• Terrain Contour Labels not Showing in Sheet Model

    I am using MicroStation V8i and am having trouble getting contour labels to print. The terrain model (with contours and labels turned on and working) is housed in it's own file. This file is referenced into the main file, which shows the labels at the…
  • Nested references coming in grey

    Working in Microstation Connect 10.17.01.58 I have a drawing with a reference that also contains a reference. The first reference comes in fine with all the proper Level colors but the nested reference comes in greyed, despite no override and the…
  • How do I unlock and delete and element which is in "a ReadOnly Reference"?

    As you can see in the below picture, I attempted to modify the below element which is a line, but saw that it was in a ReadOnly Reference. I have already tried unlocking it via the unlock element tool. I have also checked the level lock in the levels…
  • Slow-loading Raster Images via Network Drive

    Hello, We are using Microstation Connect 10.17.01.62 to draw on top of aerial imagery. The design file we draw in called "Plan.dgn" is stored on a network drive. The imagery is stored in an ECW format on another network drive. To bring the imagery into…
  • 'File not found' error when referencing DGNs and DWGs from OneDrive

    Has anyone experienced this error before - 'File not found' error when referencing DGNs and DWGs from OneDrive. I need to copy CAD files to my C drive and referencing works. Anyone know a fix or why this is occuring? Cheers, Dan Talevski
  • [V8i SS10] How to scale symbols from reference independent of sheet scale?

    I have a situation where my design file (2D layouts) has symbols that need to be the size to their actual dimensions for other disciplines to reference my design file and allow them to design knowing the footprint of my objects are actual to the symbol…
  • How to select a reference by clicking object

    How to select a reference (in a long list) by clicking on object in view. Without having to hover on object reading the reference file name and searcing for it in the long list of references windows. Tnx
  • Zoom to fit reference files

    For some reason the zoom to fit command no longer works for reference files in MicroStation Connect for me. It will zoom to any elements on the active file, but I need it to go back to zooming to incorporate reference files too, as I'm often working on…
  • Openroads Designer CE 2021 Release 2: Level Display not maintaining on/off overrides

    I'm brand new to using Openroads Designer, and Bentley products in general, so I feel like I may be missing something simple. Here is my issue; I have a nested file in which I want to turn the display of in sheet view. We'll call this particular file…
  • V8i - References not saving position after moving the reference

    In 9 years I've never had this happen until the last week or so. I've run through all settings that I can think of. Issue: While moving a reference in any file it moves just fine. Annotations move with it. Edits to clips look fine and everything…
  • [CONNECT] Actors not connecting to reference

    Hi, I have been trying to find a solution to this problem I have been having with the actors in the animate tab in MicroStation CE. When I try to reference my file with actors in it, the actors do not show up in the new file that I am trying to put…
  • How do I change reference symbology properties in Bentley CONNECT Version14?

    I can't change the properties of my reference file even though I have full right to the file/
  • Clip background / reference files with an element

    I have a bunch of cells which regularly need to have clip mask applied, so that background does not clash, I'm looking for something to clip reference files in a similar way to text background mask. having searched I did see something called "place…
  • Layers within acitive reference

    Microstation CONNECT Edition within Projectwise environment. Can I add/delete/modify layer (prameters) within an active refernce?
  • "Mask Reference" tool removes reference linework outside of fence area

    I am having difficulty masking a reference on my sheet files. When I create a fence to mask my reference, the mask tool removes most of the reference linework outside of my fence (see screenshots). This is only an issue for a few of my sheets - the rest…
  • Key-In: Select Clipping Element for Reference Clip Boundary

    Hello, I have a set of plans sheets that need to reference a master file. The master file then has to be clipped to a specific element on a specific level. I am trying to automate this process using a batch process. In order to begin the clipping…
  • Microstation Key-in: Attach Reference with live nesting

    Hello, I am new to MicroStation V8i. I am trying to use a batch process to reference one file to a set a drawings. My issue lies in the script for the key-in. This is what I have found so far: Key-in: RF= [configuration_variable:]<filename> […
  • Google Sheets & MicroStation

    Our company is currently in the midst of transitioning across from Windows Office to Google Workspace and I was wondering whether anybody has any experience referencing google sheets into MicroStation the same way you can reference a live excel file?…
  • Reference Attachment Properties Missing

    Hi All, Im having an issue with connect which no-one seems to know how to solve - when i bring in a reference instead of getting the reference attachment properties where you can select saved views ect ect. i get a small box which just says coincident…
  • detach references in all models except default model.

    Hi there, I have a file with many models. The models are self referenced into the default model, so the default model shows everything. Each 'sub' model has other references in them, Is there a way to detach all references in all the other models…
  • CONNECT Edition reference layer colors not matching source dwg file colors.

    I have a question that should, theoretically, not exist, and can't figure out where the issue might be coming from. I have several color plans in dwg format, and when opened with AutoCAD and, funnily enough, OBD all colors appear in the correct location…
  • Reference Transparency + Printing Transperency rasterized issue in MS Connect vs MS V8i

    Hello fellow MS-Users, this is my first post in this Forum and I hope I can get some help. After the switch from MS V8i to MS Connect, a lot of questions and issues arisen. One of which is a topic regarding References, Transperency, and printing…
  • Civil 3d 2020, dwg reference into MicroStation v8i ss10 coordinates don't match

    i am not stranger to the Units.def, and how dwg reference into MicroStation, however since Autodesk has introduced Units with survey feet we have been having a problem referencing in dwgs into MicroStation with a coordinates shift, aware of how international…
  • Path control for Rasters

    The IT department have changed the network address for our main CAD drive and we have lost a lot of raster and reference file links in the process, I have been trying to write an app to reconnect them but I am finding that each of the computers on the…
  • imagery distortion after shown in ArcGIS

    I have a shapefile of right-of-way that is referenced in Microstation. I also brought up the imagery raster file as the background. The display is just great. However, when I export the imagery raster into ArcGIS along with the ROW shapefile. The display…