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Items Types Support via Cell Placement and Cell Replacer

TWalters — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 19:40:13 GMT

I have some 3D cells for standard UDOT Sign Panels and Post. I opened the cell library up and added item type information to each cell. If I open my original signing file and run cell replacer to update the cells, the graphics updates but the item type information does not show up. I also tried just placing a new cell and the item type data does not place with a new cell. Frankly this is a major weakness. We are going to want to be able to place the data with the cells. There should be a checkbox that lets you include the item type information when you place the cell and cell replacer should let you strip, or override/update these items.

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Export to Native in OpenRoads

Nathan Cook — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 16:04:01 GMT

Hello all,

I need to export alignment and profiles back to GEOPAK. I'm trying to find the "Export to Native" under "General Geometry" in OpenRoads (2020 R3 10.09.00.91) but I can't seem to find it? Is this an option in OpenRoads? Otherwise, what is the best way to complete this, using landxml export?

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Feature Definition Toolbar Settings

TWalters — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 22:01:24 GMT

I am trying to find out if there is some way to control, or more specifically STOP the Feature Definition toolbar from auto-collapsing after every selection. Also, I would like the default window that pops down to be a LOT bigger. Are there settings for this and if not... maybe someone at Bentley could put in a request to add these abilities.

Text Notes randomly get large margins

Zachary Billings — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 18:25:52 GMT

This has happened to me before, but I think I just ended up replacing the afflicted notes. I always place my text notes using FDOT (Small) Text Style and Note-Line Dimension Style. Every now and then, some of the notes end up like those in the picture below that have must larger margins that they are supposed to have, even though it does not appear either of those styles have been modified.

Has anyone encountered this issue and been able to fix it?

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End Condition Targeting a Feature Definition Both Horizontal and Vertical

TWalters — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 17:47:50 GMT

I have a template that has an end condition on the left and the right. This particular end condition targets a specific feature definition both horizontally and vertically. The issue is that if I have a targeted feature on only one side of the road, both end conditions see this feature and they both connect to it ( so I have errant features crossing my road). I would prefer to have the end condition look "directionally" much like a horizontal feature constraint which "looks" out based on the range applied. Am I missing a setting or is this not possible. Obviously, I can make a left and right specific feature definition but that seems less elegant.

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Terry

ORD - Incessantly steals focus

Robert Garrett — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 19:00:40 GMT

OK. this has probably been true for many versions previous. But since ORD takes about 100 times longer to open files, it is a real problem and is contrary to being a good Windows citizen.

ORD will launch itself to the foreground and steal focus from every other program. Here's an example: I need to open a DGN file in ORD, or even just switch between DGN files. As we all know, this can tale in excess of 2 minutes and often more than 5 minutes. (Sheesh) So, I've already got coffee, at least I can use the time to answer an email or fill out my time sheet. Then, two minutes later, ORD steals focus and my email typing is now focused into ORD. (Loud scream) But at least my file is finally open, right? Well, no. ORD is still spinnning and doing something else for another minute or two. So back to my email. Just to have ORD steal focus again.

Please stop this.

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Trying to stream Bing Map into ConceptStation but getting and error

TWalters — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 15:27:12 GMT

I am getting the error " An error occurred: Authentication token is expired. Cannot connect." when I try to stream Bing Map into my file. I can't find any documentation and how or where this needs to be configured for it to work. Also it seems odd that Update 7 now works without needing you to acquire and configure a token but ConceptStation does not. Who has this working, what if anything did you do setup-wise to make it work?

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Openroads Navigator and Resolution Server

TWalters — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 19:00:13 GMT

Having trouble with resolution server. I have created a project in resolution server, I have assigned users, created a custom civil form, and opened said project in Openroads Navigator before opening my imodel. But when I choose an element and attempt to add a comment by clicking on the plus nothing happens. I have had this work before with testing with Bentley staff but this is the first project I have created. Not sure what the issue is.

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Backing up files.

Mitch Cannon — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 13:27:18 GMT

Do to SS4 crashing frequently, I am looking for a macro that we can run either manually or at frequent times to keep a good copy thru out the day of the file that we are working on at any given time. We are currently using the command line key in with the following format: Backup Filename_Date_Time.dgn. Example: dsgnrd01.dgn would be backed up as Backup dsgnrd01_20151105_1139.dgn. At the end of the day, we delete all but the newest one. My thinking is to incorporate it into the menu of the mouse so that the user can right click and select Backup and have the rest fill in for them. In addition a MDL that ran at startup that backed up every 30 minutes or hour.

Anyone have a suggestion?

Profile from referenced Corridor - Why is this such a battle!

TWalters — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 23:16:22 GMT

Running the latest Geopak/ Inroads 08.11.09.845 and even though this version maintains a triangulated top surface in the background the profile from surface tool STILL creates a broken profile that will jump randomly from the top of the component to the bottom. This should not be an issue. I should be able to draw a piece of horizontal geometry and define a profile from surface and have to choose the top of the model by default and with out any fuss. Yet this is not how it is working even in this latest release.

What sort of voodoo does a person need to do to get this to work in a logical/expected fashion? I am open to suggestions. The irony is that I could drape a regular Microstation element on the surface without any trouble but the civil tools can't seem to sort it out.

Slightly irritated,

Terry

Move Parallel in Civil Geometry

TWalters — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 14:49:38 GMT

I want to simply move a line (Civil Geometry) parallel to itself for a distance defined by snapping to some other element. I don't see that there is a simply way to do this very basic thing. Move parallel... I don't want a copy, I want to move the existing element. The Microstation, move parallel tool does not work on Civil Geometry. Am I missing something? is there an easy way to do this? If not please add this to the list of missing capabilities we would like to have in the software.

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Terry