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  • How to set Application Variables in User Config File

    v8i SS10 (08.11.09.931) Can you add the following line to user configuration file?? If so; then how would it be written in the config file?? MbeSetAppVariable "DWGSETTINGS", "dwgOpenGlobals.flags.openModelSpaceAs2D", 1&, 1& MbeSetAppVariable "DWGSETTINGS…
  • True Type Font Displays and Scales Incorrectly

    Product: MicroStation Version: v8i, CONNECT Environment: Windows 10 Area: Text Subarea: Fonts Problem When opening my drawings, some text is scaling larger and displaying incorrectly overall…
  • Microstation V8i SS10: what is the MS_CELL configuration variable for?

    Hi Everybody, I am using Microstation V8i SS10, and its MS_CELL variable is configurated to have multiple paths. Each of these paths has multiple *.cel files. However, when I use the Element->Cells option in the menu to open the "Cell Library" window…
  • Microstation V8i SS10: how to find the site configuration file?

    Hi! I am trying to find the site configuration file of my Microstation V8i SS10 system. I was able to find a path from the _USTN_SITE variable, and assumed that's where the site configuration sits. However, how to find the file name of the site configuration…
  • MicroStation v8i will not read configuration variable pathway that contains double space

    Product: MicroStation Version: v8i, CONNECT Environment: Windows 10 Area: Configuration Subarea: General Problem While in a MicroStation v8i configuration file (UCF, PCF, CFG, etc.), I am attempting…
  • MicroStation V8i: will the subfolders in MS_MDL and MS_MDLAPPS paths be searched?

    HI, Experts, I have sub-folder in C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries)\MicroStation\mdlapps, and a DLL in this sub-folder. That means the DLL is C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries)\MicroStation…
  • Disable prompt for MicroStation reload without reloading

    My company uses a custom workspace in MicroStation V8i from our states department of transportation. We have this workspace applied to most of the project folders that we have in ProjectWise. I have a user that is switching between several folders and…
  • creating a v8i deployment with my custom user interface components

    This page has been a great help http://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/installing-microstation-v8i-silently-tn.aspx BUT I would like to install the abiove WITH my ow personal customised workspace components…
  • MicroStation V8i Variables

    Product: MicroStation Version: V8i Environment: N\A Area: Administration Subarea: N\A Overview This technical document provides a description of published configuration variables in MicroStation…
  • 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…
  • AreaAnnotator configuration file

    Hi everyone, I am looking for a way to centralize the configuration of AreaAnnotator. I have managed to start it from one directory on the server, but are not able to make configuration variables work from the annotator.cfg file on server. It only…
  • possible to use different config vars based on what version of MS?

    Is it possible to use different configuration variables in a *.pcf based on which version of Microstation the user is using? We are running both XM and v8i. There was an issue in XM that was resolved in v8i having to do with a large number of…
  • Washed out animation images

    Hello, I am experiencing very strange output images from an animation sequence that I am recording. Near the end of a fly-thru that I am creating the output images are all of a sudden coming out "very bright and washed out". I have not changed any…
  • Re: BV, DV and detail of design

    Hi i have read your messages and allow me to ask a question (SS2 + Architecture). In V8 2004, i have use DEM and it was very long to calculta my 2d. we are going to use V8I SS2. we have remake our config. We have pb to make extraction with the DEM…
  • Automatically rotate view to active ACS?

    Hi, Does anyone know whether it is possible to force Microstation (Powerdarft 2D specifically, but also V8i and Bentley Architecture in 3D) to automatically assume a custom ACS rotation once selected from the 'Drawing Scale' Dialog box? Or, in other…
  • Configuration 'Colors'

    I'm trying to understand what the configuration settings mean under the 'Colors' filter. The Default color table is pretty obvious but what are the others used for or by? I'm currently running V8i SS2, in case its different in other versions. -Right…
  • mdl load cfgvars printCfgVarResource

    This command doesn't seem to work in V8i Select Series 1 Also doesn't seem to work for me when working from ProjectWise. Any thoughts?
  • Configuration Var 'MS' throws an error?

    Team, When I debug=5 MS 2004 or V8i I get an 'kind of' error that the definition of 'MS' from the msconfig.cfg The debug shows that 'MS' was not defined and I have not found where in config to resolve it. This happens in vanilla installs before…