Your Ideas

If you have an idea for something that you believe would make MicroStation better, please choose the product category that is most applicable to the idea, and add your idea there by selecting New in the upper right corner (note: you must be signed in to submit an idea). The more detail and description you include, the better. Please also include why you think the idea would be beneficial – specific use case scenarios often are the best way to do that.

Any member of this community can then comment on the idea and vote on it (either up OR down).

For full details on how the application works, please refer to the Introducing Community Ideas article.

The following will be the statuses for all ideas posted:

• New – Your idea has been created, and it is ready to be voted on by the community. This is the default status for new ideas
• Under Review – Idea is gathering support and being reviewed by product management to determine suitability for future consideration. Add your votes and comments
• Future consideration – Idea has been reviewed and is now in consideration for future development. Continue to vote and comment to bring the best ideas to the top
• Complete – Idea is closed and has been implemented in a MicroStation release
• Archived – Idea is not currently being considered for release due to reasons of practicality, strategy, or applicability. We appreciate your suggestions and encourage you continue submitting ideas

  • Note/Dimension style with leader under the first line

    MaryB
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 0 Comments
    I'd like to request the ability to set up a Note (dimension) style that places a leader line underneath the FIRST line of text while allowing other lines of text beneath the leader line. Something that might look like this: We need notes that look...
    • Mon, Sep 24 2018 3:08 PM

  • Find and Replace to work with Stacked Fractions

    RobertArnold
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 0 Comments
    Hi, There should be a way of having the search and replace tool work with stacked fractions. For instance, if you have text saying 5¼ that needs to be changed to read 5½, it should be an easy search and replace. Of course my example uses easy fractions...
    • Tue, Sep 18 2018 12:30 AM

  • Creating a Saved view to include the ACS if set

    Duncan Macdonald
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 0 Comments
    Creating a saved view doesn't save the current ACS as part of the saved view. I think it should.
    • Tue, Sep 11 2018 7:54 AM

  • Insert cells into text elements

    MaryB
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 2 Comments
    I'd like the ability to insert a cell into a line of text while typing or editing. As an example, we use the Tahoma font for nearly all of our annotation. While it has a great many symbols and language characters, there are some that it is missing...
    • Fri, Sep 7 2018 12:23 PM

  • MicroStation Reports: Improved Key-In Commands

    Jon Summers
    • Data Interoperability
    • New
    • 4 Comments
    MicroStation CONNECT Reports let you export DGN data to an external file. You can choose various file formats, including Excel. There is an apparently-related key-in command REPORTS EXPORT . However, that command is not documented and appears to do...
    • Thu, Sep 6 2018 8:51 AM

  • Make Geographic Coordinate System coordinates available to Text Fields

    Jon Summers
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 1 Comment
    A Geographic Coordinate System (GCS) provides a great way to impose a geographically-accurate coordinate system on your DGN model. The GCS has been part of MicroStation since V8 i , and continues in CONNECT. There's probably a GCS already available for...
    • Thu, Aug 30 2018 1:03 PM

  • Feature Request: Reference File attachment choices--standard, relative path, full path, configuration variable

    RobertArnold
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 2 Comments
    History: Microstation, through version 7, allowed a reference file to be attached with a choice of no path or the full path being stored (or a configuration variable being used to define the path). FYI, during this time period, our office had a Microstation...
    • Wed, Aug 29 2018 7:36 PM

  • Make the sheet in sheet model an optional color

    Chris Biggs
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 2 Comments
    In Workspace>Preferences>View Options towards the bottom there is a checkbox for "Sheet Model Background Color" and a radio button to change the color. Right now this changes the sheet and the background color. My users and myself would like the opportunity...
    • Wed, Aug 29 2018 4:33 PM

  • Change how Shared Cells Behave

    Joseph Young
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 3 Comments
    **Shared Cells are GREAT, if they worked better.** Problem 1 - By Level makes the elements in the shared cell the color of the level of the shared cell. Solution 1 - Make by-level use the attribution of the elements with in the Shared Cell, not the...
    • Tue, Aug 28 2018 1:56 PM

  • Is there a way to auto dimension a line as it is being drawn?

