• [CONNECT Update 16] What replaces Engineering Links?

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers
    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…
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    • over 1 year ago
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  • Construct Centre Line between Existing Lines

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers
    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…
    • over 1 year ago
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  • 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?

    Nicholas Hall
    Nicholas Hall
    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…
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    • over 1 year ago
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  • MS CE - changing model name

    Bartosz Bodnar
    Bartosz Bodnar
    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…
    • over 1 year ago
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  • Text Favorite Manager

    Dusty Decker
    Dusty Decker
    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?
    • over 1 year ago
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  • [CONNECT Update 16.1] Placement Points

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers
    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…
    • over 1 year ago
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  • [CONNECT Update 16] Obtain formatted date with Named Expression

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers
    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…
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    • over 2 years ago
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  • Disappearing font but showing as invisible

    Sabrina Mamo
    Sabrina Mamo
    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
    • over 2 years ago
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  • [CONNECT Update 16] What should a Table Manager provide?

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers
    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…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • [CONNECT Update 16] Table Report

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers
    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…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • CONNECT Help: Reference Key-In Not Documented

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers
    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 .
    • over 2 years ago
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  • [CONNECT Update 16] Item Type Expression GetRelated

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers
    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…
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    • over 2 years ago
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  • MDL FINDREPLACETEXT BACTH PROCESS AND CHANGE THE COLOR OF THE TEXT

    Christian McCollum
    Christian McCollum
    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…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • Dark Mode

    Kevin Crider
    Kevin Crider
    There is an article that says Dark Mode is an option under Preferences/Look and Feel but it isn't there for me?
    • over 2 years ago
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  • Cant get expression syntax "this.GetItem()" to work?

    Andreas Nordlund
    Andreas Nordlund
    Hello, 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…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • [CONNECT] Suppress Read-Only Warning Dialog

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers
    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…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • Change grafiks/representation of cell by item attributes?

    Andreas Nordlund
    Andreas Nordlund
    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…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • Exporting Tables to Excel in CONNECT

    Norah Locke
    Norah Locke
    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!
    • 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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  • [CONNECT Update 15] Explorer: Advanced Search

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers
    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…
    • Answered
    • over 2 years ago
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  • Clip Volume Settings - Change the standard Display Style in View Attributes

    Florian S.
    Florian S.
    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…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • How to merge two levels into one level?

    Nicholas Ball
    Nicholas Ball
    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
    • Answered
    • over 2 years ago
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  • [CONNECT Update 15] PGP file

    Jon Summers
    Jon Summers
    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…
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    • over 2 years ago
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  • [MS CE 12 FR]unable to launch a vba command in batch mode

    Rémy Weill
    Rémy Weill
    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…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • Is there anyone who has a solution to "Run through corners" ?

    Elin Skoog
    Elin Skoog
    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…
    • over 2 years ago
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