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    • Macros for absolute values coordinates

      Jordan Stierly
      Jordan Stierly
      Original Article Date: Nov 17, 2003 Macros for absolute values/coordinates Another excellent contribution from fellow Canuck Doug Watt . This WattWare is a set of three macros to simplify the placement of datapoints…
      • over 13 years ago
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    • Building surfaces from contours with Java and MicroStation J

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: Feb 1, 2001 MSM featured this article authored by Dave Brumbaugh which discusses generating contours from survey data and even supplied the necessary code to accomplish this task. The article has now found a new home and reads…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Using a standalone VBA to access MicroStation design files

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: Feb 1, 2003 This application will help you to automate tasks where no graphics are involved -- for reporting, or for bulk modifications. Originally published in MSM magazine February 2003 During my support career I remember…
      • over 13 years ago
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    • Run a VBA macro when opening or closing design files

      David Trejo-Rodriguez
      David Trejo-Rodriguez
      Original Article Date: January 2004 Updated: December 2010 Gerald Hernandez , president of Geospatial Paradigm Solutions, Inc. , contributed this slick VBA macro that will execute a set of commands every time a design file is opened and/or closed…
      • 8 months ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Macro to change orientation of dimension terminators

      Jordan Stierly
      Jordan Stierly
      Original Article Date: June 3, 2004 If you have a need to change the orientation of your dimension terminators from outside to inside, or vice versa, then this macro might be of some use. This article and it's contents are applicable to MicroStation…
      • over 13 years ago
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    • Store and recall coordinates with Memory Points

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: July 26, 2004 With many thanks to Thor Leslie for sharing this utility. In a nutshell, Memory Points allows you to store, recall, name and re-use up to five sets of coordinate values. A great addition for users who are finding…
      • over 13 years ago
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    • Change dimension terminators on the fly with this VBA

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: Feb 18, 2005 With many thanks to Mike Francisco for this little application that makes changing dimension terminators a whole lot easier. Download 232.zip and extract LeaderChange.mvba from the zip file. Place the mvba…
      • over 13 years ago
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    • Level display slide show

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: April 5, 2005 With many thanks to Rodney Wing for contributing this VBA macro that allows you to display used levels individually in a slide-show type of manner. If you tend to crawl up and down your levels a lot, you may find…
      • over 13 years ago
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    • Play MDLroids in MicroStation!

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Aritcle Date: March 12, 2003 You bored? Need to kill some time, or simply add some excitement into your day? Play MDLroids with MicroStation. 2004-10-25 Added the V7 version - Thanks Brien! The infamous MdlRoids now works with MicroStation…
      • over 13 years ago
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    • Change your task bar icon

      Jordan Stierly
      Jordan Stierly
      Original Article Date: April 5, 2005 With many thanks to Rudi Wells for sharing this very cool VBA macro that changes your MicroStation taskbar icon. Now you'll be able to differentiate between V8.1 and V8.5 when they're both running! Way to go…
      • over 13 years ago
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    • Show element vertices with this macro

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: April 5, 2005 Another neat utility whipped up by Gerald Hernandez in response to a users need to show element verticies without the use of the Element Selection tool. This is terrific for seeing where the vertices are located…
      • over 13 years ago
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    • Convert simple shapes to linestrings with this VBA

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: April 5, 2005 Authored and contributed by Gerald Hernandez , this terrific little utility gives you an alternate solution to the age old question of "How can I drop my simple shapes down to line strings?". Download 241…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Toggle fill display and active fill type with this VBA

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: June 6, 2005 With thanks to Peter Terrat for sharing these excellent macros. One is used for turning the fill display on/off, while the other is used to set the active fill type back to none . How can you live without them? …
      • over 13 years ago
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    • A collection of colour tables

      Jordan Stierly
      Jordan Stierly
      Original Article Date: July 6, 2003 Here's a nice selection of colour / color tables to fiddle with. 2004-02-19 Added the 22nd colour table from Jeffrey Malter . See Page 4. 2004-06-02 Added 15 more from John Evans , see pages 5-7. 2004-11-08 Added…
      • over 13 years ago
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    • Change system colour for disabled menu item with this macro

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: Aug 12, 2005 With thanks to Peter Overtoom from Bentley's Technical Support Group in Hoofddorp for this VBA code that changes the system text colour used for displaying disabled menu items. And, as always, thanks to Rudi Wells…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Open the next file or previous file with this macro

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: Aug 12, 2005 Rudi found this macro on the discussion groups, cleaned it up a little and has been using it been using it since...its very cool. It lets you change to the next file in the directory or the previous file in the current…
      • over 13 years ago
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    • Create a backup of your file automatically with this macro

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: Aug 12. 2005 With thanks to Robert Wojtczak for this nice macro that makes a copy of your active file and appends the current date to it. Download 260.zip and extract SaveCopyNow.mvba from the zip file. Place the mvba in…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Use saved views more efficiently with the Saved Views utility

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: Oct 4, 2005 With a great big 'thank you' to Alexander Molotov for contributing this aritcle that describes how to make saved views that much easier. Way to go for thinking out of the box and sharing your expertise with the MicroStation…
      • over 13 years ago
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    • Extract and print colour table information

      Kees van Prooijen [Bentley]
      Kees van Prooijen [Bentley]
      Original Article Date: February 2004 Updated: October 2005, August 2010 With many thanks to Henry van Berkel , Peter Emmen , Kees van Prooijen and Krister Surell for these macros that allow you to easily extract information from your attached color…
      • 9 months ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Open Windows Explorer and navigate to folder of active file from MicroStation

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: November 2005 Updated: December 2012 To open Windows Explorer to the folder of the open file, key in: %%. To open Windows Explorer to the folder of the open file, and have it selected, try this key in: $ % explorer…
      • over 10 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Active Angle Assistant macro **UPDATED**

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: Nov 7, 2005 With thanks to Alexie Karavakis for contributing this VBA macro that allow you to set and get the active angle based on a selected element such as a line, text, cell, or curve. It also contains some cool options for…
      • over 3 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • MSM tools for MicroStation V8

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: December 2005 Updated: January 2012 You'll find the V8 version of Ranjit Sahai's MSMTOOLS.MA here. Use this set of tools to place breaklines, pipe ends, north arrows, steps, grids, labeled utility lines, and stopbars in your…
      • over 11 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Automate your views with Change View

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: Dec 21, 2005 With thanks to Alexander Molotov for developing Change View . He has certainly out-done himself this time with this utility that contains various tools for automating the view display. Automove, Eagle Eye, and AutoCADish…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Sidebar Menus

      Jordan Stierly
      Jordan Stierly
      Original Article Date: Feb 28, 2006 With thanks to John Knighton for the suggestion to do this article. A sidebar menu (SBM) is a text-based, hierarchical menu system that was introduced in the earliest versions of MicroStation. Although they…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Link multimedia files to graphical elements with this macro

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Articl e Date: May 30, 2006 With thanks to Bentley's Wayne Marsh for contributing this slick macro that allows you to attach multimedia files to graphical elements. Download 297.zip and extract xdata.mvba from the file. Place the mvba…
      • over 13 years ago
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