You like MicroStation V8i, but…
MicroStation V8i has been in use since it was first released in November of 2008, effectively serving the Bentley user community for many years. It has evolved to become a proven and stable platform, considered…
For many organizations working with multiple file formats is a requirement of their design and engineering software. MicroStation V8i offered many innovations and enhancements, including support for AutoCAD DWG…
In MicroStation V8i have you ever looked for an answer to a question using the Help documents? Perhaps you are new to using AccuDraw and want to discover the AccuDraw shortcuts? Or want to know exactly how to…
Ever use Project Explorer in MicroStation V8i? Then you know it was used to create and manage links to project data, such as other DGN’s, DWG’s, Office Documents, or even PDF’s. Project Explorer…
In today’s ever increasingly complex AEC work environments, drawings often contain a mixture of both graphical and business data. Graphical data is the design geometry represented in a drawing. This can be made up of simple lines, curves, and polygons…
As you are aware, the Configuration dialog is frequently required to modify the location of your library files or control the behavior of certain features.
Though a very useful dialog, it certainly had a few usability issues in V8i:
The CONNECT Edition version of MicroStation enables you to take a massive leap forward with cool features such as Item Types, Sheet Index, Parametric Modeling, and many more. Have you started using powerful properties-based features like Reports, Tables…
There are numerous blogs containing wealth of information on Configuration in CONNECT Edition. However, as we write new blogs, the old ones get buried down in the list, making it difficult to get to the desired blogs. Also, some blogs are written by colleagues…
Display Rules are a powerful feature found within the MicroStation CONNECT Edition in which the display of engineering models can be overridden based on a number of criteria. Typically, display rules will key-off of elements symbology such as level or…
For those that are new to custom line styles, the topic can be a bit daunting. Line styles can be “2D”, support the inclusion of 3D geometry through Point components, and now we also have raster line styles. Custom line styles can be annotative, with…
