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How to Order Reference Attachments
Jayson Perry
Product: MicroStation Version: V8 2004, XM, V8i, CONNECT, 2023 Environment: N\A Area: Reference Subarea: N\A Problem How to order Reference Attachments to appear behind or in front of active…
16 days ago
MicroStation
MicroStation Wiki
Text scales when attached as a reference
Jayson Perry
Product: MicroStation Version: V8i, CONNECT Environment: N\A Area: Reference Subarea: N\A Problem Text scales when attached as a reference. When a model containing text is attached as a reference…
3 months ago
MicroStation
MicroStation Wiki
Modular Platform Design
Morgan Jones
Hi, I have been asked to model a modular platform design in Microstation, the design of the modules will need to be updated as time goes on and so I was wondering what the best way to create the model is. In my experience, I have tried using shared…
5 months ago
MicroStation
MicroStation Forum
How to prevent reference files to detach?
Erica Keates
Hi Everyone, I need your help please. And if you can explain in basic MicroStation language I would appreciate it. I need to share a master 3D model along with 20 seperate dgn drawing sheets which all have the master 3D model referenced in the drawing…
over 2 years ago
MicroStation
MicroStation Forum
How to display ProjectWise path or just filename in references dialog box instead of the local file path for ProjectWise files in use?
Dan Borden
This would be a nice feature since local DMS#### folders don't make any sense with ProjectWise folder paths. Working from multiple project folders is difficult. I am surprised Bentley has let this happen for so long. Working in ProjectWise is a big headache…
over 2 years ago
OpenRoads | OpenSite
OpenRoads | OpenSite Forum
Dimension extension line style type not displaying
Lonnie Robin
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…
over 3 years ago
MicroStation
MicroStation Forum
How to Merge into Master
Jayson Perry
Product: MicroStation Version: V8i, CONNECT Edition, 2023 Environment: N\A Area: DGN Subarea: Save There are a number of issues that can be resolved by using the method "Merge into Master"…
1 month ago
MicroStation
MicroStation Wiki
Open master file without references
Yvonne Lohse
Product: MicroStation Version: V8, XM, V8i, CONNECT Environment: N\A Area: Reference Subarea: N\A Problem Open master without references. How is it possible to open a master file without attached…
over 3 years ago
MicroStation
MicroStation Wiki
Activate Reference - why is it missing in OpenPlant?
Florian S.
Hello there, I am missing the option to activate a reference file. In MicroStation you can activate a reference file, the rest is greyed out, then you can make changes inside the reference file and afterwards go back to the normal file by clicking…
over 3 years ago
OpenPlant | AutoPLANT
OpenPlant | AutoPLANT Forum
Error referencing AutoCAD files...
Nick Russin
I am running FDOT SS4 MR11 and I am getting an error when I try to reference a .dwg file sent to me by a sub-consultant. The error says that the file type is not supported. I am also running the most recent version of RealDWG. My early research tells…
Answered
over 4 years ago
OpenRoads | OpenSite
OpenRoads | OpenSite Forum
Can you batch merge a drawing border on multiple drawings
Joshua King
Hi, I have about 600 drawings on Open Plant that I have to create an I-model for from our dgn file. I have a script here that can run through all the dgn's and create the I-model for each individually, however when they are opened the drawing border…
over 5 years ago
MicroStation
MicroStation Forum
New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 5: References Enhancements
Shaylesh Lunawat
MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 5 has added a new feature for attaching reference files. You can now set the visible edges display directly from the Reference Attachment Properties dialog. This will save a step that you would previously have to do…
over 6 years ago
MicroStation
MicroStation Blog
Supplement to Reference Version Manager
wrkoutgeek1970
Hello Projectwise Programming Community, Has anyone developed a supplement to the Reference Version Manager application, which is accessible from ProjectWise Explorer? Our users are seeing the challenges linked to the act of updating References (for…
over 6 years ago
ProjectWise Programming
ProjectWise Programming Forum
RE: Dimension not showing
Maria Garcia
Hi, Could you please elaborate a little bit more about what do you mean with you cannot dimension. what exactly happens? are dimensions not correct? if so, review this wiki article is the problem related to text size? in that case review this…
over 6 years ago
MicroStation
MicroStation Forum
RE: Set Presentation for References
Maria Garcia
also review this link http://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/19565/t/77445 there is some mentions to not being able to change display styles if the reference was attached using Saved Views and it is synchronized with saved view. I…
over 6 years ago
MicroStation
MicroStation Forum
RE: Display Order Problem
Maria Garcia
Hi Colin, Review these wiki articles: communities.bentley.com/.../9079.how-to-set-use-file-order-for-display communities.bentley.com/.../30372.changing-element-display-order http://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees…
over 6 years ago
MicroStation
MicroStation Forum
Levels in a Reference all go to "Default" instead of individual levels
Benjamin Ankrom
Hello everyone, here is my situation: In what I will call Basemap "A", I used Bentley Map to import features from a GIS database into my DGN. Before importing the features into Basemap A as elements for manipulation, I changed the symbology of the levels…
over 7 years ago
OpenCities Map
OpenCities Map Forum
Batch Convert
Chris Roym
I am running Batch Convert to merge reference attachments on my drawing files. Is there a way to exclude certain references on getting merged into the master file and remain as an attached dgn? Thanks in advance
over 7 years ago
MicroStation
MicroStation Forum
Reference is making my files crash
jrueda
I received an updated file from another consultant that is referenced into my files. When I update the reference, I can't open my files. It also prevents my print organizer from plotting the files that have that reference attached. I figured out that…
Answered
over 8 years ago
MicroStation
MicroStation Forum
Referencing a dgn file from the link
Mohamed Ibrar Riaz
Need help with this scenario: I have opened a dgn file from ProjectWise in Microstation. I receive an email with a link to another file. The sender wants me to compare my dgn against the file link he has sent me. I want to attach the link as my reference…
over 8 years ago
ProjectWise
[Archived] Project Review Forum
RE: 3D Reference File Hidden line display
Conor K
Hello Kevin, You could try using a combination of a Clip Volume with Display Styles. By using a Clip Volume, you can apply different Display Styles to different sections of the model. Have a look at the attached video example, it may be of use. In this…
over 8 years ago
MicroStation
MicroStation Forum
copy element from reference file in vba
Mike Madrid
I am attempting to write a vba that will allow us to copy a piece of text from a border reference into the active file. The project needs to be turned in with all the text in the sheet file. I copied some code from a google search and for the most part…
Answered
over 8 years ago
MicroStation Programming
MicroStation Programming Forum
Office 365 and new server structure
vmorasko71
Greetings, Our office is doing a company wide upgrade of Microsoft office 2010 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 to an Office 365 subscription as well as server hardware upgrades. I am not as concerned with the software upgrade, more so with the hardware…
over 9 years ago
MicroStation
MicroStation Forum
How to Copy User Preferences and User Configuration Files to a new or different PC
Yvonne Lohse
Applies To Product(s): MicroStation Version(s): 08.11.09.292 Environment: Windows Area: Configuration Subarea: User Preferences Original Author: Marco Salino, Bentley…
over 5 years ago
MicroStation
MicroStation Wiki
VBA Reference Attachment
Peter Willmen
I have a vba script that attaches reference files using the 'ActiveModelReference.Attachments.AddCoincident' function. I need to modify it to work within the Projectwise environment but I am getting 'File not found' errors. The filename…
over 14 years ago
ProjectWise Programming
ProjectWise Programming Forum
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