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Controlling the Origin of a Copy/Paste - use power selector/element
selection tool to create selection set of elements, snap origin, view elements
on clipboard, paste element information in drawing model using MicroStation, Bob
Mecham, Envision CAD, May 30, 2013
Save User Inputs as Default Settings - use
GetString, SaveSetting functions to return value stored in Windows registry,
store string values, Rod Wing, Envision CAD, May 20, 2013
Move Part of a
Cell - moving text from bottom to top in bar scale cell using Stretch
Elements command in MicroStation, Bob Mecham, Envision CAD, Apr 30, 2013
Putting Your Macro to Sleep - declare sleep
subroutine function using syntax, specify length of time to suspend operation of
program in MicroStation, Envision CAD, Mar 26, 2013
Increase Daily Productivity by Defining Plotting Variables in MicroStation -
standardize plotting resources, define variables to use these resources, Bob Mecham,
Envision CAD, Mar 21, 2013
Reading/Writing Text Files - dimension 3 variables, use VBA
FreeFile function to assign next available number in MicroStation,
Envision CAD, Mar 11, 2013
Placing a North Arrow, North, in a Rotated View
- use AccuDraw shortcut 'T' for top to rotate compass orientation north, Bob Mecham,
Envision CAD, Mar 1, 2013
Arrays - assign LBound,
UBound values to variables before initiating iterations, Envision CAD, Feb 7,
2013
Working with Civil Geometry 
- shows geometric relationship between tools, Envision CAD, Jan 18, 2013
Customizing Values in AccuDraw Popup Calculator
- viewing defined variables, creating, deleting variables in
MicroStation, Bob Mecham, Envision CAD, Jan 17, 2013
Traverse Adjustments with InRoads V8i
-
adjusting open-ended, closed alignments, Ron Brys, Envision CAD, Jan 3,
2013
MicroStation
Messages - understanding ShowCommand, ShowError, ShowStatus, ShowMessage
methods, Envision CAD, Jan 3, 2013
Toolsettings
Key-Ins - configure tool setting for specific command in MicroStation by
adjusting key-in tools with SendKeyin method, Envision CAD, Nov 28, 2012
AccuDraw &
Bearing KeyIns - set AccuDraw settings to read-out in
bearing mode, toggle off 'context sensitivity,' use polar mode input in
MicroStation, Envision CAD, Nov 28, 2012
Vector Icons in MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 3)
- Envision CAD, Oct 3, 2012
VBA Macro
Arguments - macro showing parsing of arguments, Envision CAD, Oct
1, 2012
Working With MicroStation Views - Align and Copy
- aligns the contents of an entire view, copy contents of entire view, its
corresponding attributes to other views, Envision CAD, Aug 1, 2012
Top 10 MicroStation Variables to Define Standards - MS_CELLLIST,
MS_DEFCTBL, MS_CUSTOMSCALEDEF, MS_CUSTOMUNITDEF, Envision CAD, July 5,
2012
5 MicroStation Variables Every User Should Have Defined -
MS_BUTTONMENU, MS_ACCUDRAWKEYS, MS_FKEYMNU, MS_VBASEARCHDIRECTORIES,
Envision CAD, July 27, 2012
6 Variables That Can Improve MicroStation - MS_DESIGN_HISTORY =
create=0, MS_LEVEL_PICKER_WIDTH = 350, MS_COMPRESS_OPTIONS = -LEVELS,
Envision CAD, July 27, 2012
Saved
Views
Now
Store
Reference
Display
States
-
creating, recalling saved view in MicroStation, Envision CAD, July 12, 2012
Horizontal Scrolling on List Box Controls - edit ColumnWidths
property of control to add horizontal scrollbar to list box control, Envision
CAD, June 4, 2012
Things You Probably Didn't Look at in the SolidWorks File Menu -
exploring commands: Print3D, publish to 3DVIA.com, derive component part,
Bob McGaughey, CATI Tech Notes, May 7, 2012
SolidWorks Database is Missing - Complete Functionality Will Not be
Available - workaround is fixing path specified under 'hole wizard and
toolbox' folder, must contain file SWBrowser.mdb, Scott Durksen, Javelin
Technologies, May 7 2012
Adding
VBA
Processing
Status
with a
Cancel
Option
- code
for providing 'status' user form containing informational label, cancel button,
Envision CAD, Mar 27, 2012
Terrain
Models
in
MicroStation
SELECTseries
3 -
importing
landXML
file, viewing terrain model, thematic display of terrain models, Envision CAD,
Apr 2, 2012
Unload
All
UserForms
- sub to
unload
every
UserForm
loaded in macro, Envision CAD, Mar 6, 2012
Using
Point
Cells in
a
Visualization
- Tree
Example
- placing number of trees into MicroStation Visualization using point cells,
Envision CAD, Mar 6, 2012
Vertical
Profile
Elevations
-
workflows to track, annotate elevations in vertical profile using MicroStation
V8i, Envision CAD, Feb 10, 2012
Visualization
Example
- Trees,
People,
and
Signs
-
placing trees, people, signs into 3D rendered images using MicroStation V8i,
Envision CAD, Feb 10, 2012
Unit Round Off
- accessing design file working unit accuracy setting for displaying
coordinates in MicroStation, Envision CAD, Feb 10, 2012
MX V8i How to Add Cut and Fill Hatching to Plans and Longsections - using isopachyte
triangulation models, Jason Walsh, Bentley Colleague Blogs, Jan 23, 2012
Print
Organizer
Overview
-
MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries) print organizer dialog, settings, Envision
CAD, Jan 5, 2012
Importing
Graphics
to a
Surface
- importing
MicroStation
graphics
into InRoads
surface
DTM,
Envision CAD, Jan 5, 2012
Clean Up
After
Yourself
-
ExitMacro routine unloads any forms, sets all public objects to nothing,
Envision CAD, Jan 5, 2012
Hanging
Columns
in RAM
Structural
System
-
hanging columns can be sloped like regular columns, Allen Adams, YouTube, Sep
14, 2011
Working
with
Lidar
Data
Using
Data
Acquisition
Tools in InRoads
V8i
(SELECTseries)
-
MicroStation tutorial, Envision CAD, Dec 14, 2011
Working
with
Dialogs
in
MicroStation
V8i
(SELECTseries)
- dock,
hide, tab, set transparency to number of dialogs in MicroStation, Envision CAD,
Dec 14, 2011
VBA Help
-
MicroStation VBA help window to get information for selected object, Envision
CAD, Dec 14, 2011
Optimized
Fence
Clipping
- fence
clipping operation automatically closes shape or drops closed shapes to
individual elements depending on toggle on/off in MicroStation, Envision CAD,
Nov 2011
Protecting
VBA's
- adding
password protection to VBA macro in MicroStation, Envision CAD, Nov 2011
What's New with Fences
- MicroStation V8i tutorial, Envision CAD, Oct 2011
Using the Macro Recorder to Capture
Commands - MicroStation
VBA macro recorder to capture commands, Envision CAD, Oct 2011
3D Primitive Solids - Slab, Cylinder, and Torus
- building bike rack in MicroStation, Envision
CAD, Sep 2011
Use Constants for Common Values - use VBA
constants to calculate common values in code, Envision CAD, Sep 2011
Autorun MicroStation VBA - automatically
starting macro when MicroStation starts, Envision CAD, Aug 2011
3D Primitive Solids - Slab and Cone
- building traffic cone in MicroStation,
Envision CAD, Aug 201
AutoCAD to MicroStation Migration Tip: Working with
References - manipulating reference in
MicroStation, changing reference properties, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Aug
2011
MicroStation
Tip: How to Make a Non-Plot Level - toggle off print
property for level, excluding attributes from plotting, Edwin Prakoso, CAD
Notes, July 2011
MicroStation 3D
Tutorial: Create Solid by Revolution - creating closed
profile of table, revolving profile, creating revolution, Edwin Prakoso, CAD
Notes, July 2011
3D Primitive Solids Slab and Pyramid
- building street light using slab solid, pyramid solid tools in
MicroStation, Envision CAD, July 2011
MicroStation GetInput - VBA CadInputQueue.GetInput
method to convert MicroStation user commands to VBA, Envision CAD, July 2011
New Reference Attachment Options
- MicroStation tutorial, EnvisionCAD,
June 14, 2011
MicroStation Element Enumerator - ElementEnumerator object to iterate list of elements in model, EnvisionCAD,
June 14, 2011
Unbraced Lengths in
RAM Elements V8i (SELECTseries 4) - using multiple unbraced
length feature for steel design in RAM Elements, YouTube, June 6, 2011
DGNLIB Dilemma: Using One or Multiple MicroStation DGN Libraries to Achieve
CADD Standards Compliance - need to comply with CADD standards, creating
DGNLIB, John Higgenbotham & Dennis Rodriguez ,
CADdigest.com, May 20, 2011
MicroStation Tip: Using Active Element Priority
- creating 2 layers of elements using continuous, hidden lines, Edwin
Prakoso, CAD Notes, May 2011
MicroStation Tip: How to Change Crosshair's Color?
- Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, May 2011
3D Photo Match
-
creating photo simulation using MicroStation, EnvisionCAD, Mar 2011
Working with a 3D File - Display Depth and Active Depth
-
MicroStation tip, EnvisionCAD, Mar 2011
Implement VB.Net Style Error Trapping - MicroStation tip, EnvisionCAD,
Mar 2011
MicroStation Tip: Change View Background Color and Pointer Size
- changing background color to white, pink; pointer/crosshair size to full
view, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Apr 2011
Luxology History - setting location of Luxology
rendering history folder in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat
Your CAD, Mar 9, 2011 (may require free registration)
Add Drawings into MicroStation Sheet -
creating new sheet, placing drawing, modifying drawing boundary, placing 3D
table in sheet, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Mar 16, 2011
Preparing Sheets in MicroStation -
creating sheet model, adding title block to sheet, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes,
Mar 15, 2011
GC Palm Tree Tutorial
- modeling palm trees using random points function in Generative
Components, rendering in MicroStation, Martin Rohacek, Eat Your CAD,
Mar 11, 2011 (requires free registration, 1.69 Mb download)
Introduction to Solid Modeling
 -
creating a 3D solid in MicroStation, from profile, ashtray, first object as
base, subtracting base solid, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Mar 3, 2011
Text Masking using Text Styles
- create new text style named Mask Text, set font, text sizes,
rotate in contour before placing label in V8i, EnvisionCAD, Feb 25, 2011
2010
Drape an Image on a Surface
- MicroStation V8i tutorial, Envision CAD, Dec 14, 2010
Rendering - Fur Settings for Grass  -
material editor, loading landscape.pal in MicroStation, selecting grass lawn
material, EnvisionCAD, Oct 2010
Thin Surface Command -
thinning surface created from number of random points in MicroStation,
EnvisionCAD, Oct 2010
What is Similar Tool for Osnap Tracking in MicroStation? -
using set origin in AccuDraw shortcut, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Sep 24,
2010
How Can We Add Fill in MicroStation? - using
place block/place circle, SmartLine, color fill, create region tool, Edwin
Prakoso, CAD Notes, Sep 16, 2010
Changing MicroStation Elements Attributes -
SmartMatch tool similar to AutoCAD MATCHPROP, using change element
attributes, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Sep 14, 2010
Attaching Point Clouds in MicroStation V8i (SELECT Series) - changing files
of type to point cloud data type, modifying settings, View Attributes dialog,
EnvisionCAD, Sep 2010
Using
Multiple MicroStation Views - drawing presentation in many ways,
rotated views, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Sep 6, 2010
More Annotation Tools: Pattern
- showing object materials, section area, hatch area, crosshatch area,
pattern area in MicroStation, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Aug 20, 2010
InRoads Surface Import from Graphics - Contours
- creating DTM matching contours in drawing, using InRoads in MicroStation,
DWG file, no break lines, spot elevations, InRoads commands, import from
surface, shareaec.com, Aug 4, 2010
Tip ALT Key to Set Symbology
- changing active symbology to element selected, shareaec.com,
July 22, 2010
MicroStation
V8i
Tip Gradient Fill
-
gradient settings applicable from tool settings dialog,
shareaec.com, July 16, 2010
MicroStation
V8i Open a DWG File -
making changes in DWG options, shareaec.com, July 13, 2010
MicroStation
V8i Tip Drag and Drop Attributes -
dragging elements to attributes toolbar, changing active attributes, shareaec.com,
July 7, 2010
Isometric
Drawing in MicroStation
-
lock symbol in status bar, using arbitrary alignment for adding dimensions,
Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, July 11, 2010
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 Import a MicroStation V8 DGN  -
selecting DGN file, choosing model, conversion units, add properties from
drawing file, shareaec.com,
July 8, 2010
MicroStation V8i Tip Drag and Drop Attributes -
dragging elements to attributes toolbar, changing active attributes, shareaec.com,
July 7, 2010
MicroStation V8i Save as a DWG File
-
placing text styles, selecting version of DWG, settings, options,
shareaec.com, Jun 19, 2010
More
Annotation Tools: Dimension
-
adding dimensions to drawings, styles, attributes, basic settings,
alignment, types, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Jun 17, 2010
MicroStation
V8i Element Selection Criteria -
video, accessing show, hide pop-up menu; displaying additional categories for
selection, shareaec.com, Jun 15, 2010
MicroStation
Tip Explorer Key-In
- video, opening applications like Internet Explorer, notepad, Windows Explorer,
adding application command line, shareaec.com, Jun 15, 2010
MicroStation
V8i Element Selection Criteria
- accessing
show, hide pop-up menu; displaying additional categories for selection,
shareaec.com, Jun 15, 2010
MicroStation
Pentable Level Wild Cards
- level wildcards resymbolizing, shareaec.com, Jun 11, 2010
MicroStation
Pentable
Level Wild Cards -
video, level wildcards resymbolizing, shareaec.com, Jun 11, 2010
MicroStation
Lecture 01 (CIE 101)
- using senior capstone project bridge, assigning
materials to elements, shareaec.com, Jun 11, 2010
MicroStation V8i Tip Connect to a Web Map Server
-
video, added functionality, serving georeferenced map images over Internet, shareaec.com, Jun 9, 2010
MicroStation V8i - Annotation Scale with Reference - video, reference file attachments, text styles/dimension styles/linestyles/cells, shareaec.com, Jun 7, 2010
MicroStation 3D Solids Tutorial - video, creating flange, shareaec.com, Jun 4, 2010
MicroStation V8i Model Enhancements - video, opening multiple models in multiple views, shareaec.com, Jun 4, 2010
MicroStation V8i - Applying Link Sets to Elements - video, maximizing use of data, culvert replacement, shareaec.com, Jun 3, 2010
Using
MicroStation Cell as Points, Terminators, and Patterns - use
of MicroStation cells to place point, terminator, or as pattern, Edwin Prakoso,
CAD Notes, May 4, 2010
Replacing and Modifying MicroStation Cell
- choice of either deleting MicroStation cell definition and recreate it, or
modifying within cell library file directly, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Apr 15, 2010
Using MicroStation Cell - loading cell library, placing cell,
understanding shared cell, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Mar 24, 2010
Linking to Spreadsheets Using Project Explorer - setting configuration
variable in standards.cfg file in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD,
Mar 17, 2010 (requires free registration)
MicroStation Level and Level Attributes - managing levels, controlling
level display, changing active level, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Mar 12, 2010
New ACS Plane Snap in V8i - placing elements as planar in MicroStation,
Envision, Mar 2010
Saved Views and
Level Overrides
- untick 'User View Flags' box to make saved view reference
use view attributes of active file in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your
CAD, Mar 8, 2010 (requires free registration)
Plot Drivers 101
- Problems with Plot Configs - setting up default drivers in MicroStation,
Nigel Davies & Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, Mar 4, 2010 (requires free
registration)
Copy and
Increment Double Negatives - making incremental number double negative makes
it positive in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, Mar 5, 2010 (requires free
registration)
Using
MS_DGNLIBLIST = - creating temporary configuration before resetting
MS_DGNLIBLIST to save MicroStation/Bentley Building defaults, Nigel Davies,
Eat Your CAD, Mar 5, 2010 (requires free registration)
Working with MicroStation Views - creating, activating view group,
opening, arranging, controlling views, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Feb 25,
2010
User Configurations and Preferences 201 - setting location of user
configuration files in MicroStation, Nigel Davies & Karen Fugle, Eat
Your CAD, Feb 25, 2010 (requires free registration)
What's the Difference Between 'of=levelname' and 'level set display off
levelname'? - selecting appropriate keyin to turn levels off in DGN file
in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, Feb 25, 2010 (requires free registration)
Should I Use a Backslash or Forward Slash? Why? - use forward slash when
specifying MicroStation configurations, Eat Your CAD, Feb 17, 2010 (requires
free registration)
Working
with MicroStation Views - understanding view control bar, view
attributes, using saved views, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Feb 16, 2010
Text Field
Place Holder - updating values of cell after being placed in MicroStation
V8i drawing, Envision, Feb 2010
Modifying MicroStation Elements - partially deleting, breaking element,
extending line, extending element to intersection, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes,
Feb 3, 2010
Using AutoCAD
Shortcuts in MicroStation - using MS_DWG_PGPFILE variable to load acad.pgp
file, running PGP command, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Jan 28, 2010 (requires
free registration)
Remapping
Levels - remap elements to match copied information level with
existing level standard in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Jan 26,
2010 (requires free registration)
The File and Folder Icons - using MicroStation's
current seed file, using visible configuration variable, Nigel Davies, Eat Your
CAD, Jan 21, 2010 (requires free registration)
Exercise: MicroStation Manipulate Tools
 - zooming to view column
clearly, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Jan 20, 2010
Using View Display or Global Display to Save a DGN to DWG - summarizing
important terms in AutoCAD, MicroStation, Nigel
Davies & Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, Jan 13, 2010 (requires free
registration)
Element Manipulation
- copying, moving elements, aligning elements by
edge in MicroStation, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Jan 13, 2010
Selecting Multiple Elements (2) - fence, defining, modifying fence
content in MicroStation, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Jan 6, 2010
2009
Selecting Multiple Elements (1) - using element selection tool in
MicroStation, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Dec 30, 2009
More MicroStation Text Tools (2) - updating fields, modifying objects,
changing text attributes, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Dec 23, 2009
More MicroStation Text Tools (1) - placing, modifying notes, using enter
data fields, text node tools, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Dec 16, 2009
My Rotate View Tool has Disappeared. How can I Get It Back? -
right-click on toolbox to activate rotate view in MicroStation, Eat Your
CAD, Dec 10, 2009 (requires free registration)
Working with Children (Text Styles That Is) - workaround is to manually
delete group to recover original text styles in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD,
Dec 10, 2009 (requires free registration)
How does V8i Set the Correct Paper Size Automatically? - define default paper
size in plot driver or use sheet model, layout in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD,
Dec 9, 2009 (requires free registration)
Using Text -
placing, editing text, managing text style in MicroStation, Edwin Prakoso, CAD
Notes, Dec 9, 2009
Open, Import, or Attach Shape Files Without Bentley Map - MicroStation
V8i Select Series 1 tutorial, Envision, Dec 2009
MicroStation V8i Open a DWG File
- Envision, Dec 2009
Live Nesting in MicroStation v8i - fixing link between Master Container
file, sheet file while transitioning from MicroStation v8 2004, Abraham
Rodriguez, Cadalyst, Dec 3, 2009
MicroStation Drawing Elements: Circles and Polygon - placing circle,
arc, blocks, orthogonal shapes, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Dec 1, 2009
Dialog with Focus: Using MicroStation Shortcuts -
moving focus to home, AccuDraw, tool settings, key-in dialog, Edwin Prakoso,
CAD Notes, Nov 29, 2009
Using Tool Settings and Linear Elements - changing element parameters,
placing SmartLine in MicroStation, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Nov 24, 2009
Working with Real World Coordinates - checking if elements are within
solids working area, repositioning it in MicroStation V8i, Nigel Davies, Eat
Your CAD, Nov 18, 2009 (requires free registration)
Creating
Compound Cells - reasons for using compound cell over normal cell, creating,
adding compound cell to MicroStation library, Dave Moyes, Eat Your CAD, Nov 9,
2009 (requires free registration)
AccuDraw and AccuSnap Exercise -
AccuDraw calculator for using mathematical calculation, list of AccuDraw shortcut, drawing parking
lots mark in MicroStation, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Nov 11, 2009
Color Preferences Finally Stored as a Preference - MicroStation
