Building surfaces from contours with Java and MicroStation J
Original Article Date: Feb 1, 2001
MSM featured this article authored by Dave Brumbaugh which discusses generating contours from survey data and even supplied the necessary code to accomplish this task. The article has now found a new home and reads…
The Settings Manager - Part 2
Original Article Date: Feb 21, 2001
This article is a continuation of The Settings Manager - Part 1 and explores how the Settings Manager deals with the issue of scale.
Authors Note: This article has also appeared in the October 2000 issue of…
The Settings Manager - Part 1
Original Article Date: Feb 21, 2001
What if you could set up a one-stop-shop for all your drafting standards and employ it throughout the entire department? What if MicroStation could adjust the size of cells and text automatically based on your output…
Fly with Barmenus - Part 1
Original Article Date: March 5, 2001
Ever hear of a barmenu ? How 'bout a menubar ? Well, besides being able to order munchies to eat with your beer, they can also help you set up and maintain your corporate drafting standards!
Many…
Fly with Barmenus - Part 2
Original Article Date: March 30, 2001
In Sean's Fly with Barmenus - Part 1 he introduced some very basic concepts regarding barmenus. Let's now take a look at building a loop!
Now that we can take off and land without crashing, lets take a look…
Fly with Barmenus - Part 3
Original Article Date: April 19, 2001
There's still more to learn! This article which is Part 3 of a series about barmenus, takes a look at how to load macros, MDLs and UCMs.
Although the tricks are flowing now, there's still more to learn! Keep…
Barmenu wars - comments from CCM
Original Article Date: April 27, 2001
The recent additions of the barmenu articles have resulted in a candid discussion on comp.cad.microstation comparing barmenus to the settings manager!
The following comments are snippets from a thread in…
Run commands when starting MicroStation
Original Article Date: July 19, 2002
Learn how to run set of commands when you fire up MicroStation.
To run a macro or set of keyins when starting MicroStation, you can use the -s command line switch which dumps the contents of a "startup file…
Run a VBA macro when opening or closing design files
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…
Run commands or BASIC macro when opening files
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…