• How to Order Reference Attachments

    Jayson Perry
    Jayson Perry
    Product: MicroStation Version: V8 2004, XM, V8i, CONNECT, 2023 Environment: N\A Area: Reference Subarea: N\A Problem How to order Reference Attachments to appear behind or in front of active…
    • 1 month ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Wiki
  • Text scales when attached as a reference

    Jayson Perry
    Jayson Perry
    Product: MicroStation Version: V8i, CONNECT Environment: N\A Area: Reference Subarea: N\A Problem Text scales when attached as a reference. When a model containing text is attached as a reference…
    • 4 months ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Wiki
  • Modular Platform Design

    Morgan Jones
    Morgan Jones
    Hi, I have been asked to model a modular platform design in Microstation, the design of the modules will need to be updated as time goes on and so I was wondering what the best way to create the model is. In my experience, I have tried using shared…
    • 6 months ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Forum
  • How to prevent reference files to detach?

    Erica Keates
    Erica Keates
    Hi Everyone, I need your help please. And if you can explain in basic MicroStation language I would appreciate it. I need to share a master 3D model along with 20 seperate dgn drawing sheets which all have the master 3D model referenced in the drawing…
    • over 2 years ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Forum
  • How to display ProjectWise path or just filename in references dialog box instead of the local file path for ProjectWise files in use?

    Dan Borden
    Dan Borden
    This would be a nice feature since local DMS#### folders don't make any sense with ProjectWise folder paths. Working from multiple project folders is difficult. I am surprised Bentley has let this happen for so long. Working in ProjectWise is a big headache…
    • over 2 years ago
    • OpenRoads | OpenSite
    • OpenRoads | OpenSite Forum
  • Dimension extension line style type not displaying

    Lonnie Robin
    Lonnie Robin
    I'm new to microstation, bare with me. I'm working in connect edition. I have a sheet model that I'm dimension a model I referenced in. I'm trying to place dimensions where the extension lines are center lines. I opened the dimension style, under symbology…
    • over 3 years ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Forum
  • How to Merge into Master

    Jayson Perry
    Jayson Perry
    Product: MicroStation Version: V8i, CONNECT Edition, 2023 Environment: N\A Area: DGN Subarea: Save There are a number of issues that can be resolved by using the method "Merge into Master"…
    • 2 months ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Wiki
  • Open master file without references

    Yvonne Lohse
    Yvonne Lohse
    Product: MicroStation Version: V8, XM, V8i, CONNECT Environment: N\A Area: Reference Subarea: N\A Problem Open master without references. How is it possible to open a master file without attached…
    • over 3 years ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Wiki
  • Activate Reference - why is it missing in OpenPlant?

    Florian S.
    Florian S.
    Hello there, I am missing the option to activate a reference file. In MicroStation you can activate a reference file, the rest is greyed out, then you can make changes inside the reference file and afterwards go back to the normal file by clicking…
    • over 4 years ago
    • OpenPlant | AutoPLANT
    • OpenPlant | AutoPLANT Forum
  • Error referencing AutoCAD files...

    Nick Russin
    Nick Russin
    I am running FDOT SS4 MR11 and I am getting an error when I try to reference a .dwg file sent to me by a sub-consultant. The error says that the file type is not supported. I am also running the most recent version of RealDWG. My early research tells…
    • Answered
    • over 4 years ago
    • OpenRoads | OpenSite
    • OpenRoads | OpenSite Forum
  • Can you batch merge a drawing border on multiple drawings

    Joshua King
    Joshua King
    Hi, I have about 600 drawings on Open Plant that I have to create an I-model for from our dgn file. I have a script here that can run through all the dgn's and create the I-model for each individually, however when they are opened the drawing border…
    • over 5 years ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Forum
  • New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 5: References Enhancements

    Shaylesh Lunawat
    Shaylesh Lunawat
    MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 5 has added a new feature for attaching reference files. You can now set the visible edges display directly from the Reference Attachment Properties dialog. This will save a step that you would previously have to do…
    • over 6 years ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Blog
  • Supplement to Reference Version Manager

    wrkoutgeek1970
    wrkoutgeek1970
    Hello Projectwise Programming Community, Has anyone developed a supplement to the Reference Version Manager application, which is accessible from ProjectWise Explorer? Our users are seeing the challenges linked to the act of updating References (for…
    • over 6 years ago
    • ProjectWise Programming
    • ProjectWise Programming Forum
  • RE: Dimension not showing