V8i can store color preferences under users workspace preferences as override,
Envision, Nov 2009
Filters in
MicroStation Windows - filtering list of files in MicroStation to
see selected files, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Nov 5, 2009 (requires free
registration)
Precise Input: Using AccuDraw -
using rectangular, polar coordinate in MicroStation,
Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Nov 2, 2009
Using Mouse and Controlling View - mouse button function in
MicroStation, exploring view
control toolbar, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Oct 28, 2009
How do I Get My Pop-Up Information Back? - set pop-up info to automatic
in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, Oct 22, 2009 (requires free registration)
Can I Set My View to be a Specific Size/Ratio? - yes, through rendering
settings in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, Oct 22, 2009 (requires free
registration)
Working with Workspace and Design Files - creating multiple workspaces in
MicroStation, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Oct 19, 2009
What Do the ACS Plane and ACS Plane Snap Do? - controlling mouse clicks
for current auxiliary coordinate system in 3D space in MicroStation, Eat
Your CAD, Oct 14, 2009 (requires free registration)
Introduction
to MicroStation - exploring MicroStation Manager, interface,
activating, using tools, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Oct 14, 2009
Applying Link Sets to Elements - creating new link set, defining project
explorer, adding link to element in MicroStation V8i, Envision, Oct 2009
Docking
Dialogues - MicroStation tip, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Sep 21,
2009 (requires free registration)
Auto-Arrange in
Level Display - wrapping all buttons in available space in MicroStation,
Eat Your CAD, Sep 22, 2009 (requires free registration)
Project Explorer Configuration Variable Expressions - expressions,
filters added to link definition in MicroStation V8i SELECTseries 1, Nigel
Davies, Eat Your CAD, Sep 15, 2009 (requires free registration)
Bentley Architecture Spaces 101 - setting drawing scale, selecting space
type, creating, editing space, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, Sep 11,
2009 (requires free registration)
MyTools.dgnlib - setting user-specific interface dgnlib in MicroStation,
Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Aug 19, 2009 (requires free registration)
Spelling the Same as Word - using Microsoft Word dictionary in
MicroStation and AutoCAD, Eat Your CAD, Aug 10, 2009 (requires free
registration)
Element
Information Properties - organizing element information by name,
level, color, style, weight in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Aug 1,
2009 (requires free registration)
Annotation
Scale and References - making MicroStation reference use active annotation
scale, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, Jul 16, 2009 (requires free registration)
Annotation
Scale and Text - setting scale factor for text, dimensioning, turning on
annotation scale lock in MicroStation, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, Jul 17,
2009 (requires free registration)
Color 201
- editing color in MicroStation, creating color book, custom color in it,
Eat Your CAD, Jul 17, 2009 (requires free registration)
Is
It Possible to Detach All References with Display Off? - VBA
routine checks for visible elements in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD,
Jul 13, 2009 (requires free registration)
Panning
While Selecting - use middle button pan or change select mode to block
in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, Jul 9, 2009 (requires free registration)
Reference
Files - In Place Editing - activating reference, deactivating, unlocking
reference file in MicroStation, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, Jul 8,
2009 (requires free registration)
Mouse
Clicks in V8i - tasks that can be accomplished using left, right, wheel
mouse buttons, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, Jul 8, 2009 (requires free
registration)
What Can You
Store in a dgnlib? - configuring dgnlib in MicroStation, list of items,
standard & interface dgnlib can store, Eat Your CAD, Jun 30, 2009 (requires
free registration)
User
Preferences: What's New - view controls automatically apply to active view
in MicroStation V8i, reorganized raster manager preferences, option to overrides
color of all elements not in active reference, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Jun
23, 2009 (requires free registration)
The V8i
Right-Press Menu - explaining options in right click menu in
MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Jun 16, 2009 (requires free
registration)
Why Doesn't
Update Sequence Work? - workaround is to set configuration variable
MS_LEGACYDRAWORDER to 1 in MicroStation XM, Eat Your CAD, Jun 3, 2009 (requires
free registration)
Editing
Project Configuration Variables in MicroStation - key in
'mdl load cfgvars PROJECT' to edit current PCF, Eat Your CAD, May 19,
2009 (requires free registration)
V8i
Tasks - creating workflow task, creating, assigning mail
toolbar in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, May 15, 2009 (requires free
registration)
Rendering
Materials 101: Material Priorities - materials can be
applied to element in order: TriForma families, parts, ByLevel, assigning by
color, level in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, May 12, 2009 (requires
free registration)
Attaching
a Reference Coincident Using a Saved View - MicroStation
tip, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Apr 28, 2009 (requires free registration)
Right Press
Customization - editing dgnlib file, adding tools with
context in MicroStation, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, Apr 21, 2009 (requires free
registration)
Problems with
V8i Zooming - view zooms around pivot point, not around
cursor in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, Apr 21, 2009 (requires free registration)
Google
Warehouse 3D Cells - downloading model as cell in
MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Apr 7, 2009 (requires free
registration)
Working with
DWG Pt 4: DWG Advanced Save Options - dropping unsupported line styles,
creating true color from DGN color indices in MicroStation, Nigel Davies & Karen
Fugle, Eat Your CAD, Apr 6, 2009 (requires free registration)
SmartGeometry 2009 Report -
focused on GenerativeComponents and its uses in AEC industry, beta version
deployed, Susan Smith, AECCafe, Apr 6, 2009
Working with DWG Pt 1: DWG Open Options 1
- referencing DWG, preserving MicroStation settings, Nigel Davies & Karen
Fugle, Eat Your CAD, Apr 6, 2009 (requires free registration)
Working with DWG Pt 2: DWG Open Options 2
- using seed file global origin, mapping logical names to XRef block names,
Nigel Davies & Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, Apr 6, 2009 (requires free
registration)
Working with DWG Pt 3: DWG Basic Save Options
- converting DGN files to DWG in MicroStation, Nigel Davies & Karen Fugle,
Eat Your CAD, Apr 6, 2009 (requires free registration)
Selection
Updates - tips on crossing selections in MicroStation
V8i, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Mar 31, 2009 (requires free registration)
MicroStation Configuration 101 - configuration introduction, levels,
briefing 4 main configurations, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, Apr 1, 2009 (requires
free registration)
Using View
Display or Global Display to Save a DGN to DWG - Nigel Davies & Karen Fugle,
Eat Your CAD, Mar 25, 2009 (requires free registration)
Showing the
Default Model in a Sheet Model - referencing files into modelspace
without switching between models in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD,
Mar 11, 2009 (requires free registration)
Saving
Dialogue Layouts - save up to 4 different layouts in
MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Mar 12, 2009 (requires free
registration)
ProjectWise XM Managed Workspace Series - Pt 5 - assigning workspaces to
ProjectWise folders Chris Pausch, Knowledge Base Consulting Group, Feb 13, 2009
Installing ProjectWise Gateway Service on a Web Server
- Drew Moon, Knowledge Base Consulting Group, Feb 13, 2009
ProjectWise Network Configuration Settings
- Drew Moon, Knowledge Base Consulting Group, Feb 13, 2009
ProjectWise XM Managed Workspace Series - Pt 2 - creating workspace
profile in MicroStation, Chris Pausch, Knowledge Base Consulting Group, Feb
13, 2009
ProjectWise XM Managed Workspace Series - Pt 3 - creating configuration
settings blocks in MicroStation, Chris Pausch, Knowledge Base Consulting
Group, Feb 13, 2009
ProjectWise XM Managed Workspace Series - Pt 4 - creating configuration
block variable in MicroStation, Chris Pausch, Knowledge Base Consulting
Group, Feb 13, 2009
ProjectWise XM Managed Workspace Series - Part 1 - creating unmanaged
workspaces in MicroStation, Chris Pausch, knowledge Base Consulting Group,
Feb 13, 2009
Display
Styles - definition, view display styles, clip volumes display styles in
MicroStation, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, Mar 3, 2009 (requires free
registration)
How can I
Extrude and Twist a Square Section Along a Bspline? -
extruding along path in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, Mar 3, 2009 (requires free registration)
Selecting alternative elements in V8i - use tentative or selection block,
Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Feb 16, 2009 requires free registration
Setting a Dynamic View to an exact z-depth - select 'place fitted section'
in Accudraw, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Feb 11, 2009 requires free registration
Default
Rotation Angles in Bentley Structural V8i - predefined list of rotation
angles for placing column, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Feb 5, 2009 requires free registration
Print
Organizer 101 - about MicroStation print organizer, defining print set
style, single file printing, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, Feb 3, 2009
requires free registration
Freezing
Columns in Layer Manager - Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Feb 3, 2009 requires free registration
Project
Explorer 101 - configure project explorer in MicroStation V8i, Karen
Fugle, Eat Your CAD, Jan 30, 2009 requires free registration
How Can I
Flatten a 3D File to 2D? - export to 2D file, use Align Elements by edge
or scale elements, Eat Your CAD, Jan 29, 2009 requires free registration
Changing
the Background Color in a DGN File - Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Jan 30,
2009 requires
free registration
Construct
Tangent Circle 3 - create circle tangential to 3 lines in MicroStation,
Eat Your CAD, Dec 1, 2008 requires free registration
XM
Structural Rules - finding, creating, applying Resymbolization Rules in
MicroStation TriForma to change appearance of structural 3D elements, Karen
Fugle, Eat Your CAD, Dec 1, 2008 requires
free registration
Model
Navigation Option Keys - different key functions in MicroStation, Nigel
Davies, EAT your CAD, Nov 28, 2008, Nigel Davies, Nov 28, 2008 requires
free registration
MicroStation Memory Management
- information to determine if enough resources are available when saving image
from MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, Nov 25, 2008 requires free registration
How Can I
Detach Many References With Different Names? - using
wildcards in most MicroStation key commands, Eat Your CAD, Nov 19, 2008 requires free registration
AutoDraw
.95 - must activate program before using shortcuts in
latest version, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Nov 18, 2008 requires free registration
How Bentley
Structural Sections Work - Bentley supplies series of shapes per
international standards along with tools to edit,
Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Oct 22, 2008 requires free registration
Setting
MicroStation Button Assignments - tip for editing button
assignments, mappings, Eat Your CAD, Oct 24, 2008 requires free registration
Working With
Seedfile Configurations - searching for right folders, selecting, creating
own seedfiles, using project seedfiles, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Oct 24,
2008 requires free registration
Bentley BIM Tools Go Beyond Buildings - MicroStation helping designers,
engineers improve way they design, model, visualize, document, map projects of
all shapes, sizes, infrastructure, more, Staci Matlock, MicroStation
Connections, Oct 10, 2008 requires free registration
How to Automatically Re-sequence Sheet Numbers in Title Blocks with Title Block
Manager - Rick Sewell, MicroStation Connections, Aug 2008 requires free registration
HLN Settings
- exporting visible edges in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, Aug 11, 2008 requires free registration
Quick Element Selection - For V7 and V8 - selecting elements inside
selection area in MicroStation, Rick DeWitt,
MicroStationTips.com, Aug 19, 2008
InRoads XM 8.9 WorkspaceBar Shortcuts - editing horizontal alignment, Rick
