• ATI Radeon 6870

    Hello Am thinking of getting an ATI Radeon 6870 based card. Currently have a 5770 (1Gb) and am reasonably pleased with the 'raw' graphics performance. Have been very unimpressed with the stability of the drivers over the first 6 months of last year…
  • Create New Sheet by Placing Callout

    In my last blog http://communities.bentley.com/Other/Old_Site_Member_Blogs/Peer_Blogs/b/mark_penns_blog/archive/2009/09/23/saved-views-center-of-universe-for-sheet-composition.aspx I wrote about "Create Dynamic View" dialog. In this blog, I will show…
  • detail styles

    i'm just getting into detail styles and they are great but when i place a section, elevation, or detail - i get the following error in the message center "maximum dependency callback iterations exceeded" when i try to modify the blue direction arrows…
  • Eigene Werkzeuge und Aufgaben erstellen

    Arbeitsbereich>Anpassen Damit man eigene Werkzeuge erstellen kann muss man in einer "DGNLIB"- Bibliothek arbeiten - sonst sind die Funktionen nicht aktiv. Am einfachsten erstellt man eine Bibliothek im Startbildschirm "Datei öffnen" unter "Schnittstelle…
  • Export cells to a library

    Original Tip Date: May 2003 Updated: December 2010 Export cells to a library In MicroStation V8, use this super cool keyin to export shared cells from either a DGN or DWG to a cell library: export cells shared [name_of_a_new_cell_library…
  • Light Leak

    Hello, Thanks to the blog of Jerry I'm having no more splotches! But I'm still having the light leaks (between wall and ceiling) with I can't get rid off. I've uploaded a package to the pub/incoming. Would like some help…
  • MicroStation SELECTseries 3 Benchmark (Beta)

    MicroStation SELECTseries 3 Benchmark (beta) (updated 9-20-2013) The MicroStation Benchmark is mdl application designed to gauge how well MicroStation V8i SELECTseries 3 and later will perform on your computer. Several tests are run to evaluate not…
  • MicroStation SELECTseries 3 Benchmark (Beta)

    MicroStation SELECTseries 3 Benchmark (beta) (updated 9-20-2013) The MicroStation Benchmark is mdl application designed to gauge how well MicroStation V8i SELECTseries 3 and later will perform on your computer. Several tests are run to evaluate not…
  • Microstation SS3 - with same render engine as Modo 501

    The Luxology render engine has been part of Microstation since 2008, and there has been a large number of enhancements and new features in this period. The last couple of months I've been beta testing the "SS3" version of Microstation using the same render…
  • MicroStation Zuhause - Home Use License

    Firmen mit Select Vertrag können Ihren Mitarbeiteren zur privaten Nutzung die sogenannte "Home Use License" zukommen lassen. http://selectservices.bentley.com/en-US/Support/My+Account/ Viele Grüße, Gerd Eisenacher
  • Print the contents of a cell library

    MicroStation V8i makes it simple to plot the contents of a cell library. Just open the cell library as the active file and choose Place Cell Index from the Cells task. Tweak the settings and enter a data point on the view. MicroStation will build a convenient…
  • Set up a seed file for your UPF file

    Original Tip Date: Oct. 6, 2003 Set up a seed file for your UPF file Getting tired of having to reset your user preferences after you've deleted your UPF file? If so, then utilize MS_USERPREFSEED . Here's how: Set up your preferences…
  • Slideshow of clip volumes?

    Is it possible to set up a sideshow of clip volumes through a building? The idea is to start at one end (with not much of the building showing) and the slide down the building in a continuous 'clip', to the other end. Does this makes sense, and is…
  • Snow - Rain & Weather Effects

    With all the snow in London at present it actually got me thinking, has anyone dabbled in any kind of weather effects? I'd be interested to know what people have achieved in regard to rain and snow. I regularly have to do renders of buildings in…
  • Studio Environment Set 1 pack from 9b Studios now available for MicroStation!

    Luxology and 9b Studios have just released a kit of 51 high resolution (4000x2000) HDR environments from Yazan Malkosh, which are now available for MicroStation, Modo and Solidworks PhotoView 360! The package includes: 51 HDR Images packed into…
  • TriForma to SolidWorks conversion **Need Help**

    If anyone has any experience pushing a TriForma model into SolidWorks, could you please contact me at: McGinnisMichael@StanleyGroup.com . I am having a bit of difficulty, and could use some assistance. Thanks...
  • Volume effects in lights not working

    Today I did some tests with lights. Strange thing is that If I want to add volume effects in the testmodel, nothing happens. If I make a new model, and add some lights with volume effects however,it does work. Does anyone have an idea what I'm doing…
  • What happens when you launch MicroStation?

    Original Article Date: March 26, 2004 There are five levels of configuration that determine how MicroStation will behave when started, as well as when it's opened. These variables are defined in a variety of configuration files and are processed…