    Maria Garcia
    Maria Garcia
    Hi, Could you please elaborate a little bit more about what do you mean with you cannot dimension. what exactly happens? are dimensions not correct? if so, review this wiki article is the problem related to text size? in that case review this…
    • over 6 years ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Forum
  • RE: Set Presentation for References

    Maria Garcia
    Maria Garcia
    also review this link http://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/19565/t/77445 there is some mentions to not being able to change display styles if the reference was attached using Saved Views and it is synchronized with saved view. I…
    • over 6 years ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Forum
  • RE: Display Order Problem

    Maria Garcia
    Maria Garcia
    Hi Colin, Review these wiki articles: communities.bentley.com/.../9079.how-to-set-use-file-order-for-display communities.bentley.com/.../30372.changing-element-display-order http://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees…
    • over 6 years ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Forum
  • Levels in a Reference all go to "Default" instead of individual levels

    Benjamin Ankrom
    Benjamin Ankrom
    Hello everyone, here is my situation: In what I will call Basemap "A", I used Bentley Map to import features from a GIS database into my DGN. Before importing the features into Basemap A as elements for manipulation, I changed the symbology of the levels…
    • over 7 years ago
    • OpenCities Map
    • OpenCities Map Forum
  • Batch Convert

    Chris Roym
    Chris Roym
    I am running Batch Convert to merge reference attachments on my drawing files. Is there a way to exclude certain references on getting merged into the master file and remain as an attached dgn? Thanks in advance
    • over 7 years ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Forum
  • Reference is making my files crash

    jrueda
    jrueda
    I received an updated file from another consultant that is referenced into my files. When I update the reference, I can't open my files. It also prevents my print organizer from plotting the files that have that reference attached. I figured out that…
    • Answered
    • over 8 years ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Forum
  • Referencing a dgn file from the link

    Mohamed Ibrar Riaz
    Mohamed Ibrar Riaz
    Need help with this scenario: I have opened a dgn file from ProjectWise in Microstation. I receive an email with a link to another file. The sender wants me to compare my dgn against the file link he has sent me. I want to attach the link as my reference…
    • over 8 years ago
    • ProjectWise
    • [Archived] Project Review Forum
  • RE: 3D Reference File Hidden line display

    Conor K
    Conor K
    Hello Kevin, You could try using a combination of a Clip Volume with Display Styles. By using a Clip Volume, you can apply different Display Styles to different sections of the model. Have a look at the attached video example, it may be of use. In this…
    • over 8 years ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Forum
  • copy element from reference file in vba

    Mike Madrid
    Mike Madrid
    I am attempting to write a vba that will allow us to copy a piece of text from a border reference into the active file. The project needs to be turned in with all the text in the sheet file. I copied some code from a google search and for the most part…
    • Answered
    • over 8 years ago
    • MicroStation Programming
    • MicroStation Programming Forum
  • Office 365 and new server structure

    vmorasko71
    vmorasko71
    Greetings, Our office is doing a company wide upgrade of Microsoft office 2010 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 to an Office 365 subscription as well as server hardware upgrades. I am not as concerned with the software upgrade, more so with the hardware…
    • over 9 years ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Forum
  • How to Copy User Preferences and User Configuration Files to a new or different PC

    Yvonne Lohse
    Yvonne Lohse
    Applies To Product(s): MicroStation Version(s): 08.11.09.292 Environment: Windows Area: Configuration Subarea: User Preferences Original Author: Marco Salino, Bentley…
    • over 5 years ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Wiki
  • VBA Reference Attachment

    Peter Willmen
    Peter Willmen
    I have a vba script that attaches reference files using the 'ActiveModelReference.Attachments.AddCoincident' function. I need to modify it to work within the Projectwise environment but I am getting 'File not found' errors. The filename…
    • over 14 years ago
    • ProjectWise Programming
    • ProjectWise Programming Forum
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