McFarlin, MicroStationTips.com, Aug 11, 2008
Automatically Export Cells From a MicroStation Cell Library to AutoCAD Block
Files - using CellManager 7.3 utility,
MicroStationTips.com, Aug 11, 2008
Importing
Structural Engineers Models Into MicroStation - 101 - exporting SDNF/CIS2
files more robust than DGN, DWG options, Nigel Davies, Eat your CAD, June 19,
2008
requires free registration
Importing
Structural Engineers Models into MicroStation - 201 - import using SDNF/CIS2
files, load sections definitions, Nigel Davies, Eat your CAD, June 20, 2008
requires free registration
Alternative
Tangents - using Alt key to toggle between all available
tangent options in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, July 24, 2008
The Poor Little
Overworked, Underpaid Spacebar - various functions performed like activate
AccuDraw, changes mode, expands drop-down menu, more, Karen Fugle & Nigel
Davies, EAT your CAD, June 26, 2008 (requires free registration)
So You Think You Know AccuDraw
#4: Co-ordinates - entering co-ordinates in Cartesian, polar or
absolute mode in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, May 16, 2008
Tags 101 -
creating tag set and attaching tag to element in MicroStation, Karen Fugle, Eat
Your CAD, Apr 30, 2008 (may require free registration)
Dimension Audit
- MicroStation utility can display overwritten text, dropped, non-associative or
lost dimensions, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, Apr 30, 2008 (may require free registration)
So You Think
You Know AccuDraw #2? - viewing list of available shortcuts in
MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, Apr 24, 2008 (may require free registration)
Managing
References Without Reference Manager - using level display for
attaching reference or turning it on/off in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your
CAD, Apr 10, 2008 (may require free registration)
How is it
Possible to Facet Around an Arc Using an Exact Line Length? - using "Drop B-Spline
Curve" in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, Mar 25, 2008 (may require free registration)
AccuSnap &
Fences - workarounds to keep AccuSnap enabled while placing fence in
MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Mar 19, 2008 (may require free registration)
Working With
Children (Text Styles That is) - workaround is to manually delete
group for recovering original text styles in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, Mar 11,
2008 (may require free registration)
Detaching Sheet
Layouts - using undocumented keyin to unlink reference file and sheet
layout in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, Mar 5, 2008 (may require free registration)
Now You See It,
Now You Don't: Nested Reference Levels - workaround is to use identical
global display of sheet and default models in MicroStation, Nigel Davies & Karen
Fugle, Eat Your CAD, Feb 27, 2008 (may require free registration)
The Anatomy of
an XM File: File Settings vs. Model Settings vs. View Settings - Karen Fugle,
Eat Your CAD, Feb 28, 2008 (may require free registration)
Why is Measure
No Longer Correct in XM? - measuring distances using 3 modes: True, View and
AccuDraw/ACS, Eat Your CAD, Feb 18, 2008 (may require free registration)
Deselecting
Selections - either click on blank area of view or Clear button for
deselecting elements in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, Feb 18, 2008 (may require
free registration)
Attaching
References with ACS Scale - workaround is to avoid ACS scale while
attaching references in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Feb 14, 2008 (may require free registration)
How Do I Add a
Prefix to _USTN_PROJECTNAME? - keep folders and PCF files names
identical in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, Feb 14, 2008 (may require free registration)
XM, DWG Refs
and Linetype Scale - keep scale line styles by reference scale 'on' to keep
line styles scaled while attaching as reference in MicroStation, Karen Fugle,
Eat Your CAD, Feb 7, 2008 (may require free registration)
Align Tool
- aligning elements and text to edge of existing element in MicroStation, The
Envision Group, Jan 2008 pdf
Printing
Combined Keyins - standardizing plotting in MicroStation, The
Envision Group, Feb 2008 pdf
But Bentley
Didn't Author My PDFs - editing printer driver configuration to change
author name in MicroStation XM, Eat Your CAD, Feb 6, 2008 (may require free
registration)
Setting Colors
by Keyin - setting colors using color name, color number, true color,
or color books in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Feb 4, 2008
Selecting
Elements of a Single ByLevel Color - using PowerSelector's extended
settings in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, Jan 21, 2008 (may require free
registration)
Managing
Drawing Packages in AutoCAD & MicroStation - create shortcut for
each drawing in relevant folder, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Jan 14, 2008
Prioritizing
Transparency - setting printing options in MicroStation XM, Nigel
Davies, Eat Your CAD, Jan 4, 2008
2007
Compressing a
dgnlib - keyin provides option to delete undesired items manually in
MicroStation XM dgnlib, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Dec 19, 2007
Minimum
Distance Between Elements - using VBA routine 'MinDistBetweenTraversibles'
in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, Dec 17, 2007 (may require free registration)
20:20 Vision -
Optimizing Reference Files - tips to improve speed when using reference
files in MicroStation XM, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Dec 11, 2007 (may require
free registration)
Understanding
File Locations and Reference Attachments in MicroStation - how MicroStation
V8 saves file name for reference attachments and how it locates references when
a DGN is opened, Barry Bentley, Eat Your CAD, Dec 12, 2007 (may require free registration)
My Text Fields
Don't Update When I Place Them in a Cell. What Am I Doing Wrong? -
workaround is to reassign field in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, Dec 12, 2007 (may require free registration)
Is There a
Keyin I Can Use to Select Visible Elements Only? - either use Global
Display or fence keyin in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Nov 23, 2007
(may require free registration)
ALTering Element Attributes
- hold down Alt key and left click on element to change attributes in
MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Nov 15, 2007 (may require free registration)
How Can I Set the Correct Paper Size Automatically?
- define default paper size or use sheet model and sheet layout in MicroStation,
Eat Your CAD, Nov 15, 2007 (may require free registration)
Configuration
Heaven 4 - Loading Reference Filters - using configuration variable
MS_LEVEL_LOAD_ATTACHMENT_FILTERS in MicroStation, Dave Moyes, Eat Your CAD, Nov
2, 2007 (may require free registration)
How Do I
Convert .cit Files to Other Image Files? - Dave Moyes, Eat Your CAD,
Nov 2, 2007 (may require free registration)
DGN to MAX
- Richard Woolsgrove, Eat Your CAD, Nov 1, 2007 (may require free registration)
Configuration Heaven 3 - Editing Nested
Levels - setting configuration variable
MS_LEVEL_EDIT_NESTED_ATTACHMENT_LEVELS in MicroStation, Dave Moyes, Eat Your CAD,
Oct 26, 2007
Batch Process
- creating new batch process in MicroStation, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, Oct 23,
2007
Batch
Processing CT= - put batch commands on single line or use VBA macro
in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Oct 23, 2007
Working with
DWG Part 7: Problems with References - workarounds to problems when
converting MicroStation DGN to DWG, Karen Fugle & Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD,
Oct 19, 2007
Configuration
Heaven 2 - MS_LEVEL_PICKER_WIDTH - controlling size of level picker pulldown
on attributes tool bar in MicroStation, Dave Moyes, Eat Your CAD, Oct 19, 2007
Prioritizing DWG - setting MS_LEGACYDRAWORDER variable to 1 in MicroStation
XM for pen table priorities to work, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Oct 16, 2007
Why Doesn't
Bentley Redline Open DWG Files? - setting configuration to convert redline
file to DGN, Eat Your CAD, Oct 16, 2007
Why Are My
Cells Changing Color When I Update Them? - using LevelAudit
application to fix problem, Eat Your CAD, Oct 10, 2007
Overlap
Selection - hold Ctrl+Shift while dragging cursor to make overlap selection
in MicroStation XM, Eat Your CAD, Oct 9, 2007
Configuration
Heaven - setting configuration variable MS_LEVEL_DISPLAY_FORMAT in
MicroStation, Dave Moyes, Eat Your CAD, Oct 1, 2007
Why can't I
Print Preview My Images in XM When I can in V8? - check if image
level is turned off, Eat Your CAD, Sep 25, 2007
AutoCAD Tasks
for MicroStation - customizing interface containing MicroStation
equivalent of AutoCAD's tools, Eat Your CAD, Sep 25, 2007
DWG Viewports
- workaround is to make layer 0 non-plotting, Eat Your CAD, Sep 17, 2007
Missing MSDIR
- check msdir.cfg file in MicroStation XM, Ian Farrow & Nigel Davies, Eat Your
CAD, Sep 17, 2007
Show Us Your
White Bits - place note box with outline fill to mask MicroStation
drawing, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Sep 11, 2007
Configuring GenerativeComponents - install TriForma
first before installing GC, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Sep 10, 2007
Handling Fences
- clear selection set before opening named fences dialogue in MicroStation,
Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Sep 6, 2007
Getting to
Grips with Grips 101 - turning on/off handle display, selecting multiple
handles, modifying clip boundaries and masks in MicroStation, Karen Fugle, Eat
Your CAD, Sep 5, 2007
Working with
DWG - links to posts about handling DWG in MicroStation, Karen Fugle
& Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Aug 31, 2007
Saving Space
- changing size of tool boxes and docking them with pull-down menus in
MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, Aug 30, 2007
Changing All
Dimensions - using Change Dimension tool in MicroStation, Nigel
Davies, Eat Your CAD, Aug 23, 2007
How to Stop
Your Users Double-Clicking Files - by using MS_INITAPPS in standards.cfg
file in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, Aug 23, 2007
How
do I Change the Line Length of Text in MicroStation? - using normal
selector and Enter key, Eat Your CAD, Aug 22, 2007
Does
MicroStation have an Equivalent to AutoCAD's "Edit Xref In-Place"?
- no, but workaround achieves same results, Eat Your CAD, Aug 15, 2007
Working with
DWG Part 8: Problems with Symbology - MicroStation symbology overrides are
lost when converting files to DWG, Karen Fugle & Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD,
August 1, 2007
Attaching
References - advantages, disadvantages of methods for attaching
reference file in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, August 1, 2007
MS_REF_DEFAULTSETTINGS
- setting configuration variable to get specified settings when attaching
reference in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, August 1, 2007
A Good Group Pt
II: Graphic Groups - creating a graphic group in MicroStation, Nigel
Davies, Eat Your CAD, July 20, 2007
A Good Group Pt
I: Ctrl+G - grouping and ungrouping MicroStation elements, Nigel
Davies, Eat Your CAD, July 19, 2007
Why
doesn't PopSet Pop? - activating PopSet in XM, Eat Your CAD, July 13,
2007
XYZ Text
- labeling and importing/exporting coordinates in MicroStation, The Envision Group, May 2007,
pdf
Cells 201:
Converting Cells and Blocks - converting MicroStation cells to a block
library and blocks to a cell library, Karen Fugle & Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD,
July 1, 2007
Cells 201:
Documenting Cell Libraries - Cell Index and HTML Author tools are easy
options for maintaining MicroStation cell libraries, Karen Fugle & Nigel Davies,
Eat Your CAD, July 1, 2007
MicroStation.lin - loading MicroStation linestyles
into DWG file, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, June 25, 2007
Real
World DWG - differentiating DGN and DWG, explaining the terminology,
limitations of DWG workmode, more, Jeanne Aarhus, Eat Your CAD, June 2007,
pdf
MicroStation V8 XM Configuration Tricks - tips on masking some MicroStation
features, controlling the display of level names, more, P.H. Rhodes, Eat Your
CAD, June 2007, pdf
MicroStation Champions - Hints and Tips Special Feature - tips on arraying
3D objects along a path, using other file formats, Google Warehouse, more,
Stephen Holmes, Eat Your CAD, June 2007, pdf
Documenting
Linestyles - using DocLS_V8 tool to document custom line styles in
MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, June 19, 2007
Setting config
vars Without Restarting - MicroStation XM updates the variables after
dialogue box is closed, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, June 18, 2007
MS_LEVEL_USE_ASCII_NAME_SORT
- setting the configuration variable to 1 to sort the number characters in
MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, June 18, 2007
Is There a Way of Putting a Spreadsheet into MicroStation?
