Reading XFM properties in MicroStation

Hi Ian,

No, this is not possible. You will require the XFM engine running inside Bentley Map (or PowerMap) to be able to interpret the XFM properties (and the XFM object hierarchy, for that matter).

So the options you have:

• Use Bentley Map or Bentley PowerMap as opposed to MicroStation (naturally, we at Bentley would be very happy with this solution, but I appreciate that this is probably not an easy move to make...)
• If you use XFM features with RDBMS properties, you should still be able to see the data outside Bentley Map/PowerMap. RDBMS properties are stored as database rows connected through a MSLINK. Note that you can see the properties, but the object context (e.g. feature, sub-feature relationships) for the data will still be lost (that requires the XFM engine to be running).
• If you use DGN resident properties, accessing the data inside plain MicroStation will require you to offload the properties and somehow reconnect them for viewing outside Bentley Map/PowerMap.

Cheers,

Gijsbert