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    • Element remapping macro

      Jordan Stierly
      Jordan Stierly
      Original Article Date: March 27, 2006 With thanks to Robert McCartney for contributing this VBA macro that will help you to remap your elements from one set of attributes to another. It's a nice alternative to MicroStation's remapping utility…
      • over 13 years ago
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    • Select by fill colour using this macro

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: May 2006 Updated: July 2011 Look what you can do if you learn a little about VBA! This little application will scan the design file and select all shapes based on a user specified fill colour. Now, how cool is that? Thanks…
      • over 12 years ago
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    • Extrude shapes based on text

      Phil Chouinard
      Phil Chouinard
      Original Article Date: June 9, 2006 Oh, you'll love this VBA macro from Rudi ! When run, it will extrude shapes the value of text it finds within the shape boundaries. Terrific for doing quick modeling of row housing! Download 298.zip and extract…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Drill into your file with Element Manager

      Jordan Stierly
      Jordan Stierly
      Original Article Date: Aug 10, 2005 With thanks to Alexander Molotov for creating this application called Element Manager . This terrific utility allows you to drill into a file to determine all kinds of nifty things. Interested? Well, then keep…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Create plot shapes with this macro

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: Oct 20, 2006 With many thanks to Alexie Karavakis for providing this nifty little application that places plot shapes in your drawing to facilitate multi-scale plotting, or just to help determine the scale of a drawing based…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Feature Bar for MicroStation GeoGraphics

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Originial Article Date: Jan 6, 2006 Elivagner Barros de Oliveira was kind enough to contribute this little application that makes getting and setting your features just a little easier. Thanks! 2006-09-14 Updated for bug fixes and new features. 2006…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • MP Favorites to store and recall your favorite things

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: Sep 12, 2006 MP Favorites is a small, but powerful application for MicroStation, which allows you to easily store and recall your favorite design files, cell libraries, key-ins and web pages. It is created specifically for users…
      • over 13 years ago
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    • Open and edit files via a Batch Plot Job file

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: Aug 15, 2007 With thanks to Rommel Tan for contributing this macro that allows to navigate your design files by using a Batch Plot Job File rather than Windows Explorer. Download 315.zip and extract the contents to the…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Stanza - A mini text editor for MicroStation

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: Sep 27, 2007 With thanks to Rob McCartney for this VBA utility which is mini text editor allowing you to grab and input text strings from the active design file. Download 316.zip and extract stanza.mvba from the zip file…
      • over 13 years ago
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    • Batch delete Design History with this macro

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: Oct 30, 2007 With thanks to Van Woods for contibuting this mvba which allows you to delete design history using a batch processes. Download 319.zip and extract delete_history.mvba from the zip file. Place the mvba in the…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Decompose a design file with SDT parts

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: March 10, 2008 With thanks to Alexander Molotov for creating this application called SDT Parts which enables users to easily decompose a design file. Alexander writes: SDT Parts is available from http://www.mdlapps.com…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Customized PDF plot drivers for Acrobat Distiller

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: June 11, 2003 Not happy with the results when using Acrobat's PDFwriter ? Try these postscript drivers that have been optimized to use with Acrobat Distiller . With many thanks to Jim Haney for this contribution! Here are…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Populate file properties with this macro

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: Febrary 2005 Updated: February 2011 With many thanks to Bentley's Rudi Wells for this VBA macro that populates File > Properties . No doubt you'll all find this useful. NOTE: The following information is applicable to Windows…
      • over 12 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Personal settings manager

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: Nov 19, 2002 How many times have you entered a design file and found that the Fence mode has been inadvertently set to Clip Void ? Or that the Level Lock has been left on? Well, no more! With this V7 program, designed and contributed…
      • over 13 years ago
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    • Fence export macro

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: July 7, 2006 Another gem from Robert McCartney that creates multiple files or models from the contents of a fence. Quite a handy little macro! 2007-04-05 Updated to include minor code changes and interface enhancements. …
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Switch between models with this macro

      Jordan Stierly
      Jordan Stierly
      Original Article Date: April 4, 2005 With many thanks to Rodney Wing and Rudi Wells for contributing these macros that allow you to quicly switch between models using next and previous buttons. They are both great when working with cell libraries and…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • The ultimate WorkSpace Assistant

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      The Workspace Assistant is no longer available. AskInga Article #167
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
      • [Archived] AskInga Wiki
    • Sharing your workspace

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: Nov 11, 2002 Authored by Bentley's Kevin Dreyer , this article made it's debut in the Client Server back in November of 2002. It's designed to help anyone who is interested in learning how to setup shared workspaces in MicroStation…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
      • [Archived] AskInga Wiki
    • DLLs being used by MicroStation

      Jordan Stierly
      Jordan Stierly
      Original Article Date: April 6, 2005 With thanks to Rudi Wells for sharing this MDL that prints a listing of what DLLs are being used by MicroStatiton in your current design session. Download 243.zip and extract the contents to the…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
      • [Archived] AskInga Wiki
    • Export text from design files to text files

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: Oct 6, 2003 With many thanks to James Bolderjack for sharing this application. Designed for V8, it will extract all text from your design file and output it to a text file. To extract text from multiple files, use the macro with…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
      • [Archived] AskInga Wiki
    • Simplify filling in repetitive enter data fields

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: Oct 25, 2004 With many thanks to Thor Leslie for this very powerful tool to assist with the repetitive task of filling in data fields. Most definitly a nice addition for the production user. What will…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
      • [Archived] AskInga Wiki
    • Verify and repair a V8 file with this macro

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: Aug 10, 2005 Here's a nifty little macro from Mike that eliminates the need to memorize the keyins needed to verify and repair a design file. Download 257.zip and extract FixFile.mvba from the zip file. Place the mvba in…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
      • [Archived] AskInga Wiki
    • Simplifly repetitive text placement with this VBA

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: Feb 14, 2005 With many thanks to Mike Francisco for this very powerful tool to assist with the placing repetitive text in your file. Most definitly a nice addition for the production user. This vba was inspired by Thor…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
      • [Archived] AskInga Wiki
    • An improved version of Change Text Case - Rev 2

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: Sep 26, 2005 Here's an enhancement of an enhancement of Bentley's Change Text Case from Daniel Rowlands who was at Scott Wilson Railways Ltd. in his former life. In this version you'll find an extra option to just capitalise…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
      • [Archived] AskInga Wiki
    • An improved version of Change Text Case - Rev 1

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Article Date: May 18, 2005 Here's an enhanced version of Bentley's Change Text Case from Peter Terrat . Not only does it change the text case, but it also has a couple of nifty variations: Inital Caps and InVeRt CaSe . In addition to this…
      • over 13 years ago
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