• Dynamic Views -- place sections on active model or sheet

    I am creating sections from a plan view. When I select the new section line I get an option to Place view on drawing sheet. Can this drawing sheet be the current one I am in? How do I do this? It always once to create a new model or file. I believe…
  • Terrain Modeling with Curve

    Hello Good Bentley Community, Once again I'm in a sticky situation here, It turns out that I need to make a terrain (Surface or Mesh) using level curves, because I'm working on an academic project (for a good friend) that is located between mountains…
  • Dynamic Views are slow and complicated

    I am trying to use the dynamic views on my current design project for a Waste Water Plant upgrade. It took a while but I figured out how to use them and setup the dataset so my drawings look like they should. But now I am really struggling with the speed…
  • RE: Comments in 3d-pdfs

    Hi, is this a question? Sounds more like a compliment. ;-) Many thanks, S. Janku
  • Can anybody confirm if the keyin 'SELECTBY LEVEL xx' works in AECOsim?

    Can anybody confirm if the keyin 'SELECTBY LEVEL xx' works in AECOsim? I have read nearly every communities blog about how to use the mdl SELECTBY. I have tried it on AECOsim SS4 and SS6 (08.11.09.593) using Building and MicroStation modes, both without…
  • Revit Views Export to Microstation retaining global origin offset

    Hello, Community. On my project, Designer decided to implement a workflow, where he models in Revit most of the architectural/Structural/Mechanical/Electrical work. Designer needs to produce 2D DGN drawing as a deliverable, so the workflow suppose…
  • Extract Drawings as Independent editable 2d DGN models

    Hello Good Bentley Community Today I need your help to address an Issue I have. I have a very nice 3d model in AECOsim Building Designer, but I need to send some plans to some dudes using AutoCad (uuggghhh), anyway, I need to extract plans from my…
  • Add custom beam sections to Structural Modeling

    Hello, I'm new using AECOsim building Designer. Right now I'm making a small project and I need to use a custom timber stud section that it's 2 x 8 inches, the only problem is that the catalog doesn't have that particular section and I don't know…
  • RE: Cylinder Solid Bug

    Good to hear that helped! Yes, you should try the AECOsim Forum and see if any light can be shed on it there. We moved the thread to the Building Analysis and Design community form. Regards,
  • RE: Cylinder Solid Bug

    Where are you getting your seed files from? Have you tried using the delivered seed files from the Workspace? (For example, in standard MicroStation V8i SS3, the typical path would be; C:\ProgramData\Bentley\MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries)\WorkSpace\System…
  • RE: Cylinder Solid Bug

    Thanks. Those tools should be the same between the products. The cylinders in that file appear be okay in MicroStation V8i SS3 08.11.09.459, they behave as expected. Tried it also in the same version AECOsim Building Designer as above and they look okay…
  • RE: Cylinder Solid Bug

    Hello, Something may be wrong with the range of the cylinder element. To see, try the Key-in: set range You could try then running the Key-in: mdl load fixrange Run the set range Key-in again to turn off the range view. Regards,
  • RE: "please change the working units to imperial units"

    We seem to have the triforma config, but it does look like it is metric as per the image... We get the warning at start-up and when we try to use the mechanical elements. We don't get any warning for placing smart lines etc.
  • Customizing Task Groups

    I have created a couple of Task Groups, which show up fine in straight MicroStation. However, my problem is I am using Bentley Architecture and I can't seem to see them. Why? Can I easily overcome this, and if so, how?
  • Urgent : Crossing from Triforma to V8I + ARCHITECTURE

  • Re: install options for "refresh" release

    I agree that Microstation configuration is not simple per se. But it can be made quite simple. My proposal to do it requires those steps. Copy your workspace to a new location, either on the network or in a different folder on your local PC.…
  • Customizing Task Groups in V8i

    I have created a couple of Task Groups, which show up fine in straight MicroStation. However, my problem is I am using Bentley Architecture and I can't seem to see them. Why? Can I easily overcome this, and if so, how?
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • Washed out animation images

    Hello, I am experiencing very strange output images from an animation sequence that I am recording. Near the end of a fly-thru that I am creating the output images are all of a sudden coming out "very bright and washed out". I have not changed any…
  • DG annotations moves to center of object (window, door)

    On the sheet model, if I place a DG annotation for a window or door (ID) and then turn off and on the "Dynamic View" floor plan reference, the DG moves to the center of the object. See before and after pictures below. How can I make the DG annotation…
  • BIM Extractions

    I have been having a problem with calculating my extractions. Sometimes it works and other times it doesn't. The problem I'm having is that when I calculate my extraction, all the levels turn off, even though they were on before I calculated the extraction…
  • working with DV in BA

    We have moving to V8i select 2 and architecture but we have some pb to exploit a 3d (printing, export in 2d). So i would like to say the workflow of BA user that work with DV (table colour, pen table or not...), how they works ? Regards PJ
  • URG : Problems crossing TRIFORMA to Bentley ARCHITECTURE

  • IFC with Microstation

    We are a Microstation shop in transition to Revit MEP. The vast majority of our clients are on Revit or are heading that way, so we've done that as well. Now we have one client that is sticking with Bentley Architecture and we need to work with them…