• Learning Tips

    Tom Stogdill
    Tom Stogdill
    Discover how to get the most out of MicroStation with this series of insightful MicroStation Learning Tips. These tips will help you boost productivity, increase product awareness, and improve your overall software experience by becoming a more knowledgeable…
    • 11 months ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Wiki
  • Fence only interact with specific element types

    Keith Ouellet
    Keith Ouellet
    Hello All, I have written a routine to generate a shape from a series of points and then utilize the shape to define a fence from element. I would like to process the fence in two separate routines one that will clip normal element type like Lines…
    • over 1 year ago
    • MicroStation Programming
    • MicroStation Programming Forum
  • ¿Cómo se puede importar un archivo PDF a MicroStation para su posterior edición en MicroStation?

    Maria Garcia
    Maria Garcia
    Descripción del problema ¿Cómo se puede importar un archivo PDF a MicroStation para su posterior edición en MicroStation? Solución al problema Esta funcionalidad se ha implementado en MicroStation Update 17 como tecnología de previsualización. …
    • over 1 year ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Wiki (Español)
  • How to import and edit PDF file in DGN

    Zeno Lippi
    Zeno Lippi
    Product: MicroStation Version: CONNECT Environment: N\A Area: Interchange Subarea: General Problem How can a PDF file be imported into MicroStation for further editing in MicroStation? Problem…
    • 2 months ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Wiki
  • How do I switch on or off the Automatic Element Highlight?

    Jayson Perry
    Jayson Perry
    Product: MicroStation Version: v8i, CONNECT Environment: N\A Area: Drawing Aids Subarea: AccuDraw Problem How do I switch on or off the Automatic Element Highlight? Solution This feature…
    • over 1 year ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Wiki
  • Draw active Point using "Application.create..."

    Marco W
    Marco W
    Hi community, newbie here. Trying to get into Microstation and coding after almost 20 years. I am coding a point importer and manipulator and trying to draw a point into the DGN using the "Application.create..." function however don't seem to find the…
    • Answered
    • over 1 year ago
    • MicroStation Programming
    • MicroStation Programming Forum
  • Any example macros for OpenRail CONNECT? Want to read start stop points and project a spatial Template along sections of the imported alignment.

    Karsten EVANS
    Karsten EVANS
    Are there any example programs or libraries available for OpenRail CONNECT? Bit like the old VBAExample.zip We need to create a macro that reads start stop points and projects a spatial template along sections of the imported alignment. Guess we need…
    • over 1 year ago
    • Developers and Programming
    • Developers and Programming Forum
  • Different value returned by IPrimitiveCommandEvents_DataPoint in Axis line

    Bipin Thapaliya
    Bipin Thapaliya
    I am using IPrimitiveCommandEvents_DataPoint to get coordinate value clicked position by the user . There is no problem while the location in other than the Axis line i.e (10,20), (30,44). But when the required position resides in Axis Line (0,12) or…
    • Answered
    • over 1 year ago
    • MicroStation Programming
    • MicroStation Programming Forum
  • Looking for downloading celltool MDL app for connect

    DAMIEN D'ORAZIO
    DAMIEN D'ORAZIO
    Hi guys, I am currently using MicroStation connect 10 with windows 11 and I am wondering how I can get my hands on the celltool, as the link on the zip doesn t seem to work with me. The link at the bottom of this article doesn't give an access…
    • over 1 year ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Forum
  • Error in printing from print organizer

    Frank X
    Frank X
    Hello, If I given single sheet print via print option I'm able to give the print, but at the same time when I'm giving print from print organizer, I'm getting an error in message centre as Error writing print file 'C:\Users\<name>\AppData\Local\Temp…
    • over 1 year ago
    • Printing and Plotting
    • Printing and Plotting Forum
  • Ubicación de las Teclas de Función en el menú

    Maria Garcia
    Maria Garcia
    Problema Estoy utilizando un menú de teclas de función personalizado 'xxx.mnu'. Funciona bien una vez que he adjuntado el archivo, sin embargo cada vez que reinicio Microstation no carga el menú de teclas de función y lo tengo que volver a cargar…
    • 8 months ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Wiki (Español)
  • Nouvelles fonctionnalités pour les hachures et les motifs dans MicroStation CONNECT

    Aimable Niyibizi
    Aimable Niyibizi
    Produit(s): MicroStation Version(s): CONNECT Environnent: N\A Domaine: Motif Sous-Domaine: N\A Historique Quelques modifications subtiles ont été apportées aux outils de zone de hachure…
    • over 1 year ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Wiki (Français)
  • Rescale cells

    KevinR
    KevinR
    Hi, I have a number of DGN's with many different cells within that all need to be rescaled. I'm unable to scale them by setting the annotation scale so I'd like to know if there's a key-in to change the Scale X, Scale Y and Scale Z? Microstation CONNECT…
    • over 1 year ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Forum
  • [MicroStation CONNECT Update 16 C# WPF] Is dynamic toolbox possible?

    Frank Schneller
    Frank Schneller
    Hello, folks! For once, SDK has a rather extensive example for programming WPF applications. This example is called WPFdemo. Here you can open a dockable toolbar with 'wpfdemo open5'. So far so good. But now I would like this toolbox to behave like…
    • over 1 year ago
    • MicroStation Programming
    • MicroStation Programming Forum
  • Importing Excel in Microstation Connect

    Gaurav Ajay Agrawal
    Gaurav Ajay Agrawal
    Hi, I am trying to Paste an Excel table in Microstation Connect using Place Table feature. I have set all formatting like row height, column width, bordering, etc in excel as I want them to look in Microstation. And I am preserving formatting while…
    • over 1 year ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Forum
  • Accreditation - MicroStation

    Akshay Potphode
    Akshay Potphode
    MicroStation Accreditation Program MicroStation Accreditation is designed to assist MicroStation users in validating and verifying their expert skills in MicroStation. Accreditation is the official endorsement from Bentley Systems that verifies…
    • 2 days ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Wiki
  • Is it possible to draw a line of fixed length perpendicular to and snapped to another line (I can do this so far) that is positioned such that the free end point lies on a third line?

    Nicholas Hall
    Nicholas Hall
    Is it possible to draw a line of fixed length perpendicular to and snapped to another line (I can do this so far) that is positioned such that the free end point lies on a third line? (My goal is to find and mark the point at which two diverging lines…
    • Answered
    • over 1 year ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Forum
  • MS CE - changing model name

    Bartosz Bodnar
    Bartosz Bodnar
    Hello everyone, I started using MS CE instead of v8i and one problem has occurred. When I try to change the model name in the models , it takes very long (several minutes). The software hangs. This only applies to existing models. Is there any way…
    • over 1 year ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Forum
  • VBA Error - Class not registered

    Leonard Jones
    Leonard Jones
    Product: MicroStation Version: V8i, CONNECT Environment: N\A Area: Exception Subarea: N\A Problem Description The following error continues to be reported when starting MicroStation and associated…
    • over 2 years ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Wiki
  • GUI (UI/UX)

    Robert Hook
    Robert Hook
    Improving application usability interfaces and experience (UI/UX) Bentley’s User Experience (UX) team is looking for the end-users just like you to participate in usability studies. These are not product demos, but rather opportunities for you to use…
    • over 1 year ago
    • MicroStation Programming
    • MicroStation Programming - Wiki
  • Disappearing font but showing as invisible

    Sabrina Mamo
    Sabrina Mamo
    My fonts are disappearing, this could be symbols (degree signs, dashes, commas, etc.) or random letters in mid-section / mid-word, or when they are stand alone. Pictures of disappearing fonts.docx
    • over 2 years ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Forum
  • [C# CONNECT Update 16] Automatically create complex shape when the maximum number (5000) of vertices for a shape element is exceeded

    Frank Schneller
    Frank Schneller
    Hello, As you know, a shape stops at 5000 vertices. When this limit is reached, I want my method to automatically create a ComplexShape. Here is an excerpt from my source code, where this works with <= 5000 for pure Shape elements. With more than 5000…
    • over 2 years ago
    • MicroStation Programming
    • MicroStation Programming Forum
  • Key-in: show configuration

    Robert Hook
    Robert Hook
    Product: MicroStation Version: CONNECT Environment: N\A Area: Configuration Subarea: General The Situation Have you ever wanted to view extended configuration information but did not want to…
    • 5 months ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Wiki
  • MicroStation CONNECT Version: How to find it

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers
    When posting a question to one of the Be Communities Forums it's always good practise to reveal the version of MicroStation (or other product) that you are using. MicroStation's version command is there to help: type version in the command key-in window…
    • over 2 years ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Blog
  • Change grafiks/representation of cell by item attributes?

    Andreas Nordlund
    Andreas Nordlund
    Hi all. I´m trying to make a cell with custom Item types and would like to change the symbol of the cell depending on some of the custom attributes. As a stupid example: My cell contains a text field and a premade cell from a cell library. the text…
    • over 2 years ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Forum
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