Product:
MicroStation
Version:
N/A
Environment:
N\A
Area:
Levels
Subarea:
N/A
When you use a DGNLIB file to control your users’ levels, you have to consider how much you want the file to control…
Original Article Date: July 3, 2002
Ever wonder if your mouse could do more than just enter data points, tentative points and resets? Well, it can! Follow along with this tutorial and increase your productivity almost immediately!
2003-11-26…
Original Tip Date: Feb 16, 2001
Display element ranges
The set range command is used when you want to display the "range blocks" of the elements on your screen. An elements range block is the x-min, y-min, x-max and y-max extents…
"Level Display" dialog in MicroStation is used to turn on and turn off levels in a model. This dialog contains the display control options (on/off switches): View Display, Global Display and Global Freeze as shown in below image. There is one more option…
Product:
MicroStation
Version:
V8
Environment:
N\A
Area:
Text
Subarea:
Fields
Problem
How to create a Data Field in MicroStation v8.
Solution
To create a data field in MicroStation find…
I have come across a bunch of files (not sure how old they are) that have "text" elements but there is NO TEXT there.
Is there a way to find all of the empty text elements so they can be deleted?
Thank you
In this blog, I am going to talk about something related to one of the extensively used entity in MicroStation called Levels. You will learn how to manage a set of levels using CSV files.
In most of the practical scenarios, CAD engineers mostly use…
Original Article Date: March 2006
For those of you experimenting with MicroStation V8 XM Edition, you might find this article/tutorial of interest. Authored by Bentley’s Tim Hickman it’ll get you started on importing the content from your old ustn…
Document Information
Document Type: FAQ
Product(s): MicroStation V8
Version(s): All
Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group
Legacy Document Number: 6214
What is a Level Library?
A Level Library or Libraries are Design Files…
This Client Server article is republished in its entirety from 2002 for reference purposes.
By Bentley Technical Support Group 22 July 2002
A variety of resources are available to help MicroStation V8 application developers take advantage of Visual…
Product:
MicroStation
Version:
V8 XM Edition
Environment:
N\A
Area:
Administration
Subarea:
N/A
Overview
There are two scenarios for which you will need to go to WORKSPACE > CUSTOMIZE on the…
Product:
MicroStation
Version:
V8
Environment:
N\A
Area:
Administration
Subarea:
N\A
By networking your workspaces, standardization and maintenance can become a reality faster than you may think…
While working on a project, suppose you want to renumber all
the sheets, what do you do?
Go to each file containing sheet models -> Open
Model Properties dialog for each sheet -> Change the Sheet Number field.
This is the manual way of…
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…
Hi, I thought this was the best place to post this query. I have a script which I want to run each time our users start MS. I currently have a shortcut that uses the WC command switch and in theory I should only have to run this script once however to…
In MicroStation, there are various scales that are relevant to the process of drawing creation. I will try to brief about each scale so as to know how these scales are useful for drawing creation process & also how they are correlated to each other. Below…
Product:
MicroStation
Version:
V8, XM, V8i, CONNECT
Environment:
N\A
Area:
Annotation
Subarea:
N/A
Background
Have you ever wondered how to set the Linestyle scale in MicroStation V8 and later…
Original Article Date: Oct 25, 2004
With many thanks to Thor Leslie for this very powerful tool to assist with the repetitive task of filling in data fields. Most definitly a nice addition for the production user.
What will…
Original Article Date: Jan 30, 2001
Learn all about MicroStation V7's working units while drinking beer...or is that drinking units while working beer?
Authors Note: Portions of this article have appeared in the May 2000 issue of…