- either embed or link Microsoft Office Excel worksheet, Eat Your CAD, June 15,
2007
Edit
Nested Reference Levels - setting configuration variable
MS_LEVEL_EDIT_NESTED_ATTACHMENT_LEVELS to 1 in MicroStation, Nigel Davies,
Eat Your CAD, June 6, 2007
Working with
DWG Part 7: Problems with References - issues with nest depth, Excel
spreadsheet in DGN, more, Karen Fugle & Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, May 31, 2007
MS_DWGINSERTLAYER = active - remember to set active layer before attaching
an Xref in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, May 30, 2007
View Rotation
3: Rotating a View by Fixed Angles - using View Rotate command and AccuDraw
to specify angle in MicroStation XM, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, May 25, 2007
View Rotation
2: Rotating the View to Match Your Building - using AccuDraw and drawing
scale in MicroStation XM, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, May 24, 2007
View Rotation
1: Rotating the View to be Orthogonal - using 'Rotate to Element' and
'Rotate View' shortcuts in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, May 23,
2007
Grabbing
Vertices - using the 'Alt' key to switch between modes in
MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, May 23, 2007
Is it Possible
to Set Multiple Snap Angles for AccuDraw? - yes, by turning axis lock on in
MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, May 21, 2007
Automating
Logical Names - naming a DGN file before referencing it, Eat Your
CAD, May 15, 2007
Sheet Setup for
DWG Workmode - exploring model files and finished drawing file plus text and
dimensions in DWGworkmode in MicroStation, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, May 1,
2007
Text Shift
- workaround is to edit the text and re-place it in XM, Eat Your CAD, May 1,
2007
Neatness Counts
- file clean-up utility to remove reference files and raster images in
MicroStation, Robert Thorburn, Eat Your CAD, April 30, 2007
Insert Symbol
- methods to insert a symbol into MicroStation text, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD,
April 25, 2007
Creating
Temporary Activation Keys - Eat Your CAD, April 23, 2007
The CHOOSE
Keyin - choose to select all or none, select elements or named groups
in MicroStation, more, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, April 20, 2007
Where does
MicroStation Set the Units
When Exporting to DWG? - using the key-in "DWG units" to set
the design center units in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, April 19, 2007
What's the
difference between a View Group and a Model? - a model stores many DGN
files while view group is just a view of a model, Eat Your CAD, April 17, 2007
An Insight
into Saved Views - how saved views are stored in MicroStation,
Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, April 17, 2007
Font Widths
- workaround to font problem when converting text from DGN to DWG in
MicroStation V8, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, April 13, 2007
View
Rotation Dialog - using "dialog viewcontrol" key-in to open the 'J' style
dialog in MicroStation V8, The Envision Group, April 2007
pdf
XCOPY
Your Workspace
- copying a series of files from one location to another using XCOPY command in
MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, March 28, 2007
Bump
2 - changing the segment type from lines to arcs and the vertex type,
Hilton Quinn, Eat Your CAD, March 28, 2007
Hiding Project Configuration Templates - renaming the file .txt to hide the
templates in MicroStation, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, March 23, 2007
Should I Set MS_REF_NEWLEVELDISPLAY? - setting MS_REF_NEWLEVELDISPLAY
to 1 displays new levels in MicroStation drawings, Eat Your CAD, March 23, 2007
Set Active Angle by Points - key-ins to set active angle by points in
MicroStation, The Envision Group, March 2007 pdf
Should You
Store Your Preferences in the Workspace/User folder or Documents and Settings?
- decide depending on pros and cons of each, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, March
22, 2007
What is Stored
in the PREFS Folder - information on series of new resources and xml
preference files in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, March 22, 2007
How do I Stop
Raster Images from Printing? - modify the standard plot driver to
print the raster false in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, March 16, 2007
The Anatomy of
a V8 File: File Settings vs. Model Settings - Karen Fugle, Eat Your
CAD, March 15, 2007
MS_COMPRESS_OPTIONS: Ticking All the Right Boxes
- using MS_COMPRESS_OPTIONS configuration variable to work with the tick boxes
in MicrStation, Eat Your CAD, March 12, 2007
Different Coordinate Values Same Point? - using XYZ Text and Civil/Site
tools for labeling coordinates in MicroStation, The Envision Group, February
2007 pdf
Not a Priority
- use priorities within the same group of numbers in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD,
March 9, 2007
How Can I Export Models
to Separate DGNs? - save as DWG/V7 DGN or use simple batch
process, Eat Your CAD, March 5, 2007
How Can I Turn Off a Level in All Models at Once?
- using Global Display in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, February 28, 2007
FAQs Facts - Bentley's FAQ and TechNotes
section for MicroStation V8 online contains valuable information, Cadalyst,
February 1, 2007
"Nested" Windows Variables
- workaround is to use Windows variables directly in a % statement, Nigel
Davies, Eat Your CAD, February 22, 2007
Sample Plot Config files - list of .pltcfg
sample drivers to download, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, February 22, 2007
XM Batchprint Setup - editing the specification properties and configuring
for batchplotting, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, February 16, 2007
Saving DWG Files Using AutoCAD 2007
- MicroStation may cause trouble reading the DWG saved using AutoCAD 2007, Nigel
Davies, Eat Your CAD, February 19, 2007
Can I Edit TriForma Stairs?
- yes, by modifying element information in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, February
16, 2007
Pltcfg Setup - updating old .plt files to .pltcfg
files in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, February 16, 2007
Batch Print Output Folder
- add the variable into Batch Print specification for correct output folder in
MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, February 12, 2007
How Can I Divide a Curve by Set Distances in MicroStation?
- using 'Point at Distance Along' tool in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, February
9, 2007
Data Cleanup Utility - cleaning up the unwanted elements from a MicroStation
design file, Robert Mecham of the Envison Group, MicroStation Connections,
February 7, 2007 (requires free registration)
How Can I Move a Line Parallel Using Grips?
- copy parallel or move tools are better options in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD,
February 7, 2007
Filters do not Display in Pull-down Menus
- workaround is to hover over the Filter button to get the details in
MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, February 5, 2007
Customizing Redline XM - workaround is to redefine MS_GUIDGNLIBLIST to
include the .rdl of dgnlib, Eat Your CAD, January 24, 2007
Creating Your Own Filters - creating filter to show only the Walls levels in
MicroStation, Karen Fugle & Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, January 22, 2007
Dos and Don'ts When Creating Hidden Lines
- do consider the requirements of the model in MicroStation but don't model to a
high degree of accuracy, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, January 19, 2007
Working with DWG Part 6: DWG Workmode - three cases to consider and
restrictions of DWG workmode in MicroStation, Karen Fugle & Nigel Davies, Eat
Your CAD, January 12, 2007
Annotation Scale 101 - setting and changing the annotation scale in
MicroStation, more, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, January 15, 2007
Copying Settings to Multiple Users - copying user files when upgrading from
MicroStation V8 to XM, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, January 16, 2007
Using Windows Environment Variables
- a list of Windows Environment Variables to set up MicroStation effectively,
Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, January 11, 2007
How do I Set the Default Scale with plotcfg Drivers? - avoid defining plot
area using the Layout size in XM, Eat Your CAD, January 8, 2007
Quick Tip: Interface dgnlibs
- Eat Your CAD, January 5, 2007
Scaled Auxiliary Coordinates - using drawing scale tool, ACS tools or
AccuDraw shortcuts for measurement in XM, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, January 2,
2007
2006
Sheet Setup - creating sheets using model dialog in MicroStation, Karen
Fugle, Eat Your CAD, December 19, 2006
Why Doesn't MS_DESIGNSEED Force My Seedfile to the One I Want? - use %lock
in the PCF to keep using the desired seedfile in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD,
December 12, 2006
How Can I Create AutoCAD LIN Linestyles in MicroStation? - importing an
AutoCAD .lin file, Eat Your CAD, December 8, 2006
How Should I Configure My dgnlibs? - understanding the dgnlib
configuration variables like cells, color books, level filters, element
templates, Eat Your CAD, December 8, 2006
The Power of ProjectWise - creating a ProjectWise report sorted by
applications for different office locations using Microsoft Excel, Matt
Blumenfeld, Cadalyst, November 7, 2006
Macro for Level Overrides - setting the overrides on or off using
LevelSymb.mvba project in MicroStation, Robert Thorburn, Eat Your CAD, December
4, 2006
Color Books
- defining color books in MicroStation and AutoCAD, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD,
December 4, 2006
Working with DWG Part 5: Remapping - remapping qualifying parts of a level,
symbology, and colors, more, Karen Fugle & Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, November
29, 2006
Thumbnails in MicroStation Manager - preview DGN files in a folder
in XM by displaying it as thumbnails, Eat Your CAD, November 27, 2006
Plotfile Naming in XM
- using Batch Printing for reformatting the plot file name, Nigel Davies, Eat
Your CAD, November 27, 2006
Edges Advanced
- exporting visible edges in V8, Eat Your CAD, November 23, 2006
Change AccuDraw Display - changing the rectangular display of AccuDraw, The
Envision Group, November 2006, pdf
Move Part of a Cell - using the Fence stretch to move elements within the
cell in MicroStation, The Envision Group, October 2006,
pdf
Dialog for Units - coordinate readout and drawing scale dialogs remain open
while working with varying units in MicroStation design file, The Envision
Group, November 2006, pdf
Anatomy of XM Priorities - setting element, level and, reference priorities
in XM, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, November 10, 2006
SketchUp in MicroStation XM - opening, referencing and placing SKP
files as cells, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, November 10, 2006
Managing Project Color Tables - specifying the EYC-ColorTable
as the default in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, November 7, 2006
Working with DWG Part 4: DWG Advanced Save Options - save options like drop
unsupported lineStyles, create true color from DGN color indices, and more in
MicroStation, Nigel Davies & Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, November 3, 2006
Live Nested References & XRefs
- learning about attaching nested references in MicroStation and AutoCAD, Nigel
Davies, Eat Your CAD, October 30, 2006
Upgrading to an XM Interface - rebuilding customized interface while
upgrading from V8 to V8 XM Edition, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, October 27, 2006
Using MS_GUIDGNLIBLIST - use your mapped drives in mslocal.cfg to be able to
edit the dgnlib file in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, October 27, 2006
Working With DWG Part 3: DWG Basic Save Options - converting DGN files to
DWG using "Save As" or "Export" commands in MicroStation, Nigel Davies & Karen
Fugle, Eat Your CAD, October 23, 2006
How Do I Change the Color Table in Many Files at Once?
