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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Microstation J (v7) DGN conversion to DWG</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/247176/microstation-j-v7-dgn-conversion-to-dwg</link><description>I have been trying to convert old DGN files to DWG files to develop consistency through the P&amp;amp;IDs, but I have run into a myriad of issues while doing so. 
 
 1) I have a very old version of Microstation, which is older than I am and is not used often</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Microstation J (v7) DGN conversion to DWG</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/771797?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 15:01:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:32e35440-2fe0-4009-ac21-559628bac556</guid><dc:creator>Kane Smith</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;If I transitioned to a newer version of Microstation and saved the old DGN as a DWG, do you know if AutoCAD would allow me to open it there and edit it? Or would other issues arise from this as well?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Microstation J (v7) DGN conversion to DWG</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/771796?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 15:01:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:9d3bacbf-8951-4fed-84cf-3e521bdb027f</guid><dc:creator>MaryB</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I believe that J did have the &amp;quot;Select By Attributes&amp;quot; tool under the Edit menu. You can use that to select &amp;quot;Cell&amp;quot; (and possibly &amp;quot;Shared Cell&amp;quot;) from the Types region of the dialog. Click Execute, and all of your cells should be selected. You then use the Drop Complex tool to drop them to their component elements.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jon&amp;#39;s suggestion to get a more recent version of MicroStation is a far better option, though. If you can do that, you will have a lot more settings and options to play with, and the conversion process may be more capable as a whole.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If there are still problems with the cells/blocks then, you can revisit dropping them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Microstation J (v7) DGN conversion to DWG</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/771790?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:55:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:02247451-b19d-4cfd-8dc6-7d42e2d5c457</guid><dc:creator>Kane Smith</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;How would I go about dropping all of the cells to plain elements? I am rather new to Microstation so I am not very well versed in this aspect.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Microstation J (v7) DGN conversion to DWG</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/771792?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:54:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f89265bf-e3e1-42dd-8340-a412a82e9795</guid><dc:creator>Jon Summers</dc:creator><description>[quote userid="1459305" url="~/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/247176/microstation-j-v7-dgn-conversion-to-dwg/771787"]if I got a newer version of Microstation, that it would convert successfully? Even with the DGNs being as old as they are?[/quote]
&lt;p&gt;Later versions of MicroStation (V8/CONNECT/2023) can read a V7 file.&amp;nbsp; They can save that file as a DGN or DWG.&amp;nbsp; The supported DWG format has, of course, changed over the years because AutoDesk don&amp;#39;t provide continuity of file format.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Microstation J (v7) DGN conversion to DWG</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/771787?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:53:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:6648aa26-085b-413f-9db2-982ac4aea4d0</guid><dc:creator>Kane Smith</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I have AutoCAD 2023 or release #37, I was just wondering if there was any way to convert using J. A bit of a backstory here, I was given a computer that was said to have Microstation on it to help in converting DGN to DWG files, it just ended up being a Microstation version that is older than myself. Do you think if I got a newer version of Microstation, that it would convert successfully? Even with the DGNs being as old as they are?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Microstation J (v7) DGN conversion to DWG</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/771785?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:52:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:290bb8e2-a151-4386-a09a-7d3ec753d479</guid><dc:creator>MaryB</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;You may need to drop all of your component cells to plain linework. Both MSTN J and AutoCAD 13 are&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; primitive software and it&amp;#39;s probable that there is something going amiss in the cell/block conversion process. Your settings are limited, as well, so there are no options that can mitigate those issues.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Your best bet is just to drop all of your cells to plain elements. That should retain the location of everything, even if it destroys the component identity. When dealing with software this old, you just have to accept the tradeoffs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Microstation J (v7) DGN conversion to DWG</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/771784?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:46:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:3af3fc27-83ca-46fa-ab5d-42366876767a</guid><dc:creator>Jon Summers</dc:creator><description>[quote userid="1459305" url="~/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/247176/microstation-j-v7-dgn-conversion-to-dwg"]I have a very old version of Microstation[/quote]
&lt;p&gt;MicroStation/J was superseded by MicroStation V8 in 2001.&amp;nbsp; See the &lt;a title="Be Communities: History of MicroStation" href="/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/3164/history-of-microstation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;History of MicroStation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Naturally, a product so old supported an equally-aged version of DWG.&amp;nbsp; From your screenshot, it looks like it produced a DWG file for AutoCAD 13.&amp;nbsp; What version of AutoCAD do you use?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Microstation J (v7) DGN conversion to DWG</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/771781?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:44:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:707ee4d7-042d-4c9a-a057-c155b9fd434c</guid><dc:creator>Kane Smith</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Apologies, thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Microstation J (v7) DGN conversion to DWG</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/771775?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:39:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:2906544b-b12e-4c18-82ab-a6063b0783d7</guid><dc:creator>Mike Robertson</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;You should probably move this to the MicroStation users forum, this is the programming forum.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>