• Reference files keep getting checked out/locked out

    Hello to all Connect Update 4 with Projectwise Here is the issue We have various 'coordination models' that are used to gather together the required models to produce Saved Views (to be placed on drawings) We create Clip Volumes and they serve…
  • Copy & Paste saved view & model clips

    Hi All, Is there a way we can copy clips from one model to another model. We did use IMPORT MODEL / IMPORT SAVED VIEW, but for some reason it keeps the link to the "old model" I'm duplicating the "new model" as the "old model" has some errors…
  • Import Saved Views from one file to another

    Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: Platform Tools Problem Description: How to import Saved Views from one file into another file in OpenBuildings Designer? Steps to Accomplish…
  • Hiding edges of Clip Volume in a Saved View

    Hello there (long time no speak) AECOSim Connect Update 4 I've created a Clip Volume, then used that as the basis for a Saved View Please see screenshot below At the edges of the Clip Volume (which is turned OFF in the Saved View), there…
  • AECOsim Connect/ Change Extents in Saved Views

    Hello everybody, I have problems with changing property "Extents" in such element as "Saved View". First I create Saved View with certain Extents, using this code Dim wPt As Point3d wPt.x = aX wPt.y = aY wPt.z = aZ ActiveDesignFile.Views(2).Extents…
  • SS6 constantly crashing when applying a Saved View

    Hello As the title, .... in SS6, it's relentlessly crashing when I apply a Saved View This is with models that I have been using for about 3 years. First in MS SS2 and BA SS1, the AECOSim SS5. I never had this problem with them. But as soon as I moved…
  • Sync level state from drawing (with Saved-View referenced on it) to sheet with Standard Top

    Ok, maybe a bit lengthy, but here it goes (didn't get a response on the Microstation forum, maybe it fits better in this forum...) Initial/Desired setup : Design-model >[Saved View, Volume only, Dynamic Visible Edges]>Drawing-model>[Standard Top…
  • 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…
  • Saved views / references

    I would like to have saved views in general, or dynamic views in special, to remember reference settings (on/off). Is this possible?
  • 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…
  • 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: 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…
  • Re: Dynamic views / not recommended workflow

    JordanH: I thought the drawing itself is the container for the correct graphics. This whole thing is very confusing. The "drawing" in this case is the drawing model. The saved view is referenced into that model, and it's…
  • Hatching Association for Walls

    Hi i'm wondering how to assign Hatching patterns to walls so in a Floor plan view the walls will appear hatched. It needs to be associated with the walls so when a change is made to the walls the hatching also changes. I'm using just the default wall…
  • Shadows not showing up in drawings or sheets

    Hi, I want to make saved views for my elevations using the display style 'Monochrome with Shadows' that I changed for this example into 'Monochrome Gevels with Shadows' (Gevels is Dutch for elevations). When I reference this saved view into a sheet…
  • 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…
  • Error message when showing Callouts. "maximum dependency callback iterations exceeded"

    Has anyone experienced problems with Callouts and dynamic views when working outside "solid working area" or when the "global Origin" is moved in the Composition model? For example microstation tells me "maximum dependency callback iterations exceeded…
  • Re: BV clip volume on/off

    Thomas Voghera: command prompt says "select view". But a dp has no effect. -- regards / Thomas V Ah... My mistake. The name may be a little misleading since it's not actually controlling the display of the clip…
  • Re: PB with extraction DEM

    Hi emilberger Today i have expose my pb to Bentley and i hope some answer. So the general pb is how to work in 3D in architecture. Make a draw in 3d, no pb (or not yet..lol no). But the pb is to make extraction. With the DEM, many cells are not…
  • URG : Problems crossing TRIFORMA to Bentley ARCHITECTURE

  • Saved Views: Can't turn off 'cut' elements!!!

    Hi all, I seem to be having trouble with my saved views when setting up 2d drawings in Bentley Architecture. I don't use 'sheets' or 'drawings', but rather set up a dynamic view in my reference model (with all floors, structures etc referenced in)…
  • Shear wall building

    Dear All, I am designing aRCC 7 Storey appartment building in which all the slabs are supported on shear walls only using staad pro. There are no columns and beams. Can any one upload a input file of similar building based on Indian codes codes…