• Global Line Style Scale in ORD Connect Edition

    I am making the transition from MicroStation PowerInroads V8i to ORD connect edition. In V8i we had an option to change the global line style scale to change the size of our custom linestyle scales. We normally set this at half of the annotation scale…
  • Text symbol is missing from my linestyle in OpenCities Map Advanced

    Hello guys! I have an interesting problem that is happening to me using OpenCities Map Advanced version 17. I have a linestyle that was created in the past V8I version, which consists of text symbol The symbol was created with creating a text first…
  • MULTILINE WITH "TEXT" LINE STYLE

    Hi Everyone, I have created a custom line style which is composed of dash and text. (see below photo) I am using this line style in making multi-line which represents a cable trough in my layout, my problem is, this line style does not break in…
  • Custom Line Styles in Reference Appear Different from Parent Model in Read-Only File

    Hello! We have a file where one model is referenced into another within the same file. All [custom] line styles shown in the reference are completely different styles than how they appear in the parent model. This is only the case when the file is opened…
  • Line Style Creation Bug

    I am working on creating my own Line Styles in OpenBuildings Designer but I seem to have encountered a bug. I want to select a Base Stroke Pattern but it would not let me. How can I fix this issue?
  • is there a key-in to set the model Line Style properties to compound scale

    I need a key-in to set the model Line Style Scale properties to Compound Scale. I've found may key-ins for different model settings, but not for this one. Is such a key-in available?
  • can you import png for linestyles

    Can you import a png, jpg or bmp file to use in a custom linestyle?
  • Is there anyone who has a solution to "Run through corners" ?

    Hi, I work a lot with mapping to authorities, and they have many requirements regarding line styles. One requirement is to have line styles that are not "broken" at breakpoints, you want the line style complete throughout the mapped line. When using…
  • Line style is not applied on a part of a line

    Hi, im wondering if anyone knows why a line style is applied on one part of a complex chain but not the other and how I can go about to make sure that the line style is applied across the whole line and not only a part of it. Thankful for all the…
  • Dimension extension line style type not displaying

    I'm new to microstation, bare with me. I'm working in connect edition. I have a sheet model that I'm dimension a model I referenced in. I'm trying to place dimensions where the extension lines are center lines. I opened the dimension style, under symbology…
  • Line styles dropped from drawing

    We have a drawing where the line styles have dropped from the drawing and won't reimport? Nothing was happening with drawing at the time either...tried reimporting the lstyle.rsc but editor still stays blank. Only affects this one drawing. Anyone had…
  • I am new to MicroStation, and would like to apply 3 dimensional survey data to a plan. What skills within MicroStation would I need to learn to accomplish this?

    Hello, As the title states, I am new to MicroStation. I have a decent amount of AutoCAD experience, but those skills don't seem to translate too well into MicroStation. Basically, I only need to do one specific thing with MicroStation: Apply 3D storm…
  • Update linestyles from dgnlib

    Hallo, Is there a way to update linestyles in a DGN file from a dgnlib, more or less in the same way as it is possible to update levels and textstyles from a dgn library? I know there is a way to update linestyles from a rsc file, but this is in my situation…
  • Utilities linestyles scale

    Hi Guys! I have a drawing where to the design model space I have attached my utilities. They are attached with true scale ON, annotations scale ON and scale line styles scale ON. I want now attached that design model to my drawing sheet as a reference…
  • Cells w/ text in Custom LineStyles - Text Style or no Text Style?

    Morning Folks, I'm creating custom linestyles for v8i SS2 and these custom linestyles have text within the cells that will be incorporated into the linestyle. Should the text that is a component of the cell that is repeated in the linestyle be create…
  • System ID for custom line styles

    What is the purpose of "System ID": This property is accessed via the custom line styles: Element Menu-Line Styles-Edit, then double-click on one of the custom line styles We learned (the HARD WAY!!!) that somehow this box changed its number…
  • RE: How to delete one or more customized linestyle(s) from a dgnlib?

    Depending on the version of MicroStation being used. CONNECT Edition : To view the line styles open the dgnlib file and the 'Explorer', then expand the 'Explorer' tree to see the Line styles V8i : To see what Line styles are in the dgnlib, open…
  • How can you display the contents of a RSC file (such as line styles) so they can be viewed similar to how .CEL files can be displayed?

    I am trying to create a booklet that I may distribute to cad users that contains all of the line styles from various .RSC files. I know how to output the cells that are included in a particular .CEL file, but I cannot find a way to do the same for line…
  • How to set scale for single Linestyles

    We are trying to update our linestyles to utilize the annotation scale, so we are drawing everything 1:1. The linestyles are then scaled like a champed when we say the sheet is 100:1, for example. However, there are certain linestyles that we need to…
  • Linestyle in nested reference file appears as linestyle "0"

    Post on behalf of Be Communities member: MicroStation V8i Select Series 3 08.11.09.459 Linestyle(s) in nested reference file appears as linestyle "0". This occurs even though in the actual file the linestyle is defined as a custom linestyle. The…
  • Cleaning up LineStyles when using DGNLIBS

    Here is the situation.... We have recently updated many linestyles where we have CHANGED the display characteristics, but have retained the exact same name. The process we followed was we opened the DGNLIB file that contained the linestyes, and then imported…
  • Line Style Scale issue (similar to AutoCAD's LTSCALE)

    Microstation V8i (Select Series 2) Windows 7 x64 Hello all, please excuse the rookie question(s), I am a solid AutoCAD user, and a beginner to intermediate MS user. Working on existing drawings created by someone else, where there are lines on levels…
  • CR - Custom Line Styles Editor

    see this thread: http://communities.bentley.com/Communities/Other_Communities/MicroStation_V8i__SELECTseries_1__Early_Access_Program/f/63797/t/34430.aspx danien: 1/ Custom line styles - this interface is unintuitive and a nightmare to…
  • Custom line styles with text.. how do you create them?

    Again, sorry for the n00b questions. V8i Select Series 2, Win 7 x64 Working on drawings not done in our office, some of the files have custom line styles (which we don't have and so are missing), I assumed I could just "create them". The lines are…
  • Line Style showing in MicroStation V8i but not Bentley View V8i

    (Posted on behalf of Be Communities member) I submit a typical drawing that has ----E---- line drawn in Microstation and saved in Projectwise. I have installed Bentley View V8i (SELECTSeries 3) Version 08.11.09.459 and ProjectWise Explorer V8i (SELECT…