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  • Item Types - Begin & End Station of a line from reference alignment

    I'm hoping to utilize item types to be able to compute and create quantity tables for one of my projects in ORD. I'm currently using ORD CE 2021 Release 2. I don't have much experience with item types and zero experience with expressions, but hoping to…
  • Item Type Expression Builder - Terrain elevation at Point

    Is it possible to get information from a terrain? Example - elevation of active terrain at the (x,y) coordinate of "this.getElement()" Ultimately hoping to have an item carry the existing and proposed elevations of utility points to help determine adjustment…
  • Item Type Expression to Get Latitude / Longitude

    Product(s): MicroStation Version(s): 10.17.02.61 Environment: N\A Area: Properties Subarea: Item Types Item Type Expression to Get Latitude / Longitude Background Request from User: Is it…
  • Problems with Template Studio atm?

    Does anyone else have problems with Template Studio atm? Yesterday all worked fine. But today it crashes every time when i try to save an new expression...
  • Parametric cells Item Type Volume crashes

    Hi Community, Microstation Connect V:10.17.01.62 Having issues when adding an Item Type Property. I create the property "Volume" set it to type to "Number" with units "m^3" Expression - "this.GetElement().Volume" Now this works when i attach…
  • Cross Section Annotation Filter

    I've search high and low and am not able to find any documentation on "Annotation Filters" and how the "expressions" work. There's nothing in OpenRail Designer Help Website about Annotation Filters or Cross Section Frame Annotation. Does anybody…
  • 10.11 Item Types properties are different

    So I found that a lot of the 10.10 expressions don't work in 10.11. for example: 10.10: LookUp.GetEntry("PayItems","Item", this.Pay_Item).Unit 10.11: LookUp.GetEntry("PayItems","DESCRIPTION", this["Description"])["BIDITEM"] same expression…
  • Studio - 'if' function syntax

    Hi all, I'm running into an issue with the 'if' statements on Template Studio that is unintuitive to me. I input the following expression: if([LocationDetails.CoordinateDisplay] = 'Lat/Long', textStyle('Latitude: ', '700', 'Normal', '000000') +…
  • 'or' and 'and' Expression functionality

    Has anyone tried using the 'or' and 'and' expressions in Template Studio? I've tried to use them in the expression without success. It appears OpenGround Template Studio doesn't recognize them as functions. I'm not sure if I'm using the wrong syntax.…
  • Expression to extract Start, End coordinates of a Arc element

    Product(s): MicroStation Version(s): 10.17.00.209 Environment: N\A Area: Properties Subarea: Item Types Expression to extract Start, End coordinates of a Arc element Background Request from…
  • Distance along curve

    Hi Experts, I am trying to figure out if there is a way in MicroStation or OpenBuildings to measure distance along a curve using the Itemtype expression. As shown in the picture below, I have a B-spline curve and some Circles along the path but not…
  • Items Types - Calculate Area of terrains with Item Types

    We try to build a library of item types that can be attached to Feature Definitions. In the Items tab in the Project Explorer properties like the length, area etc. can be read or filtered from the model. This works fine for Geometry (see image 1). For…
  • Item Type Expression for Cell Level Name (Active Level of Cell)

    Hi all this.GetElement().GetDisplayString("Level") This will not work on cells this.GetElement().CellName I can get the cellname with this. But not the active level. My item type reports on element levels will be blank whenever attached to a cell…
  • Is there a way to add comments in the Item Type Expressions?

    I have tried some of the most common comment designators, but I am not seeing a way to add a comment to an expression. It would be helpful for some of the longer and more complicated expressions to have the ability to add notes as with any programming…
  • How to activate expressions in Item types

    Hi, How is the option to add expresisons to item types made available? When I create a new Property Definition from the Item Types Panel, I dont get the option to add an expresison as shown in link below, I just get Type, Is Array, and Default Value.…
  • ECSchema, What is It?

    Product: MicroStation Version: 10.00.xx.xx Environment: N\A Area: Properties Subarea: General Purpose A general overview of what EC is and features used across Bentley, i.e. MicroStation, Tools…
  • [CE U14] - ITEMTYPE - Names and effect on Expressions

    I understand from previous forum questions that non basic text should NOT be used for ITEMTYPE names, e.g. "-", "?" etc. However, I have found an issue with prefixing names with numbers. While acceptable to Microstation and causes no errors in simple…
  • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 15 - (Public Technology Preview) Expression Builder

    You can now build your expressions easily and intuitively using the new Expression Builder dialog . We introduced Item Types Expressions in a recent MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update to allow our users to use calculated properties within Item types…
  • Item Type Expression for Numbering Element without repetition

    Im wanted to add an element number or Part number in my 3D model as an item type. Is there any one that can help me with the expression to do this numbering automatically without repetition if that element or part number already exist? Example …
  • Expression to extract Start, End coordinates of a line element

    Product(s): MicroStation Version(s): 10.14.02.01 Environment: N\A Area: Properties Subarea: Item Types Expression to extract Start, End coordinates of a line element Background Request from…
  • Creating Title block with Item type + EC Expression +Texts

    In this Blog, we will show you how you can create title blocks with Connected Project and Workset/Workspace properties using item types. By following the steps here below we will create an example title block with the required text fields driven by…
  • Array with variables and expression builder

    Hello all, I would like to know if anyone has developed a way to produce a polar array (rectangular or linear would be of interest also) with variables and expression builder for either 2d or 3d. Ultimately I would like to create a plate that has holes…
  • Annotation filter X-sect

    I wonder if there is a handout or manual explaining the annotation filter options. Currently on Openroads R1 update 7. Need help on creating a filter that excludes all features except the edge off pavement feature. So the segment between eop's can…
  • ItemType Expression Syntax Definitions

    Is there a list of Item Expression Syntax Definitions available, there is a few in the help but I am guessing there is many more. I am also looking for Examples of expressions using a calculation of Element Information (area, length etc.) with the values…
  • SIG Virtual Workshop: gINT – March 7, 2018 – You're Invited!

    Have you ever struggled with a gINT report that didn't provide the output you expected? Perhaps you knew something was off in your report expressions, but you just couldn't trace it. Then the next gINT Special Interest Group (SIG) virtual workshop is…