I'm hoping to utilize item types to be able to compute and create quantity tables for one of my projects in ORD. I'm currently using ORD CE 2021 Release 2. I don't have much experience with item types and zero experience with expressions, but hoping to…
Is it possible to get information from a terrain? Example - elevation of active terrain at the (x,y) coordinate of "this.getElement()" Ultimately hoping to have an item carry the existing and proposed elevations of utility points to help determine adjustment…
Product(s):
MicroStation
Version(s):
10.17.02.61
Environment:
N\A
Area:
Properties
Subarea:
Item Types
Item Type Expression to Get Latitude / Longitude
Background
Request from User: Is it…
Does anyone else have problems with Template Studio atm? Yesterday all worked fine. But today it crashes every time when i try to save an new expression...
Hi Community,
Microstation Connect V:10.17.01.62
Having issues when adding an Item Type Property.
I create the property "Volume" set it to type to "Number" with units "m^3"
Expression - "this.GetElement().Volume"
Now this works when i attach…
I've search high and low and am not able to find any documentation on "Annotation Filters" and how the "expressions" work.
There's nothing in OpenRail Designer Help Website about Annotation Filters or Cross Section Frame Annotation.
Does anybody…
So I found that a lot of the 10.10 expressions don't work in 10.11. for example:
10.10:
LookUp.GetEntry("PayItems","Item", this.Pay_Item).Unit
10.11:
LookUp.GetEntry("PayItems","DESCRIPTION", this["Description"])["BIDITEM"]
same expression…
Hi all,
I'm running into an issue with the 'if' statements on Template Studio that is unintuitive to me. I input the following expression:
if([LocationDetails.CoordinateDisplay] = 'Lat/Long',
textStyle('Latitude: ', '700', 'Normal', '000000') +…
Has anyone tried using the 'or' and 'and' expressions in Template Studio? I've tried to use them in the expression without success. It appears OpenGround Template Studio doesn't recognize them as functions. I'm not sure if I'm using the wrong syntax.…
Product(s):
MicroStation
Version(s):
10.17.00.209
Environment:
N\A
Area:
Properties
Subarea:
Item Types
Expression to extract Start, End coordinates of a Arc element
Background
Request from…
Hi Experts,
I am trying to figure out if there is a way in MicroStation or OpenBuildings to measure distance along a curve using the Itemtype expression. As shown in the picture below, I have a B-spline curve and some Circles along the path but not…
We try to build a library of item types that can be attached to Feature Definitions. In the Items tab in the Project Explorer properties like the length, area etc. can be read or filtered from the model. This works fine for Geometry (see image 1).
For…
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this.GetElement().GetDisplayString("Level") This will not work on cells
this.GetElement().CellName I can get the cellname with this. But not the active level.
My item type reports on element levels will be blank whenever attached to a cell…
I have tried some of the most common comment designators, but I am not seeing a way to add a comment to an expression. It would be helpful for some of the longer and more complicated expressions to have the ability to add notes as with any programming…
Hi, How is the option to add expresisons to item types made available? When I create a new Property Definition from the Item Types Panel, I dont get the option to add an expresison as shown in link below, I just get Type, Is Array, and Default Value.…
Product:
MicroStation
Version:
10.00.xx.xx
Environment:
N\A
Area:
Properties
Subarea:
General
Purpose
A general overview of what EC is and features used across Bentley, i.e. MicroStation, Tools…
I understand from previous forum questions that non basic text should NOT be used for ITEMTYPE names, e.g. "-", "?" etc.
However, I have found an issue with prefixing names with numbers. While acceptable to Microstation and causes no errors in simple…
You can now build your expressions easily and intuitively using the new Expression Builder dialog . We introduced Item Types Expressions in a recent MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update to allow our users to use calculated properties within Item types…
Im wanted to add an element number or Part number in my 3D model as an item type.
Is there any one that can help me with the expression to do this numbering automatically without repetition if that element or part number already exist?
Example …
Product(s):
MicroStation
Version(s):
10.14.02.01
Environment:
N\A
Area:
Properties
Subarea:
Item Types
Expression to extract Start, End coordinates of a line element
Background
Request from…
In this Blog, we will show you how you can create title blocks with Connected Project and Workset/Workspace properties using item types.
By following the steps here below we will create an example title block with the required text fields driven by…
Hello all,
I would like to know if anyone has developed a way to produce a polar array (rectangular or linear would be of interest also) with variables and expression builder for either 2d or 3d. Ultimately I would like to create a plate that has holes…
I wonder if there is a handout or manual explaining the annotation filter options.
Currently on Openroads R1 update 7.
Need help on creating a filter that excludes all features except the edge off pavement feature. So the segment between eop's can…
Is there a list of Item Expression Syntax Definitions available, there is a few in the help but I am guessing there is many more.
I am also looking for Examples of expressions using a calculation of Element Information (area, length etc.) with the values…
Have you ever struggled with a gINT report that didn't provide the output you expected? Perhaps you knew something was off in your report expressions, but you just couldn't trace it. Then the next gINT Special Interest Group (SIG) virtual workshop is…