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  • RE: SpaceNavigator not working with Microstation Connect + Windows 7

    I have just posted SpaceMouse Update for v10 Drivers with notes on what I have found out about working with 3Dconnexion v10 drivers, there is a link to downloadable base profiles for MicroStation that contain a long list of keystroke combinations that…
  • RE: 3Dconnexion Space Navigator and MicroStation v7.

    I have just posted SpaceMouse Update for v10 Drivers with notes on what I have found out about working with 3Dconnexion v10 drivers, there is a link to downloadable base profiles for MicroStation that contain a long list of keystroke combinations that…
  • SpaceMouse Update for v10 Drivers

    Current 3Dconnexion drivers use a totally different xml configuration structure to pre v10 drivers. (For pre v10 drivers see my earlier article: Mice in Space!) The 3d Input Toolbox is still useful with SpaceMouse operations in MicroStation, see the…
  • OpenBuildings Designer - Make MicroStation Mode default for .DGN files

    Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer (and AECOsim Building Designer) Version(s): CONNECT Edition and V8i Environment: N/A Area: General Subarea: N/A Background The default mode for right-click…
  • Are you a Building User? Just moved from AutoCAD?

    The QuickStart for Building Designers Using MicroStation CONNECT Edition for AutoCAD Users is now available! Join us to learn about creating the building base geometry, Column Grid and Walls, creating the building base-generating geometry, doors,…
  • Opening a file in MicroStation or MicroStation PowerDraft and trying to manipulate elements launch message "Building Designer has intentionally restricted changes to this elements”

    Product(s): MicroStation\MicroStation PowerDraft Version(s): N\A Environment: N\A Area: Manipulation Subarea: N\A The information described in this article has been provided and reviewed By Eduardo…
  • keyin for changing rotation tool from 3pt to active angle

    Hi, A number of users have saved their settings with the rotation tool set to 3pt. There is now a requirement to move and rotate the data, and i am proposing to do this through keyins and batch process. When trying to set the active angle i only…
  • Compress Options, Configuration and Use

    A couple of years ago I looked into the behaviour of the Compress Options, I've recently revisited the topic in response to some recent Service Requests. My list of Communities content on the Compress feature has got a little longer, some updates have…
  • Add custom beam sections to Structural Modeling

    Hello, I'm new using AECOsim building Designer. Right now I'm making a small project and I need to use a custom timber stud section that it's 2 x 8 inches, the only problem is that the catalog doesn't have that particular section and I don't know…
  • BIM: Why? What? Who?

    The purpose of this article is to explain the reasons that can help us making the decision to bet or not for changing, for evolution, for using the new technologies also in the construction’s world. There is too much literature trying to explain the change…
  • BIM: ¿Por qué?, ¿Para qué?, ¿Para quién?

    El objetivo de este artículo es explicar las razones que nos pueden ayudar a tomar la decisión de apostar o no por el cambio, por la evolución, por el uso de las nuevas tecnologías también en el mundo de la construcción. Hay mucha literatura intentando…
  • Configuration variables, how do you UNLOCK them.

    If a configuration variable is locked at an upper level, E.G. Site, using %lock And one needs to un-lock it at a lower level to reset it for a specific project "HOW" There isn't an %unlock and %undef does not work either.
  • Classes for the Week of 2 February

    This schedule was produced on January 28, 2014. You may see some changes as classes fill up. If you don’t see what you are looking for, please submit a Service Request here Product Line Course Title Start Date …
  • Classes for the Week of 19 January

    Are you looking for some last minute training? You are in luck....Just in time, the latest class listings are below. This schedule was produced on January 13, 2014. You may see some changes as classes fill up. If you don’t see what you are looking for…
  • Enabling Section cutting of 3D PDF in Adobe Reader

    At present 3D PDF files output by MicroStation V8i (also by AECOsim Building Designer and PowerDraft) are not able include the 3D PDF section cutting functions by default. This tool only appears when the files are opened in Acrobat Pro. In Acrobat Reader…
  • MicroStation - Using Custom Line Styles

    MicroStation’s Line Styles enable quite sophisticated graphics to be drawn by simply selecting the Line Style and drawing a line. Most people have used the ‘batten’ Line Style to draw insulation. They can be of great benefit, however care must be taken…
  • 101 - An overview of using cells

    What is a Cell Library? Cell libraries are .DGN files only with the .CEL suffix. The file format is identical. You can open a cell library just like any other design file. This means that a cell library can be edited simply by opening it. This is…
  • MicroStation - AccuDraw and AccuSnap: Exercise 1

    This is a very trivial drawing exercise intended only to demonstrate use of the keyboard to drive element creation and manipulation tools including AccuDraw, AccuSnap and the Position Mapping key-ins. The result is a grid, this is not the most efficient…
  • Colours in MicroStation

    There are two primary concerns with colour control in MicroStation: For production drawings it is imperative that linework displays and prints black. Whilst this used to be accomplished simply by sending to a monochrome printer it is increasingly…
  • Mice in Space!

    [This content is now out of date as subsequent 3DConnexion drivers adopted a different approach] "It's Friday, it's five to five. . . It's Crackerjack!" ... but this week instead of a Crackerjack pencil, settings files for your 3DConnexion SpaceMouse…
  • Mirror text i section callouts, upper case letters on automatic fields

    I have a problem when creating my callouts, the text string that includes "drawing Identifier" needs to be in upper case letters, otherwise it will not mirror correctly, see the attached pdf. The spacecing between the line and the text is not correct…
  • Classes for the Week of 08 December

    This schedule was produced on December 02, 2013. You may see some changes as classes fill up. If you don’t see what you are looking for, please submit a Service Request here . The latest class listings: Product Line Course Title…