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  • How to set the value in the text editor dynamically

    [Connect 16] As part of our project we are creating Balloon Annotation using key-ins We are able to trigger Place Note Annotation tool using the following code Session.Instance.Keyin("PLACE NOTE"); We want to set the text in the text editor (Open…
  • Viewing Designs - MicroStation Basics

    Product(s): ProStructures Version(s): CONNECT Edition (10.XX.00.XX) Area: MicroStation CONNECT Edition Basics Subarea: Viewing Designs Original Author: Vyanktesh Nama, Bentley Product Advantage Group …
  • Design File Settings Dialog - MicroStation Basics

    Product(s): ProStructures Version(s): CONNECT Edition (10.XX.00.XX) Area: MicroStation CONNECT Edition Basics Subarea: Design File Settings Dialog Original Author: Vyanktesh Nama, Bentley Product Advantage…
  • Preferences Dialog - MicroStation Basics

    Product(s): ProStructures Version(s): CONNECT Edition (10.XX.00.XX) Area: MicroStation CONNECT Edition Basics Subarea: Preferences Dialog Original Author: Vyanktesh Nama, Bentley Product Advantage Group…
  • Text Favorite Manager

    I am unable to see any of the sub categories I create inside the text favorites manager in connect powerdraft. Left screen I added a 25 scale catagory but it does not show up in my file?
  • ORD CE - 2020 Release 2 - Update 8 (v10.08.01.33) - VBA --- How to center VBA form with multiple monitors

    This issue applies to either ORD CE - 2020 Release 2 - Update 8 (v10.08.01.33) or MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 14 (v10.14.02.01). I have three Dell monitors. The majority of the time I run MicroStation from my middle monitor. I am struggling to…
  • Line Style Creation Bug

    I am working on creating my own Line Styles in OpenBuildings Designer but I seem to have encountered a bug. I want to select a Base Stroke Pattern but it would not let me. How can I fix this issue?
  • lock tool box in place

    Is there a way to lock a custom tool box or any tool box in its docked location and configuration, say two columns wide by how ever many rows? Using CU14.
  • Microstation Connect - Point Clouds

    Hello All, Has anyone else been experiencing absolutely abysmal performance of Connect with point clouds recently? Even really small clouds like 52mb are crashing Connect. apart from crashing... Takes a really long time to be able to pick off a…
  • Reference Attachment Properties Missing

    Hi All, Im having an issue with connect which no-one seems to know how to solve - when i bring in a reference instead of getting the reference attachment properties where you can select saved views ect ect. i get a small box which just says coincident…
  • Disappearing font but showing as invisible

    My fonts are disappearing, this could be symbols (degree signs, dashes, commas, etc.) or random letters in mid-section / mid-word, or when they are stand alone. Pictures of disappearing fonts.docx
  • Place Label Cell Not Reading Property

    Hi I have created a Label cell following Leonard's demo https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/m/microstation_gallery/271181 but when I place the label it is not reading the value from the object. The value that I want the label to…
  • Using OpenCities Map Advanced on offline machine

    Hello everyone, I have 1 question about OpenCities Map Advanced usage (or more, CONNECT products in general that use the new licencing style with CONNECTION client). How is it with these products when I want to install them/use them on machines with…
  • MicroStation Connect update 15 Flickers

    We have recently moved everybody to MicroStation Connect. We have a user that is complaining about flickering while in MicroStation. From his description is sounds like the display driver is briefly crashing and then recovering. We updated to the latest…
  • Working with Levels in ProStructures

    Product(s): ProStructures, ProSteel, ProConcrete Version(s): CONNECT Edition (10.XX.00.XX) Environment: N/A Area: Common Tools Subarea: Levels Original Author: Alistair Lobo, Bentley Product Advantage Group …
  • SIG Workshop: Visualization – Rendering with VUE in MicroStation CONNECT

    Title: SIG Workshop: Visualization – Rendering with VUE in MicroStation CONNECT Presenter: Jerry Flynn, Principal Product Engineer, Bentley Systems, Inc. Date/Time: 03 March 2021, 11:00 A.M. EST Register Now! This Bentley Visualization Special Interest…
  • Bug with Parametric Cells

    Hey everyone, This is an informational post regarding bug initially found in OpenBridge Modeler release 10.08.2.45. The reason it's being put in the MicroStation forum is that the bug is seemingly an issue with the underlying MicroStation Platform …
  • Dimension extension line style type not displaying

    I'm new to microstation, bare with me. I'm working in connect edition. I have a sheet model that I'm dimension a model I referenced in. I'm trying to place dimensions where the extension lines are center lines. I opened the dimension style, under symbology…
  • Dimension Styles and Terminator Cells

    Hey Everyone, I've been working on resources for our OBM / Microstation CONNECT environment. In testing I recently ran into an issue with my dimension styles. I have created a dgnlib with the dimension styles and have custom terminators on some styles…
  • Constrain point/circle/end of line to complex shape/bspline curve

    For a while know I've been puzzling over how to constrain a single point, end of a line or the center of a circle to a complex shape, line string or even a bspline curve. I figured maybe today when i sorted that i could turn the complex shape/string into…
  • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 14 - Ability to Add or Remove an Element to Named Presentation(s) in the Properties Dialog

    When working with 3D models, some geometric components need to display different symbols in different view contexts, and simple projections may not be sufficient. The Named Presentations feature allows you to do so and with MicroStation CONNECT Edition…
  • Performance Enhancement in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 14 -Elements Properties Dialog loading time - Follow up

    Property dialogs key feature is to review or modify the properties of an element, such as its geometry. With the recent development in the Element Properties Dialog, we fetched plenty properties. Now we are optimizing them for better performance. Users…
  • Performance Enhancement in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 14 - Miscellaneous Performance Improvement

    In this blog you will find a variety of performance improvement that were made in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 14. The test data has been accumulated based on machines with multiple processors and an average of the same has been drawn to run…
  • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 14 - Disable Thumbnail Preview for files on the Work Page

    Ensuring better user experience has been a prime focus for MicroStation CONNECT Edition with every update. In Update 14, we have tried to make accessing backstage smoother and faster by giving you the choice to disable the thumbnail preview for the recently…
  • CellTool for MicroStation CONNECT Edition

    The wait is over!! On request from our users of MicroStation CONNECT Edition, the CELLTOOL has now been ported and is available for download. You can download this application from here . In MicroStation CONNECT Edition, you can access this tool from…