- using batch process to change the color table in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD,
October 23, 2006
Tag! You're it - learning about Tag and Tag Set; creating a Tag Set for a
MicroStation project drawing sheet, Stuart Milne & John Schegar, Eat Your
CAD, October 16, 2006
References: Now You See Them, Now You Don't
- keep your hierarchy tree open when you turn the top level reference off and on
in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, October 10, 2006
Free Tool: Ninotech Path Copy - nine ways to copy the file or folder path in
MicroStation, Dave Moyes, Eat Your CAD, October 6, 2006
Too Lazy to Exchange? - right click on an element and pick "Exchange" to
exchange files in MicroStation XM, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, October 4, 2006
Using Saved Views
- working with view rotations while in real-world co-ordinates using saved views
in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, September 29, 2006
Trim and IntelliTrim 101 - trimming single or multiple elements, IntelliTrim
in MicroStation, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, September 25, 2006
Hatching 101 - How to Hatch or Pattern - creating single line hatch and
crosshatches, patterning with cells, and dropping the associativity of a pattern
in MicroStation, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, September 22, 2006
Hatching 101 - Part 2: Holes - patterning around a hole using flood method,
difference method or group hole method in MicroStation, Karen Fugle, Eat Your
CAD, September 22, 2006
Hatching 101 - Part 3: Editing Existing Hatching - changing the color of an
existing hatch or pattern in in MicroStation, Nigel Davies & Karen Fugle,
Eat Your CAD, September 22, 2006
Creating
Door Schedules in 2D using Bentley Architecture pt 2: Preparing the Annotation
Cells - changing annotation cell settings in annotation cell
library, Nigel Davies & Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, September 15, 2006
Printing DWG Files in MicroStation
- importing and using plot style tables in MicroStation to view DWG correctly,
Eat Your CAD, September 13, 2006
Acad.pgp: Unknown Key-in or Command - workarounds to make "alignface"
and "customize open toolbox" key-ins work in MicroStation XM,
Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, September 11, 2006
Alternative Dimension Styles Dialogue
- dialogue box available in MicroStation V8 lets you compare the dimension
styles and check against project standards, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD,
September 11, 2006
MicroStation Equivalents for AutoCAD Commands - list of
MicroStation mapped commands for AutoCAD key-ins, Karen Fugle, Eat
Your CAD, September 7, 2006
Using AutoCAD Shortcuts in MicroStation - loading acad.pgp file
and running a PGP command, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, September 7,
2006
Searching for Pantone Colors - manually enter the RGB
value, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, August 31, 2006
Creating Door Schedules in 2D Using Bentley Architecture Pt 1: DataGroup
Definition - creating Datagroup system and then adding definitions, Nigel
Davies & Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, August 31, 2006
Mouse Clicks in MicroStation XM - zoom and pan the view, set attributes,
invert AccuSnap, more, Eat Your CAD, August 6, 2006
AutoCAD DGN V8 Converter: Our Test Results
- performance of DGNIMPORT and DGNEXPORT commands in DGN V8 converter beta
version, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, August 25, 2006
SelectServer "Secret" Query Page - an
undocumented administration page in SELECT
server XM lets you extract information about
your license usage, Eat Your CAD, August 24, 2006
GC
Lesson 11 Free Form Roof Exercise 2 - creating a freeform roof using four
top level control points in MicroStation, Axel Kilian & Karen Fugle, Eat
Your CAD, August 18, 2006
Administering Projects - be consistent, keep the settings in standards.cfg
while configuring MicroStation and keep project resources with the project,
Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, August 14, 2006
Searching for Cells - MS_CELL
setting searches all cell libraries in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, August 14,
2006
Working with DWG Part 1: DWG Open Options 1 - creating compatible DWG and
DGN files in MicroStation and setting DWG Open and Save As options, Nigel Davies
& Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, August 7, 2006
Working with DWG Part 1: DWG Open Options 2 - advanced settings for DWG Open
option in MicroStation, Nigel Davies & Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, August 7,
2006
Understanding File Locations and Reference Attachments in MicroStation
- saving reference files using the configuration variable or master file
relative file names; search preferences for a reference file, Bentley, August
2006
Data Cleanup Utility - clean up undesired elements from the design
file in MicroStation, The Envision Group, August 2006,
pdf
Dimension Audit Utility - verifying dimensioning in the active model
and correcting the errors in MicroStation, The Envision Group, July
2006, pdf
Modify Dimensioning - modifying toolbar and elements and inserting
or deleting vertex to modify dimensions in MicroStation, The Envision
Group, June 2006, pdf
Synch Colour ByLevel - synchronizing the color by running the VBA
macros in combination with synchbylevel.ma in MicroStation, Nigel
Davies, Eat Your CAD, August 1, 2006
Pentables in XM - MicroStation XM requires only the pentable name while
printing, Nigel Davies & Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD,
July
28, 2006
Displaying Only Custom Tasks in XM - MS_GUITASKTREEROOT variable specifies
the tasks to be viewed in MicroStation, Nigel Davies & Karen Fugle, Eat Your
CAD,
July
27, 2006
Adding Toolboxes to Menus - customizing the toolbox in MicroStation XM,
Eat Your CAD, July 24, 2006
Undocking AccuDraw Shortcuts
- open the shortcuts list by dragging it next to the buttons, Nigel Davies, Eat
Your CAD, July 19, 2006
DoorCreator
- quickly place 2D door symbols using door creator functionality in
MicroStation, Patrick Wheatley, Eat Your CAD, July 17, 2006
MBUTTONPAN...?
- middle-button double click in MicroStation sets the zoom extents similar to
AutoCAD, Eat Your CAD, July 17, 2006
What is the Best Way of Setting Up MicroStation on a Laptop? - configuring
MicroStation using single mslocal.cfg file and conditional processing, Eat Your
CAD, July 13, 2006
MicroStation
VBA - Lesson 5 - Tidying it All Up - avoid storing the unrelated
codes of larger routines with Forms in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD,
July 10, 2006
Solids
Working Areas and Global Origins 3D - setting SWA and locating
Global Origin for effective solid modeling, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, July 11,
2006
MS_SNAPMODE_SOURCE - setting the MicroStation configuration variable to
store the snaps in the UPF, Eat Your CAD, July 10, 2006
Command Line Switches
- list of command switches available in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your
CAD, July 7, 2006
How Do I Know Which Preferences to Delete in
MicroStation XM? - "RestoreDefaults"
command deletes custom files in the preferences folder, Eat Your CAD, July 5,
2006
MicroStation VBA - Lesson 4 - Creating a User Form - using tools from
VBA Toolbox like TextBox tool, Labels, ComboBox and CommandButtons to change
properties of UserForm in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, July 3,
2006
Rotate View to Element - among new AccuDraw shortcuts in MicroStation,
Rotate View aligns the view to match the current AccuDraw orientation, Eat Your
CAD, June 30, 2006
Bentley BE Forum, Prague - MicroStation V8 XM
release, presentations on Generative Components, Select subscription program and
annual license exchange, Martyn Day, AEC Magazine, June 28, 2006
Installing SELECT Server XM - necessary pre-requisites to install and
configure MicroStation XM, Eat Your CAD, June 29, 2006
DgnQuickPick - DgnQuickPick
in MicroStation can open and save sets of design files in a dialogue box as a
series of tabs, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, June 26, 2006
Calling up the Keyin Window in XM - pressing "Enter" button pops up the
keyin window in XM, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, June 26, 2006
Position Mapping in XM - quickly accessing
tools using position mapping feature in
MicroStation XM, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD,
June 21, 2006
Materials
in Level Manager - specifying a rendering material for a level in
MicroStation, Nigel Davies & Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, June 13, 2006
Defining Custom Lights - using lightlist.dgn file to add or remove a
specific light in MicroStation, Nigel Davies & Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD,
June 13, 2006
Selecting Multiple Lights - using Define Light tool to select and carry out
multiple changes to a particular type of lights in MicroStation, Nigel Davies &
Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, June 13, 2006
View Display Mode - setting the display mode from View Attributes dialogue
box in MicroStation, Nigel Davies & Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, June 13, 2006
How Can I Change a Number of Filled Shapes to Have a Solid Black Outline in One
Go? - set the desired color setting in "Change Element
Attributes" box in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, June 1, 2006
MicroStation WishList Item Addressed: 1. Copy to Level
- check the "Make Copy" option in change element attributes box, Eat Your
CAD, May 30, 2006
MicroStation WishList Item Addressed: 8.
Modified References
- an updated reference file is now flagged and easy to recognize with a pencil
icon, Eat Your CAD, May 30, 2006
Plot Drivers 101 - Part 6: Managing Drivers - MicroStation plot drivers and
configuration variables, Nigel Davies & Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, May 11,
2006
Plot Drivers 101 - Problems with Plot Configs - selecting correct plot
driver for MicroStation, Nigel Davies & Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, May 11,
2006
Raster Image Files 4: Questions and Configurations - use undo and redo
buttons, update same raster images simultaneously in MicroStation, set
transparency, more, Nigel Davies & Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, May 10, 2006
Remembering Displaysets Between Sessions
- using Quicksets to keep display sets intact while switching between the files
in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, May 10, 2006
Ordering MultiSnaps - re-ordering the snaps helps you select the keypoints
of the line in MicroStation v8, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, May 4, 2006
Can You Add Text to a Hatch and Automatically Get the Hatch to Clip Around It?
- not automatically, but quickly using the MicroStation change pattern tool, Eat
Your CAD, May 4, 2006
Plot Utility
- loading plot utility files and using it to plot files in MicroStation, Eat
Your CAD, May 3, 2006
Plot Drivers 101 - Part 5: Plot to File - creating and viewing a PLT file in
MicroStation, Nigel Davies & Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, May 3, 2006
Raster Image Files 3: Geo Priority - geographically positioning the raster
image in MicroStation, Karen Fugle & Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, April 25, 2006
Plot Drivers 101 - Part 4: Pens - setting weights and thicknesses using pen
tables in MicroStation, Nigel Davies & Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, April 12,
2006
How Can I Tell if a .TIF File is a GeoTIFF or Not? - MicroStation raster
manager displays origin co-ordinates if a file has georeference data, Eat Your
CAD, April 26, 2006
Simplifying Geometry
- create a normal shape using "simplify geometry" option in MicroStation, Nigel
Davies, Eat Your CAD, April 20, 2006
Shaded Regions
- using "create region" option to create colored drawings with ease in
MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, April 20, 2006
Plot Drivers 101 - Part 3: Paper Sizes - standardizing paper size in
MicroStation PLT drivers, Nigel Davies & Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, April
12, 2006
Why is it I Can Only Save My 3D MicroStation Model to a 2D DWG?
