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    • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17.2 – Control TextField Background color display

      Smrutirekha Mahapatra
      Smrutirekha Mahapatra

      In Update 17.2, two enhancements have been introduced to effectively control the color and background of text fields. Now you can bring more clarity to designs that are densely populated with text using these settings.

      Use Text Style Background Color…
      • Wed, Jan 25 2023
    • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17.2 - Open a V7 DGN File using a Preference

      Smrutirekha Mahapatra
      Smrutirekha Mahapatra

      In update 17.2 to open a V7 DGN file you will have to set a preference to be able to open it as read-only or upgrade it to the V8 file format. The Allow V7 DGN File Open check box is now added to the Preferences dialog, Operations category for this purpose…

      • Wed, Jan 25 2023
    • NewNew in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17.2 – (Technology Preview) Ability to Edit Graphical and Shared Cells in place in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17.2 – (Technology Preview) Ability to Edit Graphical and Shared Cells in place.

      Smrutirekha Mahapatra
      Smrutirekha Mahapatra

      With Update 17.2 you will observe greater flexibility in working with Graphical and Shared Cells. You can avoid rework and save time by editing cells in place. There is no need to drop the cell for editing. You can do this with just a few clicks in update…

      • Wed, Jan 25 2023
    • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17.2 –(Technology Preview) Table Style Manager.

      Karishma Anthony
      Karishma Anthony

      With Update 17.2 you can now use the Table Style Manager dialog to capture a Table Style from an existing table or create a new Table Style using the dialog. This dialog is available in the Tables group in the ribbon.

      Capture a Style

      Follow these steps…

      • Tue, Jan 24 2023
    • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17.2 – (Technology Preview) Ability to place cloned Item Type information as Text.

      Karishma Anthony
      Karishma Anthony

      You can now clone single or multiple Item types to an element and place Item Type information as text using the Clone Items feature.

      The property value can be placed as Text in the design once you have cloned the element. The placed text will maintain…

      • Tue, Jan 24 2023
    • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17.2 – Item Types enhancements.

      Karishma Anthony
      Karishma Anthony

      Along with the existing small enhancements, the following enhancements were made in the item types workflow for Update 17.2

      Ability to place Item Type information as Text

      With Update 17.2, you can place Item Type information as text in the DGN. The Display…

      • Tue, Jan 24 2023
    • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17.1 – Merge Internal References

      Smrutirekha Mahapatra
      Smrutirekha Mahapatra

      In this update, you can merge internally referenced models in a DGN file using the new Merge Internal References option. This option is available in the Save as V8 Options dialog, References section. This new option allows you to handle references better…

      • Tue, Oct 11 2022
    • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17.1 – Open PDF as Vector Geometry in DWG

      Smrutirekha Mahapatra
      Smrutirekha Mahapatra

      In Update 17.1, you will see the new Open PDF as Vector Geometry option in the DWG Open Options dialog, Advanced section. 

      With this option, you can open vector data available in a DWG file as design elements like Lines, Line Strings, Curves, Polygons…

      • Tue, Oct 11 2022
    • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17.1 – Remove Variables from a Block

      Smrutirekha Mahapatra
      Smrutirekha Mahapatra

      Working with parametric blocks is now simpler with the new Remove Parametric Variables option in Update 17.1. This option lets you remove all applied variables from a parametric block.

      While managing a parametric block with variables assigned to the edges…

      • Tue, Oct 11 2022
    • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17.1 – Components Center Enhancements

      Smrutirekha Mahapatra
      Smrutirekha Mahapatra

      In Update 17.1 two key enhancements have been made to the Components Center to streamline its workflows.

      Components Center is a cloud-based digital component library and catalog management service. It allows organizations to efficiently manage their component…

      • Tue, Oct 11 2022
    • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17.1 – Reports Enhancement

      Karishma Anthony
      Karishma Anthony

      With the new release of MicroStation U17.1, it is easier to work with the enhanced reporting structure and streamline your workflows. The following minor improvements have been introduced in update 17.1 for Reports dialog.

      Working with Related Object…
      • Tue, Oct 11 2022
    • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17.1 – New Global Origin

      Karishma Anthony
      Karishma Anthony

      In Update 17.1 you can now use these new expressions to get the coordinates with respect to the Global Origin instead of the Design Origin

      • GlobalOrigin.GetX(this.GetElement().Origin)
      • GlobalOrigin.GetY(this.GetElement().Origin)
      • GlobalOrigin.Getz(this…
      • Tue, Oct 11 2022
    • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17.1 – Attach Item Dialog enhancements

      Smrutirekha Mahapatra
      Smrutirekha Mahapatra

      Update 17.1 brings to you small but useful enhancements to the Attach Item dialog. You can now be more productive while using item types in your workflows with these improvements.

