We provide an AccuDraw shortcut to 'bump' the first tool setting shown in the Tool Setting dialog from its initial value to the next available. For example, in the SmartLine tool you can place lines and arcs: The key varies by region, it is tilde…

We have been asked how setting out coordinates for building components can be provided using real world coordinates, when we recommend modelling close to the Design File Origin. Recent enhancements to our Reports feature combined with knowledge from our…

As items drift down a blog's timeline they can be overlooked, so here is an index for this series of pieces: The big picture: Setting Up in the Real World or "Where do we model?" Setting Up in the Real World – Generating real-world setting out coordinates…

Series Index - Setting Up in the Real World Following the techniques used in Setting Up in the Real World – GeoReferencing Update , a similar approach uses individual facility/building footprints as the guiding geometry. This allows the individual…

Series Index - Setting Up in the Real World In the case of linear infrastructure it is fairly obvious that each major facility along a route will have its own GCS. Other cases may be less clear cut. Take an airport. This diagrammatic example (the…

Series Index - Setting Up in the Real World What is SnakeGrid? [updated with Jim Turner's comments; thank you Jim!] SnakeGrid takes a linear alignment and lays it out on a flat plane maintaining low distortion along a strip approximately 20km wide…

Series Index - Setting Up in the Real World ’ve been picking away at the whole issue of where to model in 3D space for a long time. One of the sources of confusion is the use of ambiguous names or descriptions for some of the key concepts. The following…

Series Index - Setting Up in the Real World AECOsim Building Designer CONNECT Edition Update 4 introduced new tools relating to the Solids Working Area (SWA). The importance and use of the SWA has been discussed in detail in previous articles in this…

Series Index - Setting Up in the Real World In MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 10 (and AECOsim Building Designer Update 4) we have introduced the ability to edit the description of an attached GCS. Previous articles in this series utilised individual…

Series Index - Setting Up in the Real World This article is an update of the earlier Setting Up in the Real World – GeoReferencing piece with a slightly simplified workflow to create the transformed GCS and using different example data. Background…

Here are a couple of golden oldies. While AccuDraw has the RE shortcut to temporarily rotate the compass to an element, in some cases you might want to set the Active angle to a specific angle from an element, perhaps on a on a survey drawing or other…

Series Index - Setting Up in the Real World [Update 2020: These coordinate systems are now available as standard in our current applications, the steps below are only relevant to pre 2020 releases] UK users creating new data should always use the…

In the commercial world CAD/IT Managers and consultants are widely available to set up software applications to suit the requirements of companies and their projects. This kind of support is generally not available to student groups or academic institutions…

Series Index - Setting Up in the Real World Another use for Cells containing text fields (mentioned in Setting Up in the Real World - Labelling Coordinates) is labelling spot heights. As shown in that article, cells can contain text fields that display…

Series Index - Setting Up in the Real World Please also refer to alternative workflows described in Setting Up in the Real World – GeoReferencing Update and Setting Up in the Real World – GeoReferencing by Footprint . Background The accuracy of…

Series Index - Setting Up in the Real World Background There is often a need to label coordinates with real world positions or positions relative to a site datum. For straightforward projects requiring 2D setting out coordinates in X/Y or Northing…

Here are some sensible settings to add to your Company_Standards.cfg: #---------------------------------------------------------------------- # User Settings #---------------------------------------------------------------------- MS_SNAPMODE_SOURCE…

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I'm a new member of BE Communities and this may have been discussed in the past - Can anyone provide any insight into a response from Bentley on a proposed server upgrade:- An existing server using Microsoft Windows 2003 is to be replaced with…

I am using v8i and I have attached the reference file in that I have to copy some of the elements I couldn't able to select the particular element. While I am selecting the elements I got all element selected in the reference. Before it was not. Is there…

OK, so now we have the basics of our hta file, time to build what we need. The first thing I needed to get my head around was how to pass variables for 'client' and 'project' from the hta to MicroStation. Gotta love Google and after a bit of digging found…

MicroStation Update 17 includes the new Manage Configuration utility. This enables MicroStation to switch between multiple configurations allowing further control and separation of standards for organizations working with serial clients or on major projects…

It is possible to set Configuration variables as Windows Environment Variables. This can be useful in some cases. They should generally be set at the User level, not System level. Use of this method is usually applicable to administrators, but may also…