• rebuilding Revit Architecture in Bentley Architecture

    Fisrt, I am going to answer the question why not build models in Bentley Architecture? Right now the company I work for is a Revit shop. I have worked in offices that use two applications that do the same job depending on job requirements. Frankly it…
  • Sloping plumbing pipes - Bentley Building Mechanical systems - V8XM - Me

    I was wondering to know how do i slope my plumbing pipes and also the slope needs to be changed as pipe size varies , does any have solution for this? please share.
  • Bringing USACE V8 project to XM

    I have a project - done in V8 using USACE dataset 07Q1 that I need to bring into XM USACE dataset 07Q3. I took the entire ConDocs folder from the V8 project into the XM project and renamed the folders per 07Q3 standards (Models - BIM_Models, etc). …
  • RE: Drawing Extraction Settings for BBES

    I typically am asked to show conduit runs as single dashed lines on my 2D drawings, however the extractions of the model show conduit as a double line. Does anyone know how to change the Extraction settings so as to show the desired single line for conduit…
  • Re: "Triforma has intentionally restricted changes to this element"

    We had a problem similar but what I was doing was exporting to dwg for our consultants. The interesting part was that I was giving these guys dwgs exported from BA and they were using Microstation by itself. And they still had that dialog box …
  • 2d Cells Shrinking upon importation into BBES Symbol Manager

    I have on several occasions created a 2d cell and imported it into the BBES Symbol Manager , however on many occasions the symbol shrinks when inserted into the model. This happens sometimes but not all the time, however I have not been able to identify…
  • lighting fixture symbol looks different/missing after extraction - what should I do?

    First, just want to say thanks in advance for all your help. Second, as the file attached here, I have a 2-story building and want to extract the 1st floor lighting plan from BIM. The finished first floor is set to be 100', i.e. (x,y,z) = (0,0,100…
  • Automatic resizing of 2D cells upon importation into BBES Symbol Manager

    I have on several occasions created a 2d cell and imported it into the BBES Symbol Manager , however on many occasions the symbol shrinks when inserted into the model. This happens sometimes but not all the time, however I have not been able to identify…