Diana, Derval & Nelson suggest methods of getting the data into Bentley Map. Jan's example is called Property-Based-Symbology, and is defined in the Geospatial Administrator. In this case the colors are defined for an entire project based on the type…

Krister, The ability to use expressions when defining symbology key values is being considered for a future release. I would be quite interested to hear from you (and others) comments on the following: How often do you store graphic symbology…

Tom, Yes, you can use Property Based Symbology (PBS) along with criteria to define symbology keys such as the cell name and library. Please refer to the "Hydrant" feature class from the geo_example_designer sample schema for an example. Please note…

First of all, thanks to each of you for your input, much appreciated. Next as mentioned below, for a future Bentley Map release, we are considering adding the ability to use expressions (including use of custom functions) when defining symbology key values…

Janice, Never too late, thank you for your input. WRT a potential timeline, this capability will not be included in the forthcoming Bentley Map V8i (SELECTseries 3) 08.11.09 release. This new capability along with many additional customer requests…

Erik, In the Bentley Geospatial Administrator the purpose of the "Display Name" setting for both feature classes and their business properties is to provide support for XML compatible class and property names. As you know XFM feature class and property…

Tom, If you could post via FTP (using these instructions) an archive containing some sample data (e.g. design file, cell library, XFM schema) of what you are working with I will review to see if any solution can be found using PBS replacement text…

Greetings Doug, Could you please provide a copy of your schema for further analysis? If you prefer, please use these instructions to post a copy of the schema in an archive on our FTP site.

Tom, Unfortunately the ability to control the symbology of individual elements contained within a cell is not currently supported by the Property Based Symbology (PBS) functionality. Depending on the exact nature of all of your cells, you "might" be…

Hi Martin, As you said: "Now there were some changes in feature management in Powermap V8i." By using your boundary example, I suggest you to create a Boudaries feature with properties. Then used PBS (Property Base Symbology) to discriminate…