• Re: Working in 3D with BA, help please.

    Here an example ofa DV in "True hidden line" with the exact method. In green there is circle hole. and in red you see the hidden line missing. with the rapid metho, this line appear but too bad quality. Have you got the same pb
  • PB with extraction DEM

    Hi i have a pb when i extract. i'am going to migrate from V8 2004 + TRIFORMA to 8I + Arhitecture. My pb is that the DEM don't calculate me some cells and i don't know why. I attach a file with some cells and a drawing def. This cells are calculated…
  • Re: V8i - BV - Default Model

    DGammie: Steve, this is fine if you only have 1 file to save as dwg, however this isn't possible in a batch export, which is what happens most of the time, ie I create my drawings/extractions, place on sheets and export a job set of multiple files…
  • Re: New Building Views

    As far as DV workflow goes in 8.11.7, here's my completely unofficial take on it: 1) From the "Views & Sheets" Task Interface select one of the standard Building views: Plan, Ceiling, N/S or E/W 2) Define the resulting Clip Volume and Section…
  • Best Practices - Using Building Views in Bentley Architecture

    Two documents have been posted that identify Best Practices - Using Building Views in Bentley Architecture. Note that you have to be a member of the Building Solutions (BIM) community to access them. They are: Best Practices Creating and Using Building…
  • Re: Datagroup explorer AECOSIM

    Thanks Andreas. Another questions. I have hear that PCstudio may be replace in the future ?? I've creating a paz cell, seems like rect penetrations for slab, but no the result as expected. i use Dynamic view to test it. with a top view…
  • Re: where did you go, my darling "drawing"?

    stuartw: Thanks for the link. From the bits that I've read so far it appears that Saved Views form a large part of BV's and DV's. What if we as a company don't use Saved Views? Is that likely to be a problem in the use of BV's and DV's? Are there…
  • Re: Modifying a BIM Dynamic View: Plan Cut Plane

    Ah, OK. Then you are seeing what I'm seeing (I'm two builds ahead but it seems the same). Regarding the missing tools, unfortunately I can't comment on that since I simply do not know. I too was a bit surprised when I saw the new interface! I…
  • Re: adjusting a BV

    Hi Thomas, BV = Building View, which is essentially a Dynamic View with additional building-specific attributes such as Part resymbolization, annotation, etc. You can tell one from the other when opening View Attributes - a Building View will have…
  • Re: Create views with Bentley architecture

    Joaquin: There is a DGNLIB that stores the default settings for a Building View. The location/name of this is controlled by the configuration variable MS_VIEWSEEDFILE. By default the seed views in ustation.dgnlib are used. Depending on which View Type…
  • Re: Working in 3D with BA, help please.

    Hi voa Bim I m agree with you. i want to make extraction of my DV (i don't use the DEM because of non calculated cells in V8I!!!). but how you extract your work ( DV in sheet) in 2D?? Hi Damon Wath you describe is, i think, the best way for…
  • Re: PB with extraction DEM

    No sorry, i don't know. no Knowledge in program. I have just make a config from V82004 to V8I and make some basics macro. i am just a little Draftsman who have pb to work in 3D because somethings (i expose that in a message before) that work in triforma…
  • BA Stairs & Dynamic Views

    BA SS1 08.11.07.60 Now I know that there has been a lot of discussion on the Stair tool in V8i recently; so I'm if I have missed the answer to this post. It appears that when a stair is added to the model and then the view is set up with the cut through…
  • Re: where did you go, my darling "drawing"?

    The nice thing about this process is that it's much more interactive and "obvious" than using a traditional saved view IMHO. So even though the core technology may be the same, it's much different in practice. I would certainly recommend the documentation…
  • Re: Building View - .dwg

    If you "vectorize" your BV first by doing a Save As V8 DGN with the "Merge References" setting toggled ON, that new DGN should save to DWG with the proper graphics. I realize that it's then a two step process, but the way I look at it, most of…
  • Re: BV, DV and detail of design

    Hi i have read your messages and allow me to ask a question (SS2 + Architecture). In V8 2004, i have use DEM and it was very long to calculta my 2d. we are going to use V8I SS2. we have remake our config. We have pb to make extraction with the DEM…
  • Urgent : Crossing from Triforma to V8I + ARCHITECTURE

  • Re: Building views / drawing / coordinates

    Andreas Zieritz: How about those of them who still are working in the 2D world? Until now I usually would export the drawing extraction to dwg. As far as I understand that would be the drawing model now. For your first question…
  • DV's not snappable when mirrored

    Hopefully a quick question for someone. I am currently trialing AecoSIM (select series 3) and DV's for compatibility with our existing projects/company dataset and workflows. I have come across quite a strange feature in DV's, in that when I flip…
  • Re: Building View - .dwg

    DGammie: So long as the BV is referenced into a drawing. If you export straight from the model, with a BV on, you will just export the whole model. Correct... When applying a BV to a 3D model, you'd still be saving a 3D model to DWG. So the output…
  • Cut Pattern

    Hi. I've just started to use the cut pattern in the dataset manager and have a small problem (I hope). I've attached a pdf were you ca see that my linear hatching is placing itself over a steel beam. The beam is elevetad and is laying on the concrete…
  • Edit Drawing Title Name

    Read if you want a challenge. I've spent enough time researching it and it is driving me crazy. Does anyone know how to change the drawing name for a linked callout after it is placed? I’m experimenting with the linked callouts and in particular the…
  • Re: Building views / drawing / coordinates

    Well, that makes the system sort of useless for practical use. Back to DEM, then...
  • Re: BVs

    So... you selected a BV from the Saved View list for a 3D model's view window, but cannot snap to the elements displayed by that BV? It may be file-specific or similar... seems to be working OK here in my simple example when placing a SmartLine.
  • Mirror text i section callouts, upper case letters on automatic fields

    I have a problem when creating my callouts, the text string that includes "drawing Identifier" needs to be in upper case letters, otherwise it will not mirror correctly, see the attached pdf. The spacecing between the line and the text is not correct…