Original Article Date: Dec 2, 2004 Karl Peterson offers this nifty workflow that shows you how to create a JPG from the contents of a PDF. The resulting image can then be attached as a reference. This may be a nice solution for those of you wanting…

Original Article Date: Dec 19, 2001 Authored by none other than Mr. Barry Bentley himself, this article discuses a variety of techniques to save the file name of a reference attachment with a relative path. This article should be read by anyone who…

Original Article Date: Feb 1, 2002 T-Bone Ray Bentley wrote this little number while taking a break from playing with the Voodoo DeVille Blues Band . It made it's first appearance on Bentley's own newsgroups before ending up here and reviews MicroStation…

Original Article Date: May 30, 2003 Juan Auces explores how to effectively manage and plot files by employing the use of logical names. What's so cool about his methods is that the design file names don't need to follow any standard. This is a must…

Original Article Date: Sep 16, 2003 Often times I'm asked how one can "insert" or attach a reference at a known location. The following workflow may be of some help and is applicable to all versions of MicroStation. Often times I'm asked how…

Original Article Date: March 1, 2004 Shawn Foster contributes this little article that reviews the new Clip Volume and Clip Mask tools in MicroStation V8 2004 Edition. Clipping! 15-yard penalty. First down! Okay, all American football jokes aside…

Original Article Date: March 8, 2004 So you wanna know the difference between coincident and coincident world when attaching references? Read all about it here. So you wanna know the difference between coincident and coincident world when attaching…

Original Article Date: Feb 12, 2004 Submitted by the platform hooligan himself, Lawrence Eaton , this one pager discusses how to save a MicroStation V8 DGN file to an AutoCAD DWG and ensure compatibility with paperspace and viewports. It also…

Original Article Date: March 22, 2004 MicroStation offers a variety of methods to merge files together - whether they are referenced or not. With thanks to Phil Frank from Northeastern Log Homes for contributing to this article! When merging…

Original Article Date: Oct 3, 2003 This brief article discusses how to overcome V7 difficulties with clipped or masked references and rotating views. 2004-09-16 Updated for clarity. In MicroStation /J, the clip boundary or clip mask boundary…

Original Article Date: Oct 25, 2005 With thanks to Peter Bekkers for this nifty little macro that attaches the file to itself as a reference. Let's say that you typically only work in the default design model and find yourself attaching this…

Original Article Date: Aug 18, 2005 Grab Shawn Foster's BE 2005 presentations here! Building your project with references and models Advanced MicroStation Administration Building your project with references and models Coordinating…

Original Article Date: December 2006 Updated: February 2011 MicroStation's Auxiliary Coordinate Systems (ACS) now includes a tool to align an ACS with a reference. This tool will allow you to set up, measure and draw using the units of a scaled reference…

With thanks to Jason Johnson for sharing this application that streamlines the process of editing references. Download 317.zip and extract reference_exchange.mvba from the zip file. Place the mvba in the folder pointed to by MS_VBASEARCHDIRECTORIES…

Original Article Date: June 2002 Updated: July 2011 MicroStaton V8: The graphics below shows a few elements in the active file and a few in the reference file - but which is which? To simplify the volume of on-screen colours, turn on Level…