• Draping a Photo/Raster File on a DTM

    I don't get to do this much and I had to research how to do this with the Bentley Technical Support Group this morning. I'd like to share how easy it is. This workflow applies to all the Civil products but needs MicroStation V8i I believe. Previously…
  • 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 Startup - configuration file map.

    This is a flow chart I create to help me understand the MicroStation Startup/Configuration process. Hopefull the chart will appear with the Blog. 2015/10/31 Added Connect Version
  • Survey foot and International foot

    There are various units of linear measurement in use. Foot is also among one of them. A foot is not an SI unit of length and hence its size slightly varies from system to system, such as English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units…
  • USGS Lidar Data

    Is there any way to import the Lidar Data that can be downloaded from the USGS Lidar web pages? The format is seems all GIS/Arc based but when looking at the SHP file in MicroStation, it only shows the outline of the area - none of the data.