Engineering Links let us attach a hyperlink to a DGN element. Engineering Links use tag technology and Bentley Systems tell us that they are deprecated. Help tells us: It is recommended that you use Explorer and Link Sets to manage collaborative project…
Sometimes we want to draw a centre line between two existing lines...
I wrote a tool to construct a line in response to a question in the Programming Forum . I mention it in this Forum in case anyone else might be interested. The macro is offered…
Is it possible to draw a line of fixed length perpendicular to and snapped to another line (I can do this so far) that is positioned such that the free end point lies on a third line? (My goal is to find and mark the point at which two diverging lines…
Hello everyone,
I started using MS CE instead of v8i and one problem has occurred.
When I try to change the model name in the models , it takes very long (several minutes). The software hangs. This only applies to existing models. Is there any way…
I am unable to see any of the sub categories I create inside the text favorites manager in connect powerdraft.
Left screen I added a 25 scale catagory but it does not show up in my file?
I would like to use Placement Points ...
However, the only help I can find is about parametric cell design. Perhaps I've misunderstood, but aren't Placement Points applicable to normal cells as well?
Ability to add placement points to Graphic and…
I have written a Named Expression that gets the date in its raw format (like this 05/10/2021 17:20:32 ). The expression uses the System.DateTime symbol set with the Now() function...
I'd like two more Named Expressions : one that returns just the…
My fonts are disappearing, this could be symbols (degree signs, dashes, commas, etc.) or random letters in mid-section / mid-word, or when they are stand alone. Pictures of disappearing fonts.docx
MicroStation CONNECT Update 16 added properties name and description to DGN tables .
stuartw wrote: With the possibility of multiple tables then a Table Manager seems the logical step .
Cory Churchill wrote: We use so many tables in our plans for…
MicroStation CONNECT introduced Tables . MicroStation CONNECT Update 16 added the facility to give a table a name and description. Now we can generate a Report about tables...
If you want to know how to write a Table Report , we've added an article…
MicroStation Help has a page or two about Detaching References . However, the documentation fails to mention the key-in to detach all references: REFERENCE DETACH ALL .
Item Type Expression GetRelated()
MicroStation Help tells us Note : GetRelatedItem has been deprecated. Use *GetRelatedInstance* instead.
Mangesh.Shelar wrote: Once you attach ItemType to an element, you can fetch properties of the element on which…
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF I CAN GET HELP CHANGING MY TEXT IN ADDITON TO CHANGING THE COLOR OF SAID TEXT STRING IN A BATACH PROCESS? I FOUND THE BELOW MDL CODE TO BE LOADED AND IT HELPS TO REPLACE A CERTAIN STRING OF TEXT WITH MULTIPLE DRAWINGS. HOW DO I…
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I have a couple of item types consisting of a bunch of property definitions. I would like to retrieve information from Item type "XX", property "XX1" to "YY", property "YY1".
I thought one of this would work.
GetItemSameLibrary()
this…
I want to collect information from a number of files. I don't want to modify those files. If a file is read-only (e.g. Windows file protection) then I see a modal dialog like this...
With a batch operation in progress, that dialog requires human intervention…
Hi all.
I´m trying to make a cell with custom Item types and would like to change the symbol of the cell depending on some of the custom attributes.
As a stupid example: My cell contains a text field and a premade cell from a cell library. the text…
Is it possible to create a table in MicroStation CONNECT and export that table into Excel?
I am aware of being able to import Excel into MicroStation, but not vice versa.
Thanks!
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…
I would like to write a query using MicroStation Explorer: Advanced Search . I want to get DGN model data such as model name, master units, UORs etc. Advanced Search shows me a list of DGN element settings but not model settings. How do I write a query…
Hello everybody,
I was wondering if there is a possibility to change the standard value for the display style of a clip volume.
When I create a clip volume the standard display style for forward is chosen as forward. Makes sense, but I would like…
I have two levels that I want to merge into a single level, similar to Autocad's "Merge selected layer to" or LAYMRG command.
using MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 14 - Version 10.14.00.109
thanks
When I open a particular file, I see the message A PGP File is Loaded ! (Why is MicroStation surprised — what's that exclamation mark for?)
It's discussed in MicroStation help . Help says that it slows the loading of a DGN file. What help doesn't…
Hello,
In V8i edition, I used to launch MicroStation in batch mode to run a vba command on a lot of files with the help of batchprocess.ma
In connect Edition, I still can use MicroStation in batch mode as documented here: https://docs.bentley.com…
Hi,
I work a lot with mapping to authorities, and they have many requirements regarding line styles.
One requirement is to have line styles that are not "broken" at breakpoints, you want the line style complete throughout the mapped line.
When using…