• MicroStation 2023: Will there be a MicroStation 2024? Is this an annual release schedule now?

    MicroStation 2023 is released . Version number is 23.00.00.108. Questions: Will there be a MicroStation 2024? Or will MicroStation 2023 be the primary version number for a few years? Will it be like Autodesk, who rebrands every year? Or will it…
  • Error with Dimension Text over 76 Characters. - MicroStation Connect

    Dimension text drops characters at 77 back down two 75 at 78 characters it reverts text string back to *. How do I resolve this? Edit: My Junior Engineer originally ran into this problem when starting the text string with a symbol. At that point they…
  • In CONNECT, how do I restore the letters for key-ins that were next to the tools in the tasks menu in V8i and previous versions ?

  • Looking for downloading celltool MDL app for connect

    Hi guys, I am currently using MicroStation connect 10 with windows 11 and I am wondering how I can get my hands on the celltool, as the link on the zip doesn t seem to work with me. The link at the bottom of this article doesn't give an access…
  • Rescale cells

    Hi, I have a number of DGN's with many different cells within that all need to be rescaled. I'm unable to scale them by setting the annotation scale so I'd like to know if there's a key-in to change the Scale X, Scale Y and Scale Z? Microstation CONNECT…
  • Importing Excel in Microstation Connect

    Hi, I am trying to Paste an Excel table in Microstation Connect using Place Table feature. I have set all formatting like row height, column width, bordering, etc in excel as I want them to look in Microstation. And I am preserving formatting while…
  • Is it possible to draw a line of fixed length perpendicular to and snapped to another line (I can do this so far) that is positioned such that the free end point lies on a third line?

    Is it possible to draw a line of fixed length perpendicular to and snapped to another line (I can do this so far) that is positioned such that the free end point lies on a third line? (My goal is to find and mark the point at which two diverging lines…
  • MS CE - changing model name

    Hello everyone, I started using MS CE instead of v8i and one problem has occurred. When I try to change the model name in the models , it takes very long (several minutes). The software hangs. This only applies to existing models. Is there any way…
  • Disappearing font but showing as invisible

    My fonts are disappearing, this could be symbols (degree signs, dashes, commas, etc.) or random letters in mid-section / mid-word, or when they are stand alone. Pictures of disappearing fonts.docx
  • Change grafiks/representation of cell by item attributes?

    Hi all. I´m trying to make a cell with custom Item types and would like to change the symbol of the cell depending on some of the custom attributes. As a stupid example: My cell contains a text field and a premade cell from a cell library. the text…
  • Clip Volume Settings - Change the standard Display Style in View Attributes

    Hello everybody, I was wondering if there is a possibility to change the standard value for the display style of a clip volume. When I create a clip volume the standard display style for forward is chosen as forward. Makes sense, but I would like…
  • [MS CE 12 FR]unable to launch a vba command in batch mode

    Hello, In V8i edition, I used to launch MicroStation in batch mode to run a vba command on a lot of files with the help of batchprocess.ma In connect Edition, I still can use MicroStation in batch mode as documented here: https://docs.bentley.com…
  • Cannot open file.= (0x8000)

    Dear friends, I cannot open attached file. Can somebody help to check what the reason? FN109ACWD-SK1201-.dgn
  • Do we have any MDL script available to change Title Block Tag set for multiple documents? it's Possible manually however we wanted to check if any automation available.

    We have a number of documents using a Tag Set and for As Built files we want to match the tag set with the Client. We can manually do this however I wanted to know if there is any script available to do this for multiple documents. PW 10.00.02.265/03…
  • [CONNECT] [ 10.07.00.39 ] Windows 10 Pro 1909 - Display issues with Nvidia GPU GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

    [CONNECT] [ 10.07.00.39 ] Dell Precision Tower 5810 Windows 10 Pro, 64bit - Version 1909 OS build 18363.836 Direct X 12.0 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1650 v4 @3.60GHz RAM 32 Gb Nvidia GPU GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 Gb Driver 446.14 Standard …
  • Compress unused cell definitions with CE too slow

    Hello, I have a problem with Microstation CE update 13 to reduce the size of a file by 117M (file is not uploaded), the compress hangs on delete unused cell definitions. The same compress with Microstation V8i requires 3 seconds ??? Another bug of more…
  • Rotate with setting design file (angle readout) in gradians

    Hi, We use Microstation CE update 13, when angle readout is set to gradians and the user makes a rotate copy by entering the angle himself (value of the angle by gradians) CE considers this value entered as degrees (so does not take the settings design…
  • How to set a Double-click Button Assignment

    Can a button assignment be defined for a double-click? If so how? I would like to exit the current command by double-clicking the reset button. I know that the escape button can be used to exit a command but I prefer the double right click. Thanks…
  • automatic pattern solid section

    I'm looking for a way to pattern solid sections automatically. I have seen a past post about this using element templates. However, I would like the pattern to also follow the direction of the longest side of the element. For example, I have a cabinet…
  • Is there a way to get the "Classic ToolBoxes" back in Microstation CE?

    We've been forced to upgrade to Microstation CE and ribbon is taking too long to navigate. I've found most of what I need in tool boxes but all the Classic ones are gone. Do I need to make custom toolboxes to get them back? or am simply I missing…
  • Any progress on the release of CU14?

    Has there been any progress on the release of CU14? Will the HTML issues be addressed? We are continuing to struggle with the performance issues of CU10 but the buggy nature of CU13 has precluded us from moving to CU13 at the moment. CU12 has issues as…
  • CONNECT - Constraints removed when feature changes?

    Hi everyone, Jeff Berleth and I are working together on modeling an overhead sign structure that has many different variations with many different components. I am currently working on a truss system that is one part of the sign structure and I am running…
  • Expressions in parametric cells.

    Hello. I just showed a very interesting video in learn server about parametric modeling. I also show that exists also expressions. From the video I didn't show if it's possible to access from expression environment model properties like drawing annotation…
  • Stacked Fractions not displaying in Edited Dimension Text

    It is common practice to edit dimension text such as changing " 10'-10" "to "MIN 10½ FT CLEAR". When editing the dimension text of an existing dimension element (using Edit Text), typed stacked fractionssuch as 1/8, 3/16, etc. are replaced with a “?”…
  • Disable Bentley Connect Advisor

    Hi everyone, is it possible to disable the Bentley Connect Advisor when I start MicroStation, or better, forever? I already disable the option " Launch CONNECT Advisor on startup " , but it keeps popping up and it is really annoying. I am using…