      Ability to resize the dialog

      You can now resize the dialog as well as the…

      • Tue, Oct 11 2022
    • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17 – Display Rules and Condition Editor Enhancement

      Smrutirekha Mahapatra
      Smrutirekha Mahapatra

      With MicroStation Update 17 it is now easier to create and apply display rules and share your data. New tools and enhancements are introduced to streamline your workflows and let you export your data with display rules. 

      The new Apply Display Rule tool…

      • Fri, Jul 29 2022
    • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17 – Manage Configuration

      Smrutirekha Mahapatra
      Smrutirekha Mahapatra
      Manage Configuration

      Create new configurations and manage existing configurations using the Manage Configuration tool available in Update 17. You can also create a ProjectWise Drive configuration to work with your project data and synchronize it with ProjectWise…

      • Tue, Jul 19 2022
    • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17 – Area Tools

      Smrutirekha Mahapatra
      Smrutirekha Mahapatra

      If you often work with areas in your design, Update 17 introduces the Area tools ribbon group under the Analyze tab to simplify things for you. The tools available in this group will help you measure and calculate area and place it as text in the design…

      • Tue, Jul 19 2022
    • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17 – Bringing vector data from PDFs into a DGN (Technology Preview)

      AliciaR
      AliciaR

      Design data is often shared as PDF files in design projects. If your project workflows involve working with design data that is shared as PDF files, you may want to bring this design data into a DGN and modify it as needed.

      PDF as a raster attachment…

      • Fri, Jul 8 2022
    • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17 – AEC Transform and improved UI for iTwin Attach workflows

      AliciaR
      AliciaR

      The Attach iTwin tool in MicroStation is available as a part of the Collaboration tools, and lets you attach an iModel as a reference in a DGN. Tools in the Collaborate ribbon tab in MicroStation bring together collaboration, synchronization, and issue…

      • Fri, Jul 8 2022
    • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17 – Parametric modeling: Auto Update Parametric Components

      Karol Kempski
      Karol Kempski

      MicroStation Update 17 now helps you to keep your components up to date with the new Auto Update capability.

      When attaching a cell library, if one of its parametric components has the same name as a parametric component already present in the DGN file…

      • Thu, Jul 7 2022
    • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17 – Parametric modeling: Select same Parametric Components or by name

      Karol Kempski
      Karol Kempski

      Do you like Parametric Modeling and components, but you wished working with parametric components was easier and more flexible?

      We have great news! MicroStation Update 17 introduces some new features to make you work more productively.

      You can now select…

      • Thu, Jul 7 2022
    • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17 – Parametric modeling: 2D Constraint Tools enhancements

      Karol Kempski
      Karol Kempski

      We have great news! MicroStation Update 17 introduces lots of new features to help you be more productive and streamline your workflows.

      The Fixed 2D Constrain can now create Anchor points. Using an Anchor Point will prevent the shape from moving or…

      • Wed, Jul 6 2022
    • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17 – Parametric modeling: Enhancements in Variables Dialog

      Karol Kempski
      Karol Kempski

      Do you like Parametric Modeling, but you wished creating content was simpler and quicker?

      We have great news! MicroStation Update 17 introduces new features to help you become more productive and streamline your workflows.

      Enhancements in Variables …

      • Wed, Jul 6 2022
    • ProjectWise Drive – synchronization from ProjectWise 365 and configuration in MicroStation

      Karol Kempski
      Karol Kempski

      We have great news! MicroStation Update 17 introduces new features to help you become more productive and streamline your workflows.

      SYNCHRONIZING PROJECTWISE DRIVE FROM PROJECTWISE 365 

                                                                 communities.bentley.com/.../Video_5F00_2…

      • Wed, Jul 6 2022
    • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17 – ProjectWise Drive

      Karol Kempski
      Karol Kempski

      ProjectWise Drive – Everything you need to know!

      ProjectWise Drive is an application that provides a link between your local computers and the ProjectWise 365 documents and Work Area Connections.

      ProjectWise Drive is the application that any ProjectWise…

      • Wed, Jul 6 2022
    • Support for Element Templates in Smart Match tool

      Smrutirekha Mahapatra
      Smrutirekha Mahapatra

      The Smart Match tool (Match All Element Settings tool) is used to change all active element attributes to match with the attributes of an element in a design. In MicroStation Update 17 you can also set the active Element Template to match with that of…

      • Wed, Jul 6 2022
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