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  • Part of Model solid part of model wireframe (received from client)

    I have received a model from a client I believe originally drawn in Openbuilding. I have opened this model in Microstation (V8 DGN) part of the model is showing a solid and another part appears to be wire frame. How can I view the wireframe part as a…
  • Adding property into model

    I have an alignment line and profile which is used to extrude the shape of cable trough i need to add the property information ( white words ) into the extruded element. How can i achieve this?
  • Project a line/curve line onto a profile

    How to project a straight line / curve line onto a profile? For straight line i can do create slab > clip volume > extract face/edge but for curve line i have no idea what to do.
  • Importing Electrical Conduit from Revit to OpenBuildings

    Hello, I am working on a project utilising OpenBuildings (Update 6). The electrical engineer on the project has modelled conduit using Revit and I am attempting to utilise this to produce electrical layout drawings. I downloaded the Bentley plugin…
  • Does Anyone Ready to Help

    Hi Everyone i am in need of modeling a Precast I Beam Girder in Aecosim So i am here to ask Geniuos to help produce a cell which can be modified. as per length. kindly see attach sketch. the beam starts with skech 1 from support and say like after…
  • How to cut radial section

    Hi everyone Please share if you know how to cut a radial section in aecosim building designer.. Best regards Muhammad Ismail
  • How to move down a solid and rotate it such that it follow a surface

    I have a cyan cable trough "flying" above the white concrete. I need it to be moved down and follow the surface of the concrete. Q1: Is there any alternative solution to achieve this? I have used move + rotate to move the cyan trough to red trough location…
  • Unable to create solid from surfaces

    Hi all, I am currently having difficulties making a smart solid from 3 different surfaces that I created using the 'Loft' tool. The issue I think occurs from the original shapes, being that of a 'pringle crisp' shape the arcs along the shape go off…
  • [MDL C/C++ MicroStation V8i AECOsim SS6] MstnButtonEvent::GetPoint() from MstnPrimitiveTool has different behaviour.

    Hello everyone! I have developed a place function, deducted from MstnPrimitiveTool. Now a customer complains this function has an unexpected tolerance of a few millimeters from the snappoint. I had created this function under MicroStation V8i and this…
  • Support IFC4 import/export with textures

    Add support for IFC4 import/export with textures. Add support for entities IfcBlobTexture, IfcPixelTexture, IfcImageTexture . At least entity IfcIndexedColourMap is already implemented as it shows correctly. Attaching examples with textures from buildingSMART…
  • How to Create Parametric Objects using CEL (Parametric)

    Product(s): AECOsim Building Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Update 3 and later Environment: N\A Area: Platform Tools Subarea: N\A Problem Description I would like to use CEL (Parametric…
  • Clip Volume not working issue

    Hi, I have an issue regarding the clip volume is not function when i open A model. The clip volume setting in view attribute dialog are missing. However, when i open B model, it's worked and clip volume setting in view attribute dialog are shown.…
  • CONNECT EDITION: Upgrading Tag Sets to Item sets using the 'Upgrade Tag Sets' Utility - Will these retain their Projectwise Attribute exchange rules?

    Hello, We are using the CONNECT edition and with Tag sets being replaced with Item Sets when you use the upgrade Tag Set under the Item Sets > Utilities section will the new item sets retain the Projectwise attribute exchange? We are using Tag…
  • Intersection between two solids VBA

    Hi All, I am using Aecosim Building designer V8i Ss6, trying to create a vba macro to intersect a slab form with a smart solid. I have a couple of questions: 1 - Are Slab forms considered Solid Elements in mvba ? If it is the case Is there a way…
  • What is a Compound Cell?

    Hello Good ABD Community So here is a question I'm asing because I've seen a lot of this "compound cell" topics and tips and tricks and other marvelous features, the only problem is that I don't have a clue of what on earth IS exactly a compound cell…
  • User Meeting VenturisIT / Bentley 2017

    to Eastern Time (US & Canada)
    Mövenpick Hotel Frankfurt Oberursel
    BIM-Fortschritte machen den Unterschied Die digitale Transformation verändert auch die Baubranche schnell und tiefgreifend – wir leben in spannenden Zeiten. Building Information Modeling (BIM) ist ein weiterer Brennpunkt. Das liegt vermutlich an der...
  • RE: Accudraw y sistema de coordenadas ACS desconfigurados

    Buenos dias Juseff, Este foro es solo para preguntas en relacion a productos de plataforma: MicroStation, Powerdraft y Bentley view. En un futuro preguntas con relacion a AECOsim se deben poner en el foro correspondiente: AECOsim\speedikon Forum …
  • RE: Could I create a section along an Arc in Prostructure are Prosteel.

    Thanks very Much Sir Actually I didn't Explain it right. I wan to create Section view along Center line of a foot bridge so it show center to center distance for shs sections. As its arc and vertically aligned Bridge. See attach screen shot.
  • RE: Höhenbemassung in Aeco-sim

    Hallo, Ich vermute Sie spielen auf eine Darstellung an wie sie speedikon bietet? ABD ist ein Integrationsprodukt in MicroStation, und nutzt als solches die Vermaßung von MicroStation. Da MicroStation diese Funktion nicht anbietet ist Ihr…
  • Dynamic Views -- place sections on active model or sheet

    I am creating sections from a plan view. When I select the new section line I get an option to Place view on drawing sheet. Can this drawing sheet be the current one I am in? How do I do this? It always once to create a new model or file. I believe…
  • Terrain Modeling with Curve

    Hello Good Bentley Community, Once again I'm in a sticky situation here, It turns out that I need to make a terrain (Surface or Mesh) using level curves, because I'm working on an academic project (for a good friend) that is located between mountains…
  • 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…
  • Opening Civil 3D files in microstation - object enablers - install sequence and has anyone had any success?

    I am working within a project where Civil3D is mostly being used. However the structures team are using microstation and aecosim. Civil 3D is 2015 Microstation SS3 Aecosim SS6 I have installed both civil 3d 2015 and 2016, and microstation. I have…
  • RE: Comments in 3d-pdfs

    Hi, is this a question? Sounds more like a compliment. ;-) Many thanks, S. Janku
  • Can anybody confirm if the keyin 'SELECTBY LEVEL xx' works in AECOsim?

    Can anybody confirm if the keyin 'SELECTBY LEVEL xx' works in AECOsim? I have read nearly every communities blog about how to use the mdl SELECTBY. I have tried it on AECOsim SS4 and SS6 (08.11.09.593) using Building and MicroStation modes, both without…