BEHAVIOR Using the "Change Element Attributes" tool with specific library attributes changes any/all elements to Default level & ByLevel settings. SS10 is out of support and I'm looking to understand, resolve, and prevent this behavior from reappearing…

I have F1 set to Key Point Snap, but when I hit F1 while the Text Editor is open, it opens the help rather than setting the snap. How do I fix this?

Hi everyone, I´m using Microstation Connect Edition Update 16 (Version 10.16.03.11) I have to build a modular plan for a project, which consists of several individual parts. To explain, I need a dgn file which consists of a foundation and several devices…

First off: I am using Microstation connect. I am operating locally, not on a server. I have "Auto-save design changes turned on." I just had a crash and lost about two days of line work from my dgn. Im not sure how this could be considering the auto…

Hi I have alot of handdrawings referenced into my main dgn file. It's very important the position, scale and rotation of the references are correct, bc I use these as a template when drawing. The problem is, whenever I reload my dgn file or open my file…

My installation of MicroStation CONNECT Update 14 has local help dated April 14, 2020. Online help for Update 14 has date May 07, 2020. Is there a way to update local help so that it's synchronised with the online help? I don't want to reinstall MicroStation…

Hi Experts, I saw a documentation page of ACTIVE DATABASE like http://www.mdlapps.com/microstation/ustnhelp2016.html In my MicroStation V8i SS4, I also see a similar page in the help document. For the "(DB=)" note beside the title: does it mean…

MicroStation CONNECT Help updated 17-Mar-20 has a What's New section. There is a list Features Moved from Technology Preview to Commercial Release . Each member of that list has a link to its help content. The list includes... Ability to Create…

While attempting to answer another question here, I searched MicroStation Help for Active Scale . I can find it nowhere. The Help Key-In Index mentions ACTIVE COLOR , ACTIVE LEVEL and many others, but omits ACTIVE SCALE . Neither is its abbreviation…

I have 700 line styles within micro station that originate from an .RSC File. All of the line styles contain a keyword which needs to change to another word. Is there any quick way to do this all at once as manually changing the names one by one would…

MicroStation on-line help was updated on 30-Jan-2020. It is now unresponsive when previously it worked fine. It doesn't show the contents. Search doesn't work. The menus at bottom-left don't work.

HI, I am using Microstation CONNECT and want to change the presentation of a Point Cloud to Elevation however this is no longer an option in the Point Cloud dialogue box. Where is this option? Has it been removed in the CONNECT version??? Lee

This is not a programming issue, so moderators please don't move it to the Programming Forum. Rather, it's a problem with help file composition. VBA help in CONNECT Update 11 shows the window below when first opened: Topics within VBA help are displayed…

I am trying to delete a duplicate model. Basically it doesn't show in the list of model (REFER IMAGE 1) but it shows in where you can switch between the models (Bottom left drop down menu, next to views, REFER IMAGE 2). How can I delete that model which…

I am a 3D modeler and I have recently upgraded my Microstation SS3 to SS4 and the current Version I am using is MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 4) - Version 08.11.09.832 I work in Projectwise environment. I have customized my toolbars (eg. I often use…

I am missing font #8 - Helvetica_Medium. It seems that i am missing a good number of other fonts as well. Please help with this prob. Thanks

Hello, Im working with street light infrastructure. Recently ive got the Bentley Power Map v8i tool to work with. I see thaat there is a posibility to add a db to it. But here is the catch, for the moment I was working with raster map images…

Hello, I am a new Microstation user so excuse my ignorance, I am used to an ESRI envrionment. In ArcMap when creating simple vector data you can use their 'Trace' tool to simply create a new feature based on an existing feature. There does not seem…