CONNECT - Steel utility?

Unknown said:

If someone here does recompile it and has a working version from the SDK could you please post it to this thread so the rest of us can download it

If anybody does as you ask, they are risking action from Bentley's lawyers.  Although an example Steel is delivered with the CONNECT SDK, the source code is clearly marked with Bentley Systems' copyright.  Copyright means that no-one has the right to copy that source code.  Without express written permission from Bentley Systems, no one has the right to post the built version on this Forum or otherwise distribute the app. to any other public place.

However, if you have a SELECT contract then you have that example source code and you can build the app. for your own use.

We have not migrated because of this - worse yet I haven't even found out what I'm missing by not using CE (I have both installed on office machine - but the need to draw steel shapes in 2D every day keeps me from opening CE.

I agree. Allhough i personaly prefere to use connect edition, the lack of connect steel utility keeps me from uninstaling v8i. I would realy like to see if there are a timeline for this to be implemented for connect edition.

Kind of glad to see that I'm not the only one who wants a CE version of Steel.

Come on Bentley do the right this for your customers and get this (and ATools) updated. This would definitely help with getting our users over to CE

stuartw said:

Come on Bentley do the right this for your customers and get this (and ATools) updated.

... or to open source codes so somebody else will be able to migrate them to CONNECT Edition.

... or (in the case of steel.ma) to provide the same set of profiles definitions for parametric placement as was delivered with old steel.ma. Without it, the presented parametric tools cannot be treated as the replacement.

When it will not happen, maybe somebody will lost his patience and will write own application with the same functionality ;-) But you now, there is never enough free time to do it :-(

Regards,

  Jan

So,  Its been 4 years since my original effort to upgrade to Connect.  I was poking around to see if anyone has found a solution to the missing and beloved steel utility.

We don't have developers here that can do this.  Also, if Bentley were to simply put together some sort of replacement it would help the entire community and all of us that use the product would not have to come up with their own replacement.  Has Bentley addressed this yet?  I see from other posts that others are still hoping for a solution.

I know you all want us to use the BIM products but what you don't realize is if we are pushed in this direction we will choose Revit as that is what our management want us to use and consider the industry standard.  I am trying to keep Microstation alive at the University of Michigan but it is getting hard to justify.  Please let me know if there have been any solutions developed by Bentley to assist the many users that still need a simple to use 2d Steel sections app.

Thank You!

Mark.

So,  Its been 4 years since my original effort to upgrade to Connect.  I was poking around to see if anyone has found a solution to the missing and beloved steel utility.

We don't have developers here that can do this.  Also, if Bentley were to simply put together some sort of replacement it would help the entire community and all of us that use the product would not have to come up with their own replacement.  Has Bentley addressed this yet?  I see from other posts that others are still hoping for a solution.

I know you all want us to use the BIM products but what you don't realize is if we are pushed in this direction we will choose Revit as that is what our management want us to use and consider the industry standard.  I am trying to keep Microstation alive at the University of Michigan but it is getting hard to justify.  Please let me know if there have been any solutions developed by Bentley to assist the many users that still need a simple to use 2d Steel sections app.

Thank You!

Mark.