Why doesn't CE View allow you to 'Copy to Clipboard'?

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Why doesn't CE View allow you to 'Copy to Clipboard'? The previous versions did, but the new one doesn't. This is a feature that I used a lot.

Andrew Bell · Answer

I have noted that this was previously discussed by yourself a while ago which resulted in Defect # 354633. This defect has been looked at by our development team and deemed to be Working As Designed. Bentley View is a viewer and not something a user should expect to be performing a Copy&Paste within. 
 http://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/273/t/114750

Dan Eng · Answer

Hi Stuart, 
 As a viewing application, we only allow viewing of the file and do not allow you to copy the elements to the clipboard and then paste them into a authoring application. This would minimize any potential issues of something going incorrectly when copying to the clipboard outside of MicroStation and then back into the DGN, I suggest you reference the file into your DGN and then use the MicroStation Copy tools. 
 Thanks, 
 Daniel Eng

Dan Eng · Answer

Hi Stuart, 
 Thank you for the feedback. Please keep in mind this is the initial release of Bentley View CONNECT Edition and we will have regular updates. So if this is functionality that you and others would like to see, then please create an Idea and we can evaluate it. 
 Thanks, 
 Daniel Eng

Dan Eng · Answer

Defect 1004801 has been filed on this. 
 Thanks, 
 Daniel Eng

Dan Eng · Answer

Hi Stuart, 
 Jan is correct. We kept the Update 11 in Bentley View CONNECT Edition since it is based on the Update 11 PowerPlatform. Since we will be rolling out regular updates of Bentley View CONNECT Edition, we wanted to keep it consistent with MicroStation CONNECT Edition and PowerDraft CONNECT Edition releases. 
 Thanks, 
 Daniel Eng

Why doesn't CE View allow you to 'Copy to Clipboard'?

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