- uncheck the option to create 2D models for model space, Eat Your CAD, April
12, 2006
Raster Image Files 1: Basic - three types of raster image files and using
these in MicroStation as a background, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, April 1, 2006
Raster Image Files 2: Modifying - modifying raster image files present in
MicroStation drawing, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, April 10, 2006
CAD Format Import/Export Matrix - a list of common CAD packages and file
formats that can be imported or exported in MicroStation, Nigel Davies & Karen
Fugle, Eat Your CAD, April 4, 2006
Searching For Configuration Variables
- finding a specific variable on the "Working with Configuration Variables" page
in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, April 3, 2006
Plot Drivers 101 - Part 2: Styles - setting the printer instructions to
define the line styles using style settings in MicroStation, Nigel Davies &
Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, March 31, 2006
How Can I Make My Dimensions Rotate Correctly in My Drawing?
- rotate the view to align the grid file, Eat Your CAD, March 29, 2006
Plot Drivers 101 - Part 1: Basics - create your own plot drivers to control
the printed output in MicroStation, Nigel Davies & Karen Fugle, Eat Your
CAD, March 29, 2006
When Overrides Go Bad - set VISRETAIN to 0 when converting a DWG file to DGN
to avoid override problem in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, March 17,
2006
Changing Text Attributes in Dimensions
- use secondary units in MicroStation to centrally justify the dimension text,
Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, March 16, 2006
Setting the DGN File Properties
- run the macro using MicroStation VBA to reset
MicroStation file properties, Nigel Davies, Eat Your
CAD, March 9, 2006
Four Ways to Place a Diameter Symbol
- either use MS Word symbol box or shortcut key, WYSIWYG
text editor style or %%c in MicroStation, Nigel Davies,
Eat Your CAD, March 10, 2006
Locks - avoid unwanted manipulation of MicroStation elements, Karen Fugle,
Eat Your CAD, March 6, 2006
What Can I do with a Mesh in MicroStation? - editing Meshes in MicroStation
by dropping it into shapes and creating a SmartSurface, Eat Your CAD, March 6,
2006
How Do I Convert DWG Colors to DGN Weights? - use 'ColourToWeightExample.csv'
file and batch converter in MicroStation, Nigel Davies,
Eat Your CAD, February 24, 2006
GC Lesson 9 Stair Creation - creating stairs using step and stair total
height and length in MicroStation, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, February 27, 2006
How to Dimension to Brick Sizes
- defining a brick unit and measuring brick dimensions
in MicroStation, Patrick Wheatley, Eat Your CAD,
February 22, 2006
Can't Stop Superscript Text
- insert space after the superscript characters to avoid
undesired superscript text, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD,
February 22, 2006
I Can't Format the Secondary Dimension Units Correctly. Can You Help?
- change the settings of secondary units box to change
the dimension styles in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD,
February 21, 2006
Advanced Cells - creating a block when saving to DWG and attaching the DWG
file as a cell library in MicroStation, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, February 20,
2006
GC Lesson 8 - Flexible Massing Models, Flexible Building Envelopes and Grabbing
Metrics - creating shapes of floors in MicroStation and saving the metrics
in Excel file, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, February 20, 2006
Using Filters in File Dialogues
- set filters in the Files field using "List Files of
Type" setting to find out the exact file in
MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, February 20,
2006
Shared Cells - features of shared cells in MicroStation, Karen Fugle,
Eat Your CAD, February 13, 2006
GC Lesson 6 - Series - inserting series in the x, y and z coordinates in
MicroStation, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, February 9, 2006
GC Lesson 7 - Law Curves - creating a law curve starting with three points
to make BsplineCurve in MicroStation, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, February 13,
2006
GC Lesson 7A - Law Curves Advanced - creating a global variable to deal with
indefinite number of points to create law curve frame in MicroStation, Karen
Fugle, Eat Your CAD, February 13, 2006
Example Multi-Lines
- learning about two different multi-line styles in
MicroStation: cavity and concrete, Nigel Davies, Eat
Your CAD, February 8, 2006
Example Custom Linestyles - create 3 custom linestyles
in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, February 8,
2006
How Can I Convert a Feature Solid to a Smart Solid?
- use the "convert to smart solid/surface" tool in
MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, February 3, 2006
Defining LTSCALE - setting the variable in AutoCAD to restore the line
styles when converting DGN files to DWG, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, February 3,
2006
CreateDoor II: Return of the Son of CreateDoor
- an updated version of
CreateDoor macro in MicroStation, Patrick Wheatley, Eat Your CAD, February 3,
2006
MicroStation Command Line Options/Switches
- starting MicroStation in different modes using command
line options, Bentley, February 7, 2006
Manipulating Cells - manipulate cells before or after inserting them into
your drawing in MicroStation, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, February 3, 2006
Can You Discuss the Effect of Values in the Option "Setback Distance in Plot"?
- applying Resymbolization Rules to setback distance in MicroStation, Eat Your
CAD, January 30, 2006
MicroStation VBA - Lesson 3 - The VBA Editor
- learning about VBA Editor windows and its functions,
Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, January 30, 2006
Is There a Way to Add a Pattern into a Multi-Line?
- patterns can be added to an associated multi-line in
MicroStation, Eat Your CAD, January 30, 2006
Create Door VBA - run 'ModRun.DoorManager'
macro in MicroStation to create a door, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, January
27, 2006
Creating a Complex Application in VBA
- VBA program creates and places door then links data to it in MicroStation,
Mark Anderson & Graham Steele, Eat Your CAD, January 27, 2006
How to Include the Full Path of the Design File in Plots
- enable the "Plot Border" option to plot the full path of the design file
in MicroStation, AXIOM, January 30, 2006
AccuDraw - tips on using AccuDraw and its shortcuts efficiently in
MicroStation, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, January 25, 2006
Cell Libraries - learning about cells in MicroStation Cell Libraries, Karen
Fugle, Eat Your CAD, January 24, 2006
Element Numbers and Types in MicroStation V8 2004 Edition
- element numbers from 1 to 127 and their types, Bentley, January 2006
Deleting Levels in V8
- deleting the levels after detecting their types in MicroStation V8 2004
Edition, Bentley, January 2006
Creating Flexible Components in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire - a tutorial to create
part flexibility and assembly variation, Michael Mongilio, PROfiles Magazine,
Winter 2006
Scaling
Cells by Origin - scale multiple cells about their own
origins in MicroStation, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, January 13, 2006
Borders and More with Model Seeds - create your drawing with referenced
border technique in MicroStation V8, Bill Wandersleben, Cadalyst AEC, December
15, 2005
Creating Superscript Text in MicroStation
- turn off the "apply changes to all text" option in Text Editor to superscript
the desired text only, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, January 11, 2006
Capping it Off - adjust PLT
driver settings to resolve the corner of the shape in MicroStation, Nigel
Davies, Eat Your CAD, January 9, 2006
MicroStation VBA - Lesson 2 - Comprehendo da Lingo?
- defining some useful terms in MicroStation VBA, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD,
January 6, 2006
Bentley XM Productivity Tips
- useful shortcut commands for MicroStation, Bentley
Systems, Eat Your CAD, January 5, 2006
2005
Text Line Length Settings and DWG - add a physical line break to your text
when converting MicroStation's line length format to DWG, Nigel Davies, Eat Your
CAD, December 15, 2005
Can You Group Reference Files Together for Quick Multiple Editing of Settings?
- check 'use references dialog list' in Tools Settings
to group reference files in MicroStation, Eat Your CAD,
December 15, 2005
Named Groups - creating named groups and using elements from a reference
file in a named group in MicroStation, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, December 15,
2005
Changing "By Origin" Text to "Word Wrap"
- MicroStation tutorial to change text to "Word Wrap"
that converts properly to AutoCAD, Nigel Davies, Eat
Your CAD, December 15, 2005
GC Lesson 4 - Making Drawing Economical - simple shapes serve as example of
shortcuts that can be used in MicroStation, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, December
14, 2005
GC Lesson 5 - Models and References - attaching a reference file to default
DGN model in MicroStation, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, December 15, 2005
QuickSets - QuickSets in MicroStation can help you view selections quickly,
Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, December 13, 2005
Displaysets - use Element Selection or Power Selector in MicroStation to
view selected graphics only, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, December 13, 2005
MicroStation VBA - Lesson 1 - Recording and
Playing Back a Macro - creating
and running a number of useful macros using VBA Project Manager, Nigel Davies,
Eat Your CAD, December 13, 2005
TriForma
Configurations - TriForma can boost your productivity but only
after resolving the complexities involved, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, December
2, 2005
Is
There a Way to Add Additional Colors into a Drawing to Get a Pastel Effect?
