings don't seem to match the Floor Manager Cut Plane Delta and Forward/Reflected View Depths.. The Forward elevation…
  • Creating A Datagroup Space Catalog That Matches Your Project Program

    The information below shows a method for creating a space catalog that matches a project program. It assumes that you are using a shared Site Dataset for the majority of your Datagroup Catalogs like walls, doors, plumbing fixtures, etc., but because your…
  • Default Location of Drawing Seed Files

    Applies To Product(s): AECOsim Building Designer Version(s): 08.11.09.593 Environment: N/A Area: Drawing Views Subarea: Drawing Seeds Original Author: Gerard Torres…
  • DETAILING SYMBOL STYLES

    Coming to grips with the DV annotation styles, this is my current understanding of this and I am looking for feedback to know if I'm on the right track... Not sure if the defaulting to the active Dataset's dgnlib is a bug or a faulty setup...Overall…
  • Displaying new levels in references

    Original Tip Date: Nov 30, 2006 Displaying new levels in references In MicroStation V8 XM Edition you can control the display of new levels in a referece on a per file basis. When attaching a reference, take a close look at the…
  • Drawing Composition / Create Plan View(s)

    Hello, I am trying to use the Create Plan tool in AECOsim Building Designer. Previously clips have been placed using the Clip Volume tool but for a series of floors it seems logical using the advanced tools provided. Floor Manager is nicely set…
  • DV drawing seeds

    All in all finding the Floor Plan creation tools very tricky to use – although clearly being able to choose a set of floors from the Floor Manager data is potentially cool… Drawingseed.dgnlib functions as a set of template saved views, in turn used…
  • Editing Cloud tool settings

    Have you came across when you want to edit some settings before placing a Cloud? or How do I c hange the settings of multiple Cloud ann otations in one shot? This can be done using an Element Template and a DGNLib file. Here are steps:…
  • Exporting to GBXML

    We are just starting to get into exporting our Bentley Architecture models in GBxml to look at them in TAS. Having a problem with the export process. Seems to go through all the steps fine but when it comes entering the ZIP / PIN Code it…
  • Family Tables in MicroStation

    Parameter Set in MicroStation: Parameter Set Table contains various parameter values of a given Feature Solid grouped in individual set. These set of values further used to generate unique feature cells as a placement Instance of a given family member…
  • Filled Spaces in Bentley Architecture - SpacePlanner

    If you are using the SpacePlanner and want to fill the spaces you have to define a “Thematic Map”. With this Thematic Map you can define which element type (Space, Floor, Wall,…) with which property will be highlighted. If this setting is defined…
  • How to Update Sequence of Active Model and Reference Attachments?

    We have been asked several times why some elements/annotations in active model are not visible or hide behind some reference elements. I think this blog will help you understand this. In case of overlapping elements, what you see depends on what draws…
  • Import, Export and Remap of Levels using CSV files

    In this blog, I am going to talk about something related to one of the extensively used entity in MicroStation called Levels. You will learn how to manage a set of levels using CSV files. In most of the practical scenarios, CAD engineers mostly use…
  • Named clip volumes and their association with saved views

    Clip volumes are used to limit the displayed volume for a view in order to work within a limited context of model without being hindered by geometry that is not of interest. Named fences can be used to save and invoke a specific volume of model in future…
  • PC Studio viewing issue- Windows 7 hardware accelleration

    We are running Windows 7 64 bit and when I try to use PC Studio it is jumping all over the place. making it almost impossible to work. In XP I would just turn down hardware acceration but with the Wind 7 driver this privledge is greyed out. I have tried…
  • Renumber multiple sheets

    While working on a project, suppose you want to renumber all the sheets, what do you do? Go to each file containing sheet models -> Open Model Properties dialog for each sheet -> Change the Sheet Number field. This is the manual way of…
  • Spaces

    In a project with two floors, where some rooms have double height, I have tried to create a buiding view of the top floor plan from the composition model. But no matter where I set the forward view the room names from the first floor show up in the drawing…