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Opencities Map Advanced & Bing Maps

Larry Durke — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 14:07:18 GMT

Have an issue with Bing maps & Opencities Map Advanced. I have a DGN file which has Bing Maps raster attached. I can bring this file up in V8i and Bing Maps displays with no issue. However, when I open this file in Opencities Map Advanced, the raster will not display until I perform an update. Is there a setting in Opencities that I have failed to address?

v8 to v7 remapping

Larry Durke — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 13:11:42 GMT

I am using the remap process when saving down to V7 (must deliver to a client in V7). I have created a cvs file to handle the remapping and configured 'MS_REMAP_CVSFILE' to use this file. I am only interested in remapping levels. This process works great.

My only question..., is there a configuration setting which will select 'Apply Level Mapping' by default, rather than having to select this option each time?

Larry Durke

mdlModelRefIterator_getNext (iterator)

Larry Durke — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:24:51 GMT

I am attempting to cycle through all the cells in a library by stepping through the models. The following code would

seem to be a logical way to achiever this. However, it retrieves only the current (active) model, and then the process

exits (no further processing). What am I doing incorrectly?

mdlModelRefIterator_create (&iterator, MASTERFILE, MRITERATE_Root | MRITERATE_PrimaryChildRefs , -1);
while (modelRefP = mdlModelRefIterator_getNext (iterator))
{
mdlModelRef_getModelName (modelRefP, WmodelName);
mdlCnv_convertUnicodeToMultibyte (WmodelName, -1, modelName, sizeof(modelName));
printf ("Model Name-> %s\n", modelName);
}

On a side note, when I attempt to cycle through all the cells with the following code (using an index iterator), it performs as

expected and steps through each cell (model).

fileObj = mdlModelRef_getDgnFile(MASTERFILE);
ndxIterator = mdlModelIterator_create (fileObj);
mdlModelIterator_setAcceptCellsOnly (ndxIterator, TRUE);
while (NULL != (IndexItem = mdlModelIterator_getNext (ndxIterator)))
{
mdlModelItem_getName (IndexItem, WmodelName, MAXFILELENGTH);
mdlCnv_convertUnicodeToMultibyte (WmodelName, -1, modelName, sizeof(modelName));
mdlModelItem_getDescription (IndexItem, WmodelDesc, MAXFILELENGTH);
mdlCnv_convertUnicodeToMultibyte (WmodelDesc, -1, modelDesc, sizeof(modelDesc));
printf ("Model Name-> %s Description-> %s\n", modelName, modelDesc);

}

Any suggestions?

Larry Durke

WMS Servers

Larry Durke — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 16:19:47 GMT

I have been successful in attaching WMS servers to MicroStation V8i. This functionality is great!!

However, I still have some users on MicroStation V8 2004. Does the same capability exist? I see where you can define 'Image Servers' in the Raster Manager, but have been unsuccessful in replicating the same results as in V8i.

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BDN activation key and Bentley Map Connect Edition

Larry Durke — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 13:52:35 GMT

Currently a member of the Developer Network (for several years now). I am trying to validate a copy of Bentley Map Connect Edition with my developer activation key. It seems to go through the activation process just fine, but when I subsequently start it up, it still says that my trial period is expired. Does my developer activation key not work for the Connect Edition?

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Fri, 13 Jul 2018 07:11:52 GMT

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Attaching WMS servers to Bentley Map V8i

Larry Durke — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 14:55:41 GMT

Using Bentley Map V8i (v08.11.09.882) and would like to attach to a WMS server. I have these stored in .xwms files on my server. I have been using these wms servers with MicroStation V8i with the Map addon and everything displays just fine. However, after tying to attach a WMS server through raster manager in Bentley Map V8i, it will attach, but will not display. Suggestions??

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Bing Maps and Bentley Map

Larry Durke — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 21:51:41 GMT

Question about attaching Bing Maps as a raster. I am, and have been successful at this operation. Things work great, and I have applied a projection to the file. All is fine with the Bing raster attachment,.... except.

I have noticed that there seems to be a hard cutoff in the zoom capability (about 1:525). When this happens, a standard background is displayed. If you zoom back out past 1:525, then the Bing map display returns. I understand there is a hard cutoff for Bing Maps even in the web browser. However, dealing with both MicroStation and AutoCAD worlds, I have noticed that this same function exist in AutoCAD, but without this zoom limitation. I am sure this is accomplished by zooming the last resolution level loaded by Bing, so the picture gets a little fuzzy (pixelated). My dilemma is that I just need one more bump in the zoom to resolve some point item locations. Is there a way to force MicroStation to go past this and zoom the last image loaded?

Also, on a related but different question. Is there, or will there be, a facility to perform this same functionality with Google Maps?? Their resolution stack goes a little deeper.

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Thu, 07 Dec 2017 01:24:32 GMT

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Drop Element

Larry Durke — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 17:06:13 GMT

When selecting the 'Drop Element' command in a MicroStation session, the tool settings box offers a selection of element types for the command to operate on. By default, complex and shared cells are selected. To issue this command programmatically is not an issue, but I would like to also change the default selection types (Include linestrings & shapes). Is there structure available to set these selections automatically before issuing the command??

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Controlling display while using mdlWindow_display routines

Larry Durke — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 14:16:38 GMT

Does anyone know of a way to control the display (view) while drawing with the mdlWindow_(element)Draw routines. I am able to draw in the view utilizing these routines, but of course, when the cursor is moved, the dynamic update of the view destroys what I have drawn. Using these routines to drawn geometry is only meant to be temporary, but I would like to control when the drawn elements are destroyed in the view. I have utilized the Transient routines to draw this geometry, but given the amount of items I need to draw to the screen, these routines involve way too much overhead, and are very slow. I realize the mdlWindow_(element)Draw routines are probably not designed to perform in this manner, but I was just curious if there is some view control I am missing, which would allow me to control these temporary view elements. Have tried binding the drawing routines to view functions, but the result is an annoying flicker in the display. Any help would be appreciated.