Hello. I was wondering if there was anyone out there that would have a good example of the configuration setup for ABD? My goal is to give my users the ability to create new projects on the network from the Microstation Manager dialog. Then have those…

All I think this has been asked before but I cannot find the link. I have a client (Balfour Beatty) that wants BA and/or AECOsim to produce a Area Schedule, that identifies the room Name/Number plus what is contained/linked in the room i.e. the…

Hi,I want to set the configuration of AECOsim Building Designer so that if connected to our network it looks at the server workspace, and if it's not connected it looks locally. Any Help please!

I have a few problems when I assign materials which I think I’ve solved but what to ask/hi-light some of the issues and understand if I using a reasonable workflow as I might be a bit in the past with my methodology. I start by assigning a base…

Here at Fluor Corporation we have used Triforma and BA in the past. However there was a hiatus of several years in our use of the product. We are just now beginning to use it again. It has matured rather well. However, like many folks we ran into difficulty…

I have come to the conclusion that despite there being a phasing attribute in AECOSIM there is no scope to leverage this in the application other than as an output. In the event that we have modelled an existing building it appears the only way to…

Has anyone changed the global origin in model files before? We have decided to lift the building 300mm during our design phase (OMG) But we have 6 dgn files and each dgn has a model to represent each floor, with 5 floors that's 30 files I have to go…

Can someone give me a quick tutorial of how to create a metal gauze/grid material with transparency in between and sections of metal bar? I'm really a beginner when it comes to the whole business of material creation :-) Any help appreciated! …

All in all finding the Floor Plan creation tools very tricky to use – although clearly being able to choose a set of floors from the Floor Manager data is potentially cool… Drawingseed.dgnlib functions as a set of template saved views, in turn used…

I have a issue today (among many others ;)) that if I render a view the gravel becomes to look like a carpet. Anybody that has any ideas on this? The material should be looking good independent of the view distance, so it should look good on close…

Hello, I have a problem using clip volume on linear forms. See the attached PDF : standard Microstation extruded elements get clipped OK (using the cut plane settings), but linear forms are not (they appear as open on the cut plane). When the view…

My impression is that Mstn may soon be able to offer itself up as an alternative to 3dMax/Design as the preferred stills rendering app in the AEC market? 3dsMax users... what is still missing in Mstn that is fundamental...? Plug-in infrastructure…

When inserting doors or windows into composite walls, is there a way to achieve internal and external cladding layers returning neatly around the frame? At present I get the edge of the wall showing all layers... I guess the closing piece could form part…

Is it just me or does it seem that the managment parts&families is lagging behind other aspects microstation. I would like to see parts&families being handled more like the material palette general networked Office Libraries, overidden by local…

Yet again this topic surfaces and I would really like to put it to bed once and for all. I have a LOT of experience with using BS\SM as my preference for structural modelling, but rumours over the past year are beginning to be a problem. Just started…

Be warned, if you are using named groups in AECOSIM and have graphic group lock active and use the wall break tool, every wall in the group will be broken into two!

We have groups that use different Bentley products to build parts of large interdisciplinary projects. The groups that use TriForma based products such as Bentley Architecture or Bentley Structural have their files locked down to only being able to be…