Adrian, What version of Bentley PowerMap are you using? Using Bentley PowerMap V8 i 08.11.05.18 I was able to load and run the areas1.xml schema you had attached to your post w/o any errors. Regards, Jeff Bielefeld [Bentley]

Hello, You can set configuration variable MS_GEOXFM_NO_CLOSEDELEMENTCOLLECTIONS = 1 to disable this processing. If this variable is set to any value then the XFM / Dynamic Feature Scoring (DFS) engine will not create polygon collection feature definitions…

Stephan, Yes, in early Q1 2011 we will be releasing (SELECTseries 2) versions of Bentley Map and deriatives. For those using the Bentley Map V8 i (SELECTseries 1) 08.11.07.113 maintenance release, please be aware it is certified for use on the MicroStation…

Praveen, If you have not done so already, you may want to review the Bentley Map V8 i (SELECTseries 1) Commercial Release announcement located at the top of this forum for a summary of release highlights. Regards, Jeff Bielefeld …

Greetings Erik, No standard utility exist for this so you will need to programatically remove the instance(s). If you are able to obtain the UUID for the instance you may be able to enter mdl command deleterootuuid nnn where nnn represents the UUID…

This issue has been filed as TR 251510 and is scheduled to be resolved in a Q1 2009 Bentley Map V8 i maintenance release. Regards, Jeff Bielefeld [Bentley]

Alan, The last version of Bentley PowerMap Field was the 2004 Edition which provided support for MicroStation GeoGraphics 2004 Edition projects. A new version of Bentley PowerMap Field V8 i is being prepared for release in Q4 2009 which will support…

Martin, One way to accomplish this is to create a new configuration file named mydefaultuser.cfg containing... _USTN_USERNAME = mydefaultuser ...which can be placed in the ...\Bentley\PowerMap\config\appl folder. The value of the _USTN_USERNAME…

...if you connect to the proper database during Bentley Map or Bentley PowerMap session startup, then the RDBMS properties can be consumed by the "Interoperability" application including "Preview" as well as general "Search" and "Data Browser" capabilities…

Kirmo, This behavior is caused by the fact that the "Connect to Database" dialog was cancelled w/o providing RDBMS login credentials. Since you are connecting to your RDBMS using a db= keyin you should be able to add MS_GEOXFM_DISALLOW_INFERRED_DBCONNECTION…

Jiri, The workspace is not remembered due to the... _USTN_USERNAME = msgeo ...entry in the ..\Bentley\PowerMap\config\appl\msgeo.cfg configuration file. While not recommended, commenting out that the line such as... #_USTN_USERNAME…

Rói, And Jon is correct in that the MicroStation (and thus Bentley PowerMap) database connection information is not available. Depending on your application requirements, you may be able to use the BUDBC (Bentley Universal Database Connection…

Martin, Thank you for the report. Many of the legacy tools are no longer available in the default Bentley Map and Bentley PowerMap user interfaces. In many cases, this was done to simplify the user interface by providing more direct access to the…