    Dusty Decker
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 0 Comments
    It would be a real time saver if you would be able to make a custom line that is automatically dimension as you draw it. You should be able to set the color, width, type & weight of the line as well as set up the specific size, font ect of the text...
    • Wed, Aug 22 2018 9:10 AM

  • Options for Element Info dialog

    Ron Jones
    • User Interface
    • New
    • 5 Comments
    Often times the users is unaware of the fact that, having the Element Info dialog open can be the cause of apparently slow responses from MicroStation. For example: If you have the Element Info dialog open when you select a large number of elements...
    • Tue, Aug 14 2018 3:42 PM

  • Mixed-Symbology (a new type of symbology similar to display styles)

    Ron Jones
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 0 Comments
    New ability to mix colors, weights and styles to create unique line work display styles. A Mixed-Symbology would be made up of multiple layers, each layer would include unique attributes for color, weight, linecode, and display order. A Mixed-Symbology...
    • Fri, Aug 3 2018 11:19 PM

  • Better logging for WMS issues

    Oto
    • Data Interoperability
    • New
    • 0 Comments
    I think Bentley could make a better logging option for WMS errors as the "old camera" error checking. Replacing detailed xml error with camera picture is not a good approach. In WMS requests Bentley desktop apps explicitly require to have errors returned...
    • Tue, Jul 31 2018 4:14 AM

  • Support WMS GetFeatureInfo attribute information

    Oto
    • Data Interoperability
    • New
    • 1 Comment
    Why would anybody want WMS GetFeatureInfo functionality in Bentley desktop products? So they can make requests to WMS services and get attribute information via this functionality :) Bentley GeoWebPublisher supports this functionality as a WMS server...
    • Tue, Jul 31 2018 3:54 AM

  • Import Google KMZ files

    Tom Felcone
    • Data Interoperability
    • New
    • 0 Comments
    The workaround used to be importing into Sketchup, that's going away ( the free version anyway). Additionally my import into Sketchup 2017 failed, leaving me to hunt down someone who could open a KMZ file ( Carlson ). KMZ isn't going away and people...
    • Wed, Jul 18 2018 2:07 PM

  • Full support of DWG annotation scaling

    Frank Klein
    • Data Interoperability
    • New
    • 1 Comment
    The AutoCAD based annotation scaling is far beyond the Microstations annotation scaling. Autocad has element based n-scale techniques to place notes at different origins with different sizes for different scales. Text styles property for texts and notes...
    • Fri, Jul 6 2018 9:06 AM

  • Text Node to Text

    Bob Rayner
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 0 Comments
    I would like to see a text node (multi line text) change element type to text when edited to a single line. I feel so stupid wasting time over here.
    • Thu, Jun 28 2018 12:04 PM

  • Item Types: Propagation Policy

    Jon Summers
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 1 Comment
    With MicroStation CONNECT, we can attach Item Type data to a DGN element. Those data are user-define and can be used subsequently to extract business information from a DGN model. What happens when an element is edited? If the element is deleted, is...
    • Mon, Jun 18 2018 3:54 AM

  • Select by attributes - add "within highlighted area only" option (i.e. fence)

    f.mandoki
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 1 Comment
    I know there's the option in the element selection to only search for certain levels etc. but I only get it to work by selecting a bunch of elements and then switching everything off in the various tabs that I don't want to be selected. It would way...
    • Fri, Jun 15 2018 6:48 AM

  • Isolate levels from level manager

    f.mandoki
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 3 Comments
    I noticed that you can isolate selected elements or groups of elements from the element properties box from the dropdown list which is really handy. I'd like to be able to isolate levels the same way from the level manager (without having to activate...
    • Fri, Jun 15 2018 3:00 AM

  • When Saving As Using Level Remapping, Saved View Need to Have Their Level Tables Remapped

    caddcop
    • Data Interoperability
    • New
    • 13 Comments
    Using the Save As dialog with a Level Mapping CSV file does not remap the Levels within any saved view. The view extents and other display settings are retained, but any level on or off settings are lost. I assume they or "orphaned" once their level...
    • Tue, Jun 5 2018 12:01 PM

  • Bing geocoding and geolocation service

    Oto
    • Design Review
    • New
    • 1 Comment
    Use not only Bing background maps but also add a tool for geocoding by address or reverse geocoding by coordinates. This would simplify search by address as now it is not possible.
    • Tue, May 29 2018 9:59 AM

  • Combine Level Display and Level Manager

    Bob Rayner
    • User Interface
    • New
    • 5 Comments
    I almost always use the Level Display to simply turn levels on and off, couldn't that be added to the Level Manager?
    • Fri, May 25 2018 5:49 PM

  • Bulk Text Editing

    John Watts
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 3 Comments
    Is there a useful tool to edit multiple text elements, bulk text editing? For example we have terminal blocks that have individual text elements and currently we can only edit one text element at a time. It would be helpful if a grouping of text elements...
    • Thu, May 24 2018 11:23 AM

  • Allow update of shared cells via right click>update cell from library

    Duncan Gammie
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 2 Comments
    It would be good if we could simplify the shared cell definition update to a right click>update from library as per element templates, materials, multi-lines etc etc... The current workflow is, to say the least convoluted, - open the dgn file (in...
    • Mon, May 21 2018 9:39 AM

  • Why can't the preference for "Optimized Fence Clipping" be made an option available through the Place Fence Tool Settings dialog?

