• 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…
  • [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
  • "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…
  • 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 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…
  • Perpendicular snap shows all elements out of plane after floating origin rotates. MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 4)

    I am attempting to draw a line or measure a distance between 2 points using AccuSnap. I then select Perpendicular Snap which tentatively locks on to various Elements. As soon as I hover over a Reference Element (Circle, Text or Dimension, etc.) the Perpendicular…
  • File crashing and turning all levels invisible...

    Whenever Microstation V8i crashes it sometimes changes all levels in the file to an abstract level that is automatically renamed. It also changes all the elements to white (color 0). All of the levels the elements were previously on are now gone, and…
  • References position changing upon start up? O:O

    Hi I have alot of handdrawings referenced into my main dgn file. It's very important the position, scale and rotation of the references are correct, bc I use these as a template when drawing. The problem is, whenever I reload my dgn file or open my file…
  • dialog boxes not collapsing in SS4

    Has anyone run into a problem collapsing dialog boxes to the tray? We have an SS4 user attempting to collapse say the reference dialog box or the raster dialog box and it doesn't collapse. I know we can pin them and access them by hovering, but it is…
  • Transparency Issue

    I am referencing in a file and want one of the levels to be transparent. I go to Level Manager, the specific level, then properties, then set transparency to 50% and works fine. Then I hit save settings, exit the file. However, when I come back to the…
  • Is there any Tool or Macro for MTO calculation of Cable tray supports. If any please share.

    I want tool or some macro which will calculate Cable tray support from 2D or EDWB cable tray module intelligently. If any solution please share with me. Thanks.
  • Unable to select certain levels.

    I am referencing a model into a sheet file, this model has multiple references with lines drawn on a particular level, and there are lines drawn on that same level in that model. When in the sheet file, why am I not able to select or snap to the lines…
  • Line string reference partially showing

    In Microstation power inroads, I have a surface perimeter line displayed and am trying to reference this into plan and profile sheets. The line string only shows certain segments and not the entire line when referenced, so it shouldn't be a level on/off…
  • Display Reference Attachment Name in Drawing Title Link (SS2)

    I'd like to display the name of an attached reference in a drawing title. It seems like I should be able to do this using the Place holder Link Properties field type but all I can get it to display is "XX AttachName XX". Do any of you know how to do…
  • [V8i] Reference levels batch processing

    We recently moved from MicroStation J to V8i SELECTseries 3 and we are finding out that after we convert the files to V8 format that the levels for our reference files are all turning off. I'm trying to create a batch process to allow me to set the "standard…