With MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 11 you can now import/export both your Item Types definitions and instance data from/to Excel.
Named Presentations is a new MicroStation feature that lets you define a different representation of your components to be displaid in a particular view orientation…
Functional Components get smarter, taking 3D parametric modeling a step further.
When creating a parametric cell, you can now tag one or more…
In Part Two of the Explorer blog series, we will take a closer look at the Explorer dialog, File tab.
Browsing and Managing File Content
The File tab displays file content in categories such as models, saved views, references, levels, and so on.
File…
When working on a project, you encounter many types of project related data. Typical data may consist of CAD files originating from MicroStation or even AutoCAD. Of that, there are many components that make up these which can range from models (design…
Custom line styles are a powerful and flexible feature that can be used to enhance the quality of your designs. They can be used to embellish a model with graphics that are quickly and easily placed by drawing something as simple as a line. Custom line…
In the previous Configuration Series blog, you saw how to include Bentley applications in your existing projects. That is fine for sharing standards across Bentley applications. However, what about sharing design content across applications? For example…
In the previous blog, you saw how to use application-specific standards for the same project. However, it was missing details about how you place the files and folders within the application-specific standards subfolders. The simplest way to do this is…
In real-world, multiple Bentley applications are used in tandem on a single project. Multiple domain-specific products built on top of MicroStation platform are used together. For example, in a large infrastructure project, AECOsim Building Designer …
There are numerous blogs containing wealth of information on Configuration in CONNECT Edition. However, as we write new blogs, the old ones get buried down in the list, making it difficult to get to the desired blogs. Also, some blogs are written by colleagues…
While migrating from V8i or any of the previous versions to CONNECT Edition, CAD Admins will look for silently removing the old application so that the users are not bothered. The attached PowerShell script can be of great use for such uninstallations…