    Jim Ring
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 0 Comments
    • Wed, May 16 2018 9:12 PM

  • spell checker: use more then one dictionary at once

    Ivo Blaauw
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 3 Comments
    I would like to be able to use multiple spelling dictionaries together. We cater to more then one city and I would like to have seperate dictionaries that can be used simultaneously. There could be multiple dictionaries for the company standards and...
    • Wed, May 16 2018 4:57 AM

  • Allow Users to use the Models dialog box to Change Which Model is the Default Model

    caddcop
    • Data Interoperability
    • New
    • 5 Comments
    There are times when it would be advantageous to change which model in a file is the default model. Currently one needs to save a file and use the filter settings to export only the model that is the desired default model and then to use the import model...
    • Mon, May 14 2018 1:24 PM

  • Please update Civtoos to Connect edition!

    Yrjo Ala-Heikkila
    • 3D Modeling
    • New
    • 4 Comments
    There is nothing to replace Civtools in MS Connect Edition or PowerDraft Connec Edition. It would be nice to get those features back!
    • Tue, Apr 24 2018 9:51 AM

  • View Fit to specific reference

    MaryB
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 3 Comments
    I would really like to see an option in the Fit View tools to Fit a view to a specific reference. This could be accomplished through a key-in option (something like FIT VIEW REFERENCE { logical ]) or a tool setting like "Use References Dialog List"....
    • Mon, Apr 23 2018 10:54 AM

  • Cleanup update - Distinguish elements with or without fill

    Jose Pinho
    • Design Review
    • New
    • 0 Comments
    We continue to get duplicates where shouldn't be any (works the same in v8i). 1 - Draw a rectangle, a shape, a circle, whatever; 2 - Copy the rectangle (or your element) to the exact same location; 3 - Change one of the elements to get a fill shape;...
    • Tue, Apr 3 2018 3:47 AM

  • Links - Drag and Drop on to Elements in Reference Files

    dominic SEAH
    • User Interface
    • New
    • 1 Comment
    Looking at some of the new functionality that seem to allow more persistent links between elements stored in separate files, I would like to be able to attach Links to elements in Ref files. https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation...
    • Mon, Apr 2 2018 5:23 AM

  • Links - Drag and Drop from MS Explorer

    dominic SEAH
    • User Interface
    • New
    • 3 Comments
    To add a Link to a element in a model, the user first has to add the Link to the Project Explorer Links tab... using drag and drop (Bravo!). He then has to drag and drop the Link on to the element in the View Window. What would be great is if the user...
    • Mon, Apr 2 2018 5:20 AM

  • REPORTS TOOL - PREVIEW TEMPLATES & PLACING FILTERED REPORT FROM PREVIEW

    Bryan A. Diana
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 1 Comment
    The report tool allows you to preview your table and even has filter options in the preview, but you can't place or export the filtered preview that you can create. I know aggregate counts are already an IDEA and have been requested, but the ability...
    • Fri, Mar 30 2018 10:18 AM

  • Importing BCF file views into Saved Views

    Michael Wolff
    • Design Review
    • New
    • 1 Comment
    The building industry (buildingSMART) has introduced a means of communicating issues in multi-user models. This is a simple xml file accompanied by one or many pixel images. The xml contains a written description of the problem, the GUID of the objects...
    • Thu, Mar 22 2018 8:14 AM

  • Parametric association for arraying along a path

    Jeff Berleth
    • 3D Modeling
    • New
    • 1 Comment
    It would be cool to have a tool that would allow us to array along a path (smartline, bspline, etc.) and then update as we change the path. For instance, I can extrude a profile along a path and then modify that path and not have to rerun the extrusion...
    • Fri, Mar 16 2018 12:38 PM

  • Workspace install wizard(packager)

