The CONNECT Edition version of MicroStation enables you to take a massive leap forward with cool features such as Item Types, Sheet Index, Parametric Modeling, and many more. Have you started using powerful properties-based features like Reports, Tables…
You like MicroStation V8i, but…
You’ll Love CONNECT because……
One of the main uses of the old CellUtil MDL App was the ability to print a grid of cells in the cell library along with a preview image of each cell. The Place Cell Index tool can be easily used to achieve this. The Place Cell Index tool gives more flexibility…
MicroStation V8i allowed elements to be “tagged” with non-graphical data using Tags that were stored in Tag Sets. The Tag Data could then be used for generating simple reports but did not provide the ability to use…
Placing tabular annotations is a frequent need that is encountered within a variety of disciplines. In MicroStation V8i there were many ways to accomplish this including:
For many organizations working with multiple file formats is a requirement of their design and engineering software. MicroStation V8i offered many innovations and enhancements, including support for AutoCAD DWG files…
In MicroStation V8i have you ever looked for an answer to a question using the Help documents? Perhaps you are new to using AccuDraw and want to discover the AccuDraw shortcuts? Or want to know exactly how to place…
Ever use Project Explorer in MicroStation V8i? Then you know it was used to create and manage links to project data, such as other DGN’s, DWG’s, Office Documents, or even PDF’s. Project Explorer…
Have you ever looked for a Geographic Coordinate System (GCS) that is simply not available? The list of Geographic Coordinate Systems in MicroStation V8i is static and “as-is”. The development to add any additional…
Have you resisted using Bing Maps aerial and road information as a background to your design in MicroStation V8i because you weren’t quite sure about the licensing and costs involved or because it involved edits…
As you are aware, the Configuration dialog is frequently required to modify the location of your library files or control the behavior of certain features.
Though a very useful dialog, it certainly had a few usability issues in V8i:
So far in our blog series on the Explorer, found within the MicroStation CONNECT Edition, we have done an overview of the Explorer. We have talked about the capabilities of the File tab, which allows you to display the content of the file such as models…
In a project if you ever have encountered a design file that came from outside your company, department or group, you probably already know that no two “dgn” files are equal. In some cases they don’t print correctly, line styles don’t display correctly…
In today’s ever increasingly complex AEC work environments, drawings often contain a mixture of both graphical and business data. Graphical data is the design geometry represented in a drawing. This can be made up of simple lines, curves, and polygons…
So far in our blog series on the Explorer, found within the MicroStation CONNECT Edition, we have done an overview of the Explorer. We also talked about the capabilities of the File tab, which allows you to display the content of the file such as models…
In MicroStation V8i, while working on a project, sheet numbering, sheet ordering, and tracking was mostly manual and hence tedious and error-prone. There were also some key limitations. Let us see what the pains in V8i were and how these have been alleviated…
Using Named Presentations is a convenient way to represent a 3D element with different symbolic representations (plan, front elevation, side elevation, isometric and so on), in different view orientations of the model. For example, in the image below…
The Sheet Index feature is quite flexible and customizable. In addition to the default sheet properties such as sheet number, sheet name, file name, etc., you can add your custom properties to sheets and folders in the sheet index. Say you want to add…
Generally, we use the Proxy Settings dialog to access MicroStation CONNECT features through the internet. It acts as a Centralized source for all proxy settings within PowerPlatform apps.
In Update 11, you can find the Proxy settings at:
File >> Tools…
CONNECT Licensing is Bentley’s improved licensing model that replaces the SELECT Server License Management system. It provides enhanced security and optimized value for your Bentley subscription. It will not only give you more options to monitor and manage…
So far in our blog series on the Explorer, found within the MicroStation CONNECT Edition, we did an overview of the Explorer in Part One. In Part Two, we talked about the capabilities of the File tab, which allows you to display the content of the file…
The Configuration Assistant is designed to help a CAD Manager quickly create a CONNECT Configuration so they can re-use the CAD Standards from previous versions. The main purpose is to convert V8i WorkSpaces to CONNECT Configurations. The ability for a…
MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 10 introduces a new exciting 3D modeling feature:
The Associative Extraction of Edges and Faces.
This tools lets you extract edges and faces from parametric solids keeping associativity with their parents elements.
With MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 11 you can now import/export both your Item Types definitions and instance data from/to Excel.