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  • Promis-e Report problem

    When trying to run a report I get an error message. This is what happened, I clicked on "Promis-e Output" on the menu bar, then "Run Reports", "Page List" then I selected "Page List - A4" then "Sorting". The error message says; AutoCAD Unhandled…
  • Promis-e 3 Phase Wire Spacing

    I'm using Promis-e with Autocad. I draw a 3 phase wire. but it's out of scale or the spacing is way too small. Anyone know how to fix this.
  • Promis-e Communication Network Diagram

    I use Promis-e with Autocad. I need to do a network communication architecture drawing. What drawing mode should I use in Prmois-e. I don't know really how to draw it as such in promis-e. I was planning on just drawing it with normal autocad…
  • Bentley v8 Macro Assistance

    I have and On Macro for Snaps and an Off Macro for snaps, I want to use IF THEN ELES or somethiing like that to put it into 1 toggle Key I kowo it is possible and simple for the brain who cand understand some of the more advanced code. ? I have the…
  • Promise Allows duplicate device id's

    I am running Promise V8i with Autocad. I copied and pasted most of a page from one project to another and requested to maintain "complete". The new page allowed mulitple instances of the same conductor on the same multi conductor with no errors or warnings…
  • Projectwise and AutoCAD 2011

    I know that the forthcoming SS2 release of AutoPLANT is going to be AutoCAD 2011 compatible, but what about Projectwise? Is there a minor update coming so that those who run AutoPLANT integrated with Projectwise will be able to move to AutoCAD 2011 right…
  • Projectwise, AutoCAD, and Drawing2

    We have a few users that when they open a drawing through Projectwise, it opens up Drawing1, does not close Drawing1, it then opens the actual drawing but once the actual drawing is done loading, it is open as Drawing2, and not as the actual drawing name…
  • Component Preferences Will Not Load Unknown Command AT DOCK CONTAINERV8I [TN]

    Applies To Product(s): AutoPLANT Version(s): V8i, XM, 2004 Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Original Author: Joey Bertone, Bentley Technical Support Group Overview…
  • Name the Next MicroStation!

    The issue of Naming is a toughie..... Taken from the article linked above "Keep in mind the following rule of thumb about the name of the software: it has to be easy to understand, easy to pronounce, and easy to remember; it must be short and dynamic;…
  • Object Enabler for AutoPLANT V8i

    An object enabler for AutoCAD is available for users who do not have AutoPLANT installed. The AutoPLANT V8i object enablers can be downloaded using the following steps: 1. Follow this link https://select.bentley.com/FulfillmentCenter/en/Search/Product…
  • View AutoPLANT V8i Objects using Navisworks

    Some Bentley AutoPLANT users also use Autodesk Navisworks as a visualization software to view Bentley AutoPLANT objects. Some of the recent releases of Autodesk Navisworks do not show Bentley AutoPLANT objects correctly. Autodesk has an Knowledge base…
  • Export AutoPLANT Piping, Equipment, Raceways, and ProSteel ACIS objects to .sat file

    Occasionally AutoPLANT models need to be give to users who are not using AutoCAD or Microstation as their CAD application. AutoPLANT objects may not be available in other CAD programs and in this case ACIS objects must be created and sent to the user…
  • Re: PB with extraction DEM

    Hi emilberger Today i have expose my pb to Bentley and i hope some answer. So the general pb is how to work in 3D in architecture. Make a draw in 3d, no pb (or not yet..lol no). But the pb is to make extraction. With the DEM, many cells are not…
  • Bentleys Content Options

    Anyone, We have a client requesting Bentley BIM, eventually AECOSim and I’m trying to get a handle on the different Bentleys content options. what works with the dataset catalogs and what doesn’t, what is parametric and what isn’t. From what I can…
  • Re: InRoads. X-sections anotation problem

    Artem, There has been at least one fix made to collision free text for the next major release of the software. Though not ideal, you may have to manually move the text with MicroStation. You may want to send your data to support to confirm that…
  • Re: Swap the point abbreviation and the station

    InRoads Group V8i is only supported on MicroStation V8i, AutoCAD 2008, and/or AutoCAD 2009. I apologize for any inconvenience.
  • Re: InRoads Survey XM w/ AutoCAD & bylayer linestyles

    This problem was verified as fixed in InRoads Group XM V08.09.03.06 (D-30966) and InRoads Group V8i V08.11.05.47 (D-22338).
  • [MX V8i SS2] MX doing bad things with my ACAD LT...

    Hi all, Recently I notice strange behavior when using MX. During process of closing project I noticed that my AutoCAD LT instance is closing too..(!!). What is more interesting it applies only to ACAD LT 2012 when it is opened as only instance…
  • Civil 3D Pipe Network Conversion

    My company is trying to develop a way to utilize the intelligent Civil 3D Pipe Networks, but we are required by most of our clients to display all of our data in a 3D model in Microstation. I am trying to create a workflow to convert Civil 3D 2012 Pipe…
  • Re: Error : Unable to Save ..... , its being accessed by another session.

    I had this issue previously, and the only solution I found was to delete the AutoCAD user files for the user and allow them to regenerate. I would try deleting the following folders: C:\Users\jdwolf\AppData\Local\Autodesk\ AutoCAD 2012 - English…
  • V8i vs V8 XM

    I have a MicroStation file with 6 AutoCAD reference files in it. We are running MicroStation V8i SS2 08.11.07.443. The project was started several months ago in V8 XM and it was slow, but not unbearable. I was wondering if we were having network issues…
  • Problems to do dwg file from sheet model

    Hi! I need to do dwg file from dgn sheet model. Sheet model has 4 drawing models as references, different views and sections (hidden line presentation). If I use default settings in save as options, all views are like vireframe drawings in dwg. …
  • AutoCAD PGP file not working in V8i

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    I am currently upgrading our office from V8 2004 to V8i (SELECTseries 2) and everything is working great, except for the AutoCAD PGP file we use for our AutoCAD users. The same PGP file works fine in V8 2004, but for some reason all I get in the V8i…
  • Cell conversions to DWG

    Hi, We are currently working on a number of project where we seem to be experiencing problems with cells when they are converted to dwg. Our current workflow is to batch all dgn's to a bound dgn and then convert the bound dgn to dwg. What we are…