    Oto
    • Extensibility
    • New
    • 0 Comments
    There is need to improve packager(pzip-extractor.exe) so it automatically uses Workspace location as default. Now it tries to extract pzip in same folder which is of no use as the same can be achieved by simply unzipping. This would be easier to distributed...
    • Mon, Mar 12 2018 10:46 AM

  • Use Named Expression in a Text Field

    Jon Summers
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • Future Consideration
    • 7 Comments
    If a text field could use a named expression as the source of its data, all kinds of annotation would be enabled.
    • Sun, Mar 11 2018 9:10 AM

  • Previous Model on arrow button

    Thomas Voghera
    • 3D Modeling
    • New
    • 5 Comments
    Could we have commands on the arrow buttons om the key board like Last, Next, both in terms of used Models and in alphabetic order. Also for Files.
    • Fri, Mar 9 2018 10:14 AM

  • Import and/or reference Revit models

    Thomas Voghera
    • Data Interoperability
    • New
    • 1 Comment
    Just referencing the geometry would be fine.
    • Thu, Mar 8 2018 6:16 PM

  • Auto update to current settings

    Dustin Decker
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 1 Comment
    When you export an older file into a new file just created and then open it all the new line styles and fonts ect... are brought up to date with your new settings automatically.
    • Thu, Mar 8 2018 4:12 PM

  • Help with Microstation 95 installed on Windows 7

    Terri Rothwell
    • Design Review
    • New
    • 1 Comment
    We have Microstation 95 .dgn files that are generated using VeriBest95 that is a printed circuit board design software. When I open the 95 in V8i all the holes in the board (which are open circles) translate to letters. We have tried changing the font...
    • Wed, Mar 7 2018 9:02 AM

  • Scaling of Linestyle in Display Rules

    Mark Preedy
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 0 Comments
    Display rules are a brilliant addition to Microstation and being able to chose different linestyles colors etc is great but we have anumber of line styles that require a scale to them, can this be added to to the dialog boxes when you chose the linestyle...
    • Thu, Mar 1 2018 6:55 AM

  • Subject with colors for References, Models, Levels, Named Groups and Saved Views

    Jose Pinho
    • User Interface
    • New
    • 0 Comments
    In conjuction of this idea: https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/i/user_interface/references-by-subject-with-colors-in-reference-menu We could have the same principal for References, Models, Levels and Named Groups. This way we would...
    • Wed, Feb 28 2018 9:35 AM

  • Grouping levels

    f.mandoki
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 1 Comment
    I often get drawings with 200 - 500 levels which could be sorted more easily if grouped or organized hierarchically just like "files in folders". I know there are filters and creative naming that help but expanding or collapsing level groups would make...
    • Wed, Feb 28 2018 5:04 AM

  • Add Element Templates to SmartMatch

    Mark Preedy
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • Under Review
    • 3 Comments
    When using smartmatch to match all my attributes of a element it does not match the element template. Can this please be added to the Smartmatch tool.
    • Wed, Feb 28 2018 2:29 AM

  • References by subject with colors in Reference Menu

    Jose Pinho
    • User Interface
    • New
    • 0 Comments
    Work is becoming more complex in having more references, and trying to sort out which is which is becoming more difficult and not seeing this being easily made. And since Bentley is always looking for Microsoft examples I believe this is a good example...
    • Mon, Feb 26 2018 5:00 AM

  • Add settings to the Change Dimension Dialog

    MaryB
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 2 Comments
    I'd like to suggest a Change Dimension dialog more in line with the Change Text Attributes dialog - with a number of "popular' options that can be set, independently of dimension style. Very often, in the course of revising a detail, I need to change...
    • Wed, Feb 14 2018 1:29 PM

  • Adding "reviewed/needs review" flag to text with automatic colour change

    f.mandoki
    • Design Review
    • New
    • 2 Comments
    I often use quite a bit of dummy text in drawings that needs being changed at a later date. At the moment I change the text colour to red so I don't forget which bits to change. This approach is somewhat prone to mistakes, though, if I either forget...
    • Fri, Feb 9 2018 2:20 AM

  • Assigning colours, line styles and line weights with only one click

    f.mandoki
    • Drafting and Detailing
    • New
    • 0 Comments
    I'd prefer to have the drop down buttons for selecting attributes like colours, line styles and weights split in half - thumbnail plus no. in one half and the down arrow in the other. That way clicking on the left half would assign that attribute to...
    • Thu, Feb 8 2018 7:14 AM
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