• How do I unlock and delete and element which is in "a ReadOnly Reference"?

    Yohana David Jr. Gbadago
    Yohana David Jr. Gbadago
    As you can see in the below picture, I attempted to modify the below element which is a line, but saw that it was in a ReadOnly Reference. I have already tried unlocking it via the unlock element tool. I have also checked the level lock in the levels…
    • 3 months ago
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  • Slow-loading Raster Images via Network Drive

    Tyler Chilton
    Tyler Chilton
    Hello, We are using Microstation Connect 10.17.01.62 to draw on top of aerial imagery. The design file we draw in called "Plan.dgn" is stored on a network drive. The imagery is stored in an ECW format on another network drive. To bring the imagery into…
    • 7 months ago
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  • 'File not found' error when referencing DGNs and DWGs from OneDrive

    Daniel Talevski
    Daniel Talevski
    Has anyone experienced this error before - 'File not found' error when referencing DGNs and DWGs from OneDrive. I need to copy CAD files to my C drive and referencing works. Anyone know a fix or why this is occuring? Cheers, Dan Talevski
    • 7 months ago
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  • [V8i SS10] How to scale symbols from reference independent of sheet scale?

    Brent Reeves
    Brent Reeves
    I have a situation where my design file (2D layouts) has symbols that need to be the size to their actual dimensions for other disciplines to reference my design file and allow them to design knowing the footprint of my objects are actual to the symbol…
    • 10 months ago
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  • How to select a reference by clicking object

    Emiliano Porzio
    Emiliano Porzio
    How to select a reference (in a long list) by clicking on object in view. Without having to hover on object reading the reference file name and searcing for it in the long list of references windows. Tnx
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    • 10 months ago
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  • Zoom to fit reference files

    Doug Murray
    Doug Murray
    For some reason the zoom to fit command no longer works for reference files in MicroStation Connect for me. It will zoom to any elements on the active file, but I need it to go back to zooming to incorporate reference files too, as I'm often working on…
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    • 11 months ago
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  • Openroads Designer CE 2021 Release 2: Level Display not maintaining on/off overrides

    Gary Wright
    Gary Wright
    I'm brand new to using Openroads Designer, and Bentley products in general, so I feel like I may be missing something simple. Here is my issue; I have a nested file in which I want to turn the display of in sheet view. We'll call this particular file…
    • over 1 year ago
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  • V8i - References not saving position after moving the reference

    Matt Mckibbin
    Matt Mckibbin
    In 9 years I've never had this happen until the last week or so. I've run through all settings that I can think of. Issue: While moving a reference in any file it moves just fine. Annotations move with it. Edits to clips look fine and everything…
    • over 1 year ago
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  • [CONNECT] Actors not connecting to reference

    William K
    William K
    Hi, I have been trying to find a solution to this problem I have been having with the actors in the animate tab in MicroStation CE. When I try to reference my file with actors in it, the actors do not show up in the new file that I am trying to put…
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    • over 1 year ago
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  • How do I change reference symbology properties in Bentley CONNECT Version14?

    Dean Romack
    Dean Romack
    I can't change the properties of my reference file even though I have full right to the file/
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    • over 1 year ago
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  • Clip background / reference files with an element

    Martin Brimble
    Martin Brimble
    I have a bunch of cells which regularly need to have clip mask applied, so that background does not clash, I'm looking for something to clip reference files in a similar way to text background mask. having searched I did see something called "place…
    • over 1 year ago
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  • Layers within acitive reference

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    Microstation CONNECT Edition within Projectwise environment. Can I add/delete/modify layer (prameters) within an active refernce?
    • over 1 year ago
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  • "Mask Reference" tool removes reference linework outside of fence area

    Kevin Anderson
    Kevin Anderson
    I am having difficulty masking a reference on my sheet files. When I create a fence to mask my reference, the mask tool removes most of the reference linework outside of my fence (see screenshots). This is only an issue for a few of my sheets - the rest…
    • over 1 year ago
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  • Key-In: Select Clipping Element for Reference Clip Boundary

    Abhin Arramraju
    Abhin Arramraju
    Hello, I have a set of plans sheets that need to reference a master file. The master file then has to be clipped to a specific element on a specific level. I am trying to automate this process using a batch process. In order to begin the clipping…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • Microstation Key-in: Attach Reference with live nesting

    Abhin Arramraju
    Abhin Arramraju
    Hello, I am new to MicroStation V8i. I am trying to use a batch process to reference one file to a set a drawings. My issue lies in the script for the key-in. This is what I have found so far: Key-in: RF= [configuration_variable:]<filename> […
    • over 2 years ago
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  • Google Sheets & MicroStation

    Callum Taylor
    Callum Taylor
    Our company is currently in the midst of transitioning across from Windows Office to Google Workspace and I was wondering whether anybody has any experience referencing google sheets into MicroStation the same way you can reference a live excel file?…
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    • over 2 years ago
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  • Reference Attachment Properties Missing

    Callum Grieve
    Callum Grieve
    Hi All, Im having an issue with connect which no-one seems to know how to solve - when i bring in a reference instead of getting the reference attachment properties where you can select saved views ect ect. i get a small box which just says coincident…
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    • over 2 years ago
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  • detach references in all models except default model.

    MSD Myles
    MSD Myles
    Hi there, I have a file with many models. The models are self referenced into the default model, so the default model shows everything. Each 'sub' model has other references in them, Is there a way to detach all references in all the other models…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • CONNECT Edition reference layer colors not matching source dwg file colors.

    Paul MacKnight
    Paul MacKnight
    I have a question that should, theoretically, not exist, and can't figure out where the issue might be coming from. I have several color plans in dwg format, and when opened with AutoCAD and, funnily enough, OBD all colors appear in the correct location…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • Reference Transparency + Printing Transperency rasterized issue in MS Connect vs MS V8i

    Michael M
    Michael M
    Hello fellow MS-Users, this is my first post in this Forum and I hope I can get some help. After the switch from MS V8i to MS Connect, a lot of questions and issues arisen. One of which is a topic regarding References, Transperency, and printing…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • Civil 3d 2020, dwg reference into MicroStation v8i ss10 coordinates don't match

    Karl Detrick
    Karl Detrick
    i am not stranger to the Units.def, and how dwg reference into MicroStation, however since Autodesk has introduced Units with survey feet we have been having a problem referencing in dwgs into MicroStation with a coordinates shift, aware of how international…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • Path control for Rasters

    John Davidson
    John Davidson
    The IT department have changed the network address for our main CAD drive and we have lost a lot of raster and reference file links in the process, I have been trying to write an app to reconnect them but I am finding that each of the computers on the…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • imagery distortion after shown in ArcGIS

    jay jin
    jay jin
    I have a shapefile of right-of-way that is referenced in Microstation. I also brought up the imagery raster file as the background. The display is just great. However, when I export the imagery raster into ArcGIS along with the ROW shapefile. The display…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • Reference dialog not updating

    runehc
    runehc
    Hi We have experienced a problem in MicroStation CONNECT (update 14) with the reference dialog. It does simply not update when you add og remove a reference. The reference is being taking on and off again, but the dialog does not update. So every time…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • Default settings for drawing boundary and visible edge

    Brian MacCartney
    Brian MacCartney
    I would like to set my Drawing Boundary in the reference dialog box to always default to NONE and by Visible Edges default to DYNAMIC. Right now they set to NEW and CACHE by default. I would like to change those defaults to NONE and DYNAMIC. Thanks…
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    • over 2 years ago
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