I am using the above version of BV to open Connect models, they open fine and I can see the extra properties associated with the applied Display Rules, the only thing that is missing are the colours associated with the respective Display Rules. I have mentioned this before that my clients are not willing to purchase Navigator in order to view these missing element colour attributes, this has presented me with a big problem as I have to provide them with various rendered graphics from Microstation Connect, I have tried generating 3D PDF's but this just captures one display rule with no option to toggle to the others.
Question is, how difficult would it be to enable the viewing of the Display Rules colours in the above mentioned Bentley View version.
Another issue that has come to the fore having explained that a free viewer will not be available for subsequent versions of Microstation, is that I am being asked to supply deliverables in DWG format, not good.
I have just downloaded a trial of Bentley Navigator just to see that it supports all the stuff relating Display Rules and Item Types as to date no one has been able to confirm this. Having not used Navigator before I was expecting just to search for a DGN and open it up, I find that it is not as simple as BV, okay I thought I'll try publishing an i-model from within Microstation but it doesn't create an i-model directly, it creates an *.dgn.i-dgn file (????). So I tried opening this file with Navigator but it's looking for an I-model. Yes I know it sounds convoluted (maybe just me) anyway my question(s) are:- one, how do I create an i-model file? two, how does your clients view DGN files at the moment? and three, is it just me that's not happy about the lack of a free DGN viewer?
Update, I did find a tick box to create an i-model, however Navigator failed to open the i-model file.
Regards
Ken
José
Hello Jose,
I am aware that they ditched BV CE, such a pity as the potential for show casing 'Display Rules' and 'Item Types', even for that matter DGN format is lost without a free viewer, I have tried to understand the logic behind such a decision and I detest saying to clients that they have to buy another product in order to view a DGN file with Connect functionality. Maybe they think they can sell heaps of viewers at £96.00 a pop, personally I think Bentley are shooting themselves in the foot.
Till they change their mind I have no option other than to issue my clients with PDF's and DWG's.