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  • Displaying shadows on Drawing and Sheet models

    Product(s): MicroStation Version(s): 10.15.00.74 Environment: Windows 10 Area: Sheet Composition Subarea: General Problem Shadows are not visible on Drawing and Sheet models. Solution …
  • How to create multiple Cross Sections along a Path

    Product(s): MicroStation Version(s): 10.13.01.01 Environment: N\A Area: Sheet Composition Subarea: Sections How to create multiple Sheet Models containing Cross Sections along a path through…
  • How to create a Cross Section / Clip Volume through a Reality Mesh

    Product(s): MicroStation Version(s): 10.13.01.01 Environment: N\A Area: Sheet Composition Subarea: Sections How to create a Cross Section / Clip Volume through a Reality Mesh Background…
  • How to make a model unprintable

    We have dgn files that contain several models. The default model contains all of the graphics. Other models are used for printing parts of the default model graphics. Saved views and references are used to pull appropriate parts from the default model…
  • How to place multiple Cuts from Section Callouts on same Sheet

    Product(s): MicroStation Version(s): 10.03.00.30 Environment: N\A Area: Sheet Composition Subarea: Sections Background In order to minimise printing costs and to enhance design overview it…
  • Insert Company Logo

    Product(s): MicroStation Version(s): N\A Environment: N\A Area: Sheet Composition Subarea: General How to Import Company Logo into MicroStation Background Most companies have a logo that…
  • RE: Multiple Plan Views on a Sheet

    Hi Kyle, For more information about how to work with saved views review this blog communities.bentley.com/.../saved-views-center-of-universe-for-sheet-composition there is also some videos in youtube Regards Maria
  • Drawing Boundary not available when using Place Named Boundary

    Product(s): MicroStation Version(s): 10.00.00.25 Environment: N\A Area: Sheet Composition Subarea: Drawing Boundaries Problem Description When I use the Place Named Boundary tool and go to…
  • Keep text size the same when attaching a reference with different scales

    Product: MicroStation Version: V8i, CONNECT Environment: N\A Area: Sheet Composition Subarea: Annotation Scale Attach the same reference into a model multiple times at different scales but keep…
  • Callouts and Sheet Name fields are not getting updated

    Product: MicroStation Version: 08.11.09.459 Environment: N\A Area: Sheet Composition Subarea: General Problem Why the Plan, Section and Elevation callouts and Drawing Identifiers fields are…
  • Model Space within a DGN file

    When working with model spaces within a DGN file, our presentation files have several model spaces that make up various stages of our presentations. Is there anyway to have a tag of some sort printed somewhere within the printed copy that places which…
  • Printing help

    Hello, I am new to the site. I have been using microStation V8i since august of 2010 and have conformed to the typical usage of my office. I am not key on the way we go about printing pages because it takes more time then it should. The current process…
  • Annotation Scale in Create Dynamic Views dialog

    I will explain how annotation scale is useful for setting your reference scale in the Create Dynamic Views dialog. Once you set the annotation scale for Sheet, you don't need to bother about the Reference scale (Master:Reference (M:R)) factor for reference…
  • Re: Drawing View Model Moving

    Emil, what software do you use? Plain MicroStation or with applications? In MicroStation (for compatability) we have adopted the AutoCAD way of creating a composition file for references. The workflow is to reference your design files into…
  • RE: Drawing Extraction Settings for BBES

    I typically am asked to show conduit runs as single dashed lines on my 2D drawings, however the extractions of the model show conduit as a double line. Does anyone know how to change the Extraction settings so as to show the desired single line for conduit…
  • Sheet composition: Level Display

    I am an Autocad user trying to grasp the concept of sheet model compositoin in Microstation v8i. I have created a composition model with all my source files referenced in and level display and symbology set for my sheets and have referenced this sheet…