- set colors according to your need using Modify Color dialogue in MicroStation,
Eat Your CAD, November 18, 2005
TriForma - DEM - setting hidden line extractions using Drawing Extraction
Manager in Microstation, Karen Fugle, Eat Your CAD, November 21, 2005
Using Project Color Tables - you can use your desired color table in
MicroStation as external .TBL file which is read by MS_DEFCTBL variable, Nigel
Davies, Eat Your CAD, November 18, 2005
MS_DWGREF_ALLOWMASTERCOLORS - MicroStation variable distinguishes whether
color table is handled as DGN or DWG reference, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD,
November 18, 2005
MicroStation WishList Item Addressed: 4. User Preference for Level
Information - configuration variable 'MS_LEVEL_DISPLAY_FORMAT' in
MicroStation XM helps you to see the level names in an easy-to-understand
way, Eat Your CAD, October 31, 2005
MicroStation WishList Item Addressed: 2. Exchange Back - 'Exchange Back'
option in MicroStation XM helps in going back to previous file, Eat Your
CAD, October 31, 2005
Quantifying Weights in Bentley Structural 2004
- fill 'Area' column details in order to make 'Weights'
report appear, Nigel Davies, Eat Your CAD, November 14,
2005
Set Live Nest Depth - RefNesting.mvba
file scans the nested references and sets them in a
mentioned order, Bentley Systems, Eat Your CAD, November
14, 2005
Models More
Models - learning about MicroStation models and improving plotting and
working environments, Jeanne Aarhus, Eat Your CAD, October 31, 2005
Anatomy of XM Priorities - MicroStation tutorial to set display priorities
as element, level, or reference priorities, Karen Fugle & Nigel Davies, Eat Your
CAD, October 31, 2005
I Haven't Got a Stitch To Wear
- a MicroStation tutorial to change the reference
display colors to gray, Shawn Foster, Eat Your CAD,
November 1, 2005
GC - Lesson 2 - Creating a Global Variable -
a
MicroStation tutorial to create a pyramid that
uses a global variable for height, Karen Fugle,
Eat Your CAD, October 28, 2005
Border Utility for V8
- MicroStation can make scaled sheet layouts without the aid of a 3rd party
application, Bill Wandersleben & Frank Conforti, Cadalyst AEC, October 14, 2005
The
Place Note Tool, Part 2 - MicroStation V8' s Horizontal Attachment, Edit
About and Place Note Tool settings, Frank Conforti and Bill Wandersleben,
Cadalyst AEC, September 15, 2005
The Place Note Tool, Part 1 - MicroStation V8 2004 tutorial on creating a
line or two of text with a segmented leader, Bill Wandersleben & Frank Conforti,
Cadalyst AEC, August 15, 2005
Management
Tools - MicroStation V8's level management tools provide you with
flexibility in managing the display and final output of your designs, James
Dyer, Cadalyst Management, July 15, 2005
How to Assign View Control Commands to Function Keys - start
using the function keys to set the view and increase your productivity, Alex
Arguelles, MicroStation Connections, June 8, 2005 (requires free registration)
Manage Your Design Levels - MicroStation V8 2004's level
manager lets users create, rename and delete levels and create, import and
export level libraries, James Dyer, Cadalyst AEC, June 15, 2005
Pointing Your Workspace at the Correct
Symbology Files
- MicroStation tutorial on tackling true type fonts that end up in
the workspace folder, Marc Thomas, Bentleyuser.org, May 24, 2005
MicroStation's Rendering Capabilities
- MicroStation V8 retains solutions in its memory till the time a new solution
is created, James Dyer, Cadalyst AEC, April 15, 2005
Make Your Renderings Look More Realistic
- MicroStation uses source and global lighting types in order to give designs a
more photorealistic look, James Dyer, Cadalyst AEC, May 15, 2005
Bentley Takes Lead in Acrobat Support - MicroStation users can embed
interactive 3D designs directly in PDF files, Michael Dakan, AEC Tech Trends
by Cadalyst, May 19, 2005
How to Edit PCF files in the MicroStation GUI - editing project
configuration files, Marc Thomas, bentleyuser.org, April 13, 2005
AccuDraw Focus - a setting in the preferences can help users
keep the focus in the AccuDraw dialog, Robert Mecham, MicroStation Community,
March 30, 2005, (requires free registration)
AutoCAD ESC Key for MicroStation - Bentley bows to users and adds ESC
key, Robert Mecham, MicroStation Connections, April 4, 2005 (may require free
registration)
Multiple Versions of Your Function Keys - if you have run out of
function keys, you can assign different menu files to function keys, Lorys
Lea, MicroStationTips.com, April 25, 2005
Additional Tools in the Primary Toolbar - to access additional tools,
move the mouse over Level Manager and right click it, ControlAltDelete,
MicroStationTips.com, April 25, 2005
A Close-Up Look at Feature Modeling
- MicroStation allows creation, modification of feature-based
solids models, James Dyer, Cadalyst AEC, March 15, 2005
How to Stop SScloud Writing to User Configuration Files
- MicroStation tip, Marc Thomas, February 11, 2005
Bentley Tip: Making TriForma Cut Plane Saved Views Available When
Referencing an Extraction Model - MicroStation tip, Steve Cocchi, BE
Newsletter, February 17, 2005
V8 - VBA to
Change Dimensions - provides an application that makes changing
dimensions in MicroStation a bit easier, Mike Francisco, Ask Inga, February
18, 2005 (requires free registration)
Bentley Tip: Labeling 2D Stations and 3D Stations on Profile Windows Using
InRoads - MicroStation tip, David Lee Fagerman, BE Newsletter, February
17, 2005
V8 - Working
Units and Survey Feet - explores the relationship between MicroStation
V8's working units and setting your file up in survey feet, Dan Ahern, Ask
Inga, February 23, 2005 (requires free registration)
MicroStation's 3D Capabilities, Part 2
- more tips for creating, editing and viewing 3D models, James Dyer,
Cadalyst, February 15, 2005 (Part 2 of 2)
Study Model Rendering for the Masses - MicroStation tip,
John V. Finkell, MicroStationTips.com, February 15, 2005
Turning Off Level Symbology - MicroStation tip,
MicroStationTips.com, February 15, 2005
V8 - The Unabridged
Keyin List - a reference guide to MicroStation V8 2004 Edition
keyins, Joe Allen and Sam Hudson, Ask Inga,
February 14, 2005 (requires free registration)
Text Nodes -
Visual Basic Application for MicroStation - MicroStation tip, Mike
Francisco, Ask Inga, February 14, 2005 (requires free registration)
Plot Orientation on Roll-fed Plotters
- MicroStation guidelines for correct plot output orientation, to help
eliminate wasted paper in the output, Bill Dougherty, MSM Online, February
14, 2005 (requires free registration)
Copy Linestyles Between RSC Files - MicroStation tip,
MicroStationTips.com, February 15, 2005
V8 - Macro to
Populate File > Properties - MicroStation tip, Rudi Wells, Ask Inga,
February 11, 2005 (requires free registration)
Things that Happen When Dimensioning in DWG Mode
- MicroStation tip, Marc Thomas, bentleyuser.org, February 10, 2005
Delete/Purge Levels that Contain Elements
- MicroStation tip, Marc Thomas, bentleyuser.org, February 4, 2005
Automatically Export Cells From a MicroStation Cell Library to AutoCAD Block
Files - MicroStation tip, MicroStationTips.com, February 8, 2005
Managing
MicroStation Backup Directories - explores the importance of backing up
MicroStation project data and offers a script to help simplify the backup process, Juan Auces,
Ask Inga, January 28, 2005 (requires free registration)
MicroStation's 3D Capabilities, Part 1
- explores the basics of creating, editing and viewing
3D models, James Dyer, Cadalyst, January 15, 2005
Recover Missing Elements from Your MicroStation Files
- MicroStation tips, Eiren Smith, MicroStationTips.com,
January 17, 2005
Change Level Symbology in Hundreds of MicroStation Files
at a Time - MicroStation tips, MicroStationTips.com,
January 17, 2005
Easily Delete Linear Elements Partially Overlapping
Other Linear Elements - MicroStation tips, Eiren
Smith, MicroStationTips.com, January 17, 2005
How
to Get a List of All of MicroStation's Configuration
Variables - MicroStation tips, Marc Thomas,
bentleyuser.org, January 13, 2005
Study Model
Rendering for the Masses - describes the quest for a MicroStation
equivalent to the 3ds max "cookie cutter" approach to quick visualization
and includes a set of example models and materials to play with, John Finkell,
bentleyuser.org, January 14, 2005
Using MicroStation Tags - discussion of MicroStation tags and AutoCAD
attributes, which are similar tools, but with important differences you need
to keep in mind whenever working with DWG files or DGN files that will be
converted to DWG, Lynn Winkler, MSM Online, January 12, 2005 (requires free
registration)
MicroStation V8 Lets You
Interactively Create and Audit Working Drawings - tips on using
dimensioning, reporting and standards-checking capabilities to help
communicate your design intent, James Dyer, Cadalyst, December 15, 2004
Editing Library Cells Is No Longer a Burden - MicroStation tip on how to
streamline the usually time-consuming task of editing cells in cell
libraries, Eiren K. Smith, MicroStationTips.com, January 11, 2005
Automatically Set Element Symbology When Importing Data
- MicroStation tips on using Axiom's Microsoft Office Importer to import
text and borders from your Microsoft Office documents, MicroStationTips.com,
January 11, 2005
Sequencing the Active File
- MicroStation tip, Lorys Lea, MicroStation Connections, January 5, 2005
(requires free registration)
2004
Right-Click Level Display
- MicroStation tip explores a useful pop-up menu in V7 and V8 in the Level
dialogs, Robert Mecham, MicroStation Connection, December 16, 2004 (requires
free registration)
Linking to Database Records
- MicroStation V7 tips, Lorys Lea, Ask Inga, December 21, 2004 (requires
free registration)
Shift a Custom LineStyle
- MicroStation tip, Robert Mecham, MicroStation Connection, December 22,
2004 (requires free registration)
Help
For CAD Users Moving To MicroStation - tips on using the Alias Manager
application, Joe Allen, MSM Online, December 20, 2004 (requires free
registration)
How to Create Cell Library Notebook - MicroStation tips, Ask Inga,
December 21, 2004 (requires free registration)
Enhancing Performance with ProjectWise File Caching - MicroStation tips,
Patrick Scheer, MSM Online, December 13, 2004 (requires free registration)
Dimensioning Tools Keep Your Styles in Order - MicroStation tutorial
explores documenting your designs with associative dimensions, James Dyer,
Cadalyst, November 23, 2004
Convert Contents
of PDF to JPG to Attach as Reference - MicroStation tip, Karl
Peterson, Ask Inga, December 2, 2004 (requires free registration)
ALT Codes for
Special Characters - MicroStation tip, Inga Morozoff, Ask Inga, December
2, 2004 (requires free registration)
The Stretch Command
- MicroStation tip offers a simple workflow for modifying elements using the
stretch command in combination with the scale tool, Robert Mecham,
MicroStation Connections, December 1, 2004 (requires free registration)
Using VBA to Programmatically Export a VBA Project -
MicroStation tips, Ken Suh, MSM Online, December 2, 2004 (requires free
registration)
Recover Deleted Elements You Thought to
Be Gone Forever - MicroStation tip, MicroStationTips.com, November 29,
2004
Importing Level
Symbology 1 - MicroStation tips, Nigel Davies, bentleyuser.org, November
21, 2004
Importing Level
Symbology 2 - MicroStation tips, Nigel Davies, bentleyuser.org, November
23, 2004
Selectively
turning Off Level Symbology - MicroStation tips, Nigel Davies,
bentleyuser.org, November 23, 2004
The Incremental Update Command - MicroStation tips, Bob Knepp,
MicroStationTips.com, November 23, 2004
Measure
Slopes, Latitudes and Departures with this Macro - MicroStation VBA
macro calculates slopes, latitudes and departures, Chuck Christiansen, Ask
Inga, November 16, 2004 (requires free lengthy registration
Macro
to Attach the Default Model as a Reference - MicroStation macro attaches
the file to itself as a reference, Peter Bekkers, Ask Inga, October 25, 2004
(requires free lengthy registration)
Enter
Data Fields - Visual Basic Application for MicroStation - tool to assist
with the repetitive task of filling in data fields, Thor Leslie, Ask Inga,
October 25, 2004 (requires free lengthy registration)
MicroStation Makes it Easy to Preview, Print Your Designs -
tutorial explains how to output drawings in the size, scale, and format you need, James Dyer, Cadalyst,
October 16, 2004
Controlling the Origin of a Copy/Paste
- MicroStation tip, Robert Mecham, MicroStation Connections, October 28,
2004 (requires free registration)
How to Send to Back Manually
- MicroStation tip, Lorys Lea, MicroStation Connections, November 18, 2004
(requires free registration)
Save
a View by Fence - MicroStation tip, Lorys Lea, MicroStationTips.com,
November 17, 2004
MicroStation VBA Resources Revisited - MicroStation tips, