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  • How to Quickly Generate a Debug File

    Product: MicroStation Version: V8i, CONNECT, 2023 Environment: N\A Area: DGN Subarea: General Background A debug file is very useful when investigating configuration issues in MicroStation…
  • Custom detailing symbol cell dgnlib will not load in projectwise.

    Microstation V8i (select series 4) Version 08.11.09.829 I have made custom detailing symbols dgnlib ( they are anotated cells) for our company and placed them in our workspace dgnlib environment in Projectwise, but they do not appear when using the…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • Units in Textfields keeps changing back

    Hi, I have a simple problem which I can't get solved. In general we are drawing in mm, so main units setting is mm. Some text fields (the "f(x)-tool" in the texteditor) should display the figures in meter. For instance: An architectural plan with…
  • 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…
  • Re: Best way to manage MS_PLTR

    The latest version of Select Server allows you to manage every users, groups of Users configuration remotely. By allowing you to create configuration and distributing those desired config files to each asset without aving to go to each desk or remote…
  • 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…
  • Re: Compound Cells in Bentley Building Mechanical

    Check the variable HVAC_DUCTSYMBOLSLIB, defined in hvac.cfg. By default it uses HVAC_DUCTSYMBOLSLIB : $(HVAC_SYSTEMSTANDARDS)/cells to get to the delivered cell libraries.
  • Re: Compound Cells in Bentley Building Mechanical

    I just realised... The Activate option is not checked On in that screen capture. Does that change the behavior? Note: Pattern would be selected in this case.
  • 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…
  • Re: Power Civil v8i preferences

    The importing of an XM SPF file to a V8i project appears to work as designed. There can be be an unexpected result if the Levels specificed in the SPF do not reside in the current DGN file. The same result would occur in XM as well. If the specific…
  • Geopak Input files not visible for Loading???

    I am having an issue seeing the input files (.inp) generated by Geopak. Specifically I am trying to load a clients input file that was provided to me, however, I am finding that I cannot see the backup input files generated by Geopak or the ones I wish…
  • Using Variables within Geopak Survey Preferences

    I was wondering if I can use configuration variables to setup my Geopak Survey default preferences (SDP) file. Specifically to define Project Directory, Job Directory, Global Working Directory, and Dataset Output Directory. I would like to set them to…
  • MXV8i - Unable to open earlier *.*mmd in new ver MXV8i

    Dear All, Does anyone have solution how to open projectname.mmd from MXV8XM in new version of MXV8i? As I aware, the solution is to create new projectname.mmd, and click "NO" to overwrite the existing modelfile. Recently, some of our client…