I made a fillet function key command which works fine but I can't get it to work on some lines. There are a few instances where this message appear, "Elements must be planar." I can't find info on how to fix this. It seems that this would be related to…

For some reason my microstation often crashes when opening a new file after I have loaded a print configuration. Any idea what is causing this? It says it created a log file but I checked it out and it was last modified more than a year ago, so I don…

Does anyone know where I can find the Power Point Presentations from the BE Conference? I was told that I could find them on the Bentley website. Please send me the link if you know. Thanks! Tom

Has anyone be sucsesfull using V8i in creating 3D printable objects and if so how. I seem not to be able to create a object in Microstation, export it with VRML into a printer usable file and print it. It reports manifold error after uploading the…

I'm trying to iterate through all the tags in a design file and get the properties of the visible text. My problem is that the .origin propery returns the origin of the cell that the tags are attached to. I've tried etag.AsTextElement.Origin but I get…

First time posting. I have created a form to edit title blocks. 98% it works just fine but an issue occasionally arises in which an element it places change color depending on which direction you move the mouse over them. If you hover on the element…

We have a set of electrical equipment that is commonly used in our designs. There are drawings of the electrical equipment with numbers inside circles, which identifies the materials needed for the device. The materials in the electrical equipment are…

I had written some code to bring in some tiff files via raster manager and manipulate their size, location, etc. With the raster manager it was easy enough to place them interactively and therefore tell microstation via mvba where to start and end placing…

Simple question, how do I set the justification of a TextNodeElement? The attribute for the node is read-only (anyone know why?) and justifying each text element inside the node does not produce the desired justification on the entire node. Any assistance…

I have the following, but cold not get the VBA to copy the added command? 12:01 PM 8/3/2010 - Copied from VBA Macro, but want to add the line below? Sub LocksOn() Dim startPoint As Point3d Dim point As Point3d, point2 As Point3d Dim lngTemp As Long…

Is there any way of drawing a line perpendicular to a complexchain (composed of lines, arcs and bsplines) without using keyins, using vba, at certain points in the complexchain? Regards

I am using "IPrimitiveCommandEvents" for creating line. but when I press "Undo (ctrl +z)" then a)- my command finish and b)- undo operation runs. I want when I press "Undo" : a)- "IPrimiitiveCommandEvents" may not finish and b)- no Undo…

How to run Microstation-BASIC with parameters.... I am taking about Microstation-BASIC not VBA. In previous question I learnt how to get keyinarugments in vba. Now I can to know , How to pass parameter to a Microstation-BASIC ??? Good day…

Many times when you open a file with a view already open you have to move the view to fit within the area you have on the screen. I now know how to size the view via the design file settings and also have a VBA Macro to change the view to 822 725. What…

I want to run vba routine by giving parameters also. Is it Possible ? (microstation 8.1/8.5 vba) e.g., Public Sub ShowFea (intScale as Integer, lngFeaCode as long) 'todo: .... End Sub i want to run it by writing following command: vba run showFea (1,2002…

when CAD operator create complex-shape using "Flood" method then curve convert into bspline curve. I don't want this Spline curve. It there any tool , formula or code for converting bspline curve into simple curve without misplacing ?????

One thing I have always wanted in MicroStation is a way to search cell libraries by cell description (and maybe even cell content). Sometimes you either have a lot of cell libraries, or a very large cell library. I finally looked into doing it as a VBA…

I realize most of you would say don't use Basic Macros with V8 & to use VBA instead... Does anyone have an idea about what I may need to add to the command line (that works in v7) high lighted below so it'll work in V8? I have a title block that…

We are performing intersection survey work and creating tin files for a client, who does not use V8i. They are using Microstation and Geopak V8 2004 versions, while we are running V8i SS2 versions. When trying to load our tin files, they receive an error…

I have a designer attempting to generate cross sections using yellow pattern lines. He receives the error message "There are no Cross Section Cell to process with regards to current settings." He then changes only the color of the pattern…

Hi, We are still running V8 2004 products -- MicroStation, the GeoGraphics add-on and then Bentley Water running on top of that. We had a conversion/update to Bentley Water done and this involved sitching together individual map tiles into…

I created a few new levels on my working file to make it easier to edit...... but when I print to PDF the lines I drew with the new levels are not displayed. Any ideas how to fix this? or do I just have to stick to the existing levels?

We have a stipple / stucco / dot pattern which always prints lighter than desired. If we use the cell library "archpatv8.cel" and a PNT-type pattern "Stucco" to create a hatch, it prints light. If we place the same cell at the same scale into our drawing…

So I'm using V8 2004. I have a reference file attached to my master file. I would like to be able to set the reference file to a 0 line weight and a specific color so that when I plot, the reference file does not stand out so much. I've changed the Level…

Hi all, I am new to Microstation, trying to learn as I go. I need to force a form feed on the HP plotter after it has finished drawing my plot. Left unattended, it will eventually eject the finished plot but if there are several plots…