When you are working on a project, you work with many files, designs and models. Have you ever been irked when you have to flip through many of these files to get to the right model, and correct view? I bet you have experienced this!
Agreed, Project…
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…
When you place a dynamic view as a reference attachment on a sheet, you can set up your solids to automatically generate hatching / patterning on the section plane. This is a big relief because you no longer need to manually apply hatching / patterning…
This area of Bentley Communities provides information on OpenBuildings Designer, AECOsim Building Designer, legacy building applications, and related software such as Generative Components. You will find links to each of these on the left side of this…
Having established MyDataset_NM and MyProject_NM_Light_01 in part 1 I’ll now show you how to add a Company Dataset to isolate any changes you make from the delivered dataset. This is going to involve a long list of configuration variables, however this…
Posted: May 2004
Updated: January 2012
To quickly determine what switches are available:
Using the command window (ie: DOS prompt), navigate to the install folder of MicroStation. Key in ustation /? OR ustation -help OR…
A saved view is a view definition, which includes the level display for the active model and references, the clip volume, and other view attributes. It is saved with a unique name.
A DGNLib saved view is a saved view that is shared across multiple…
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Hi all,
I've created some project specific dgnlibs that house particular tasks for each type of project, and that wokrs perfectly. However I want to disable some of the starndard tasks that get loaded in from the ustation.dgnlib, such as: Surface…
Original Article Date: January 2004
Updated: December 2010
Gerald Hernandez , president of Geospatial Paradigm Solutions, Inc. , contributed this slick VBA macro that will execute a set of commands every time a design file is opened and/or closed…
Original Article Date: July 19, 2002
Execute a BASIC macro (or run commands) every time a file is opened. 2003-11-24 Included notes from MicroStation /J's ReadMe file. 2005-09-27 Confirmed workflow in MicroStation V8.
2018-11-26 Updated for clarity…
Updated June 2021
Revised XML files are linked below that contain current keyword lists for MicroStation and OpenBuildings Designer.
Notepad++ is one of the best text editors around and the one I always use for editing configuration files.
However…
Hello
I have attached an image, in which you will (hopefully) be able to see some wireframe cross sections of some timber floor joists.
(it's a 2D wireframe referenced in to a 3D model). As you can see, each cross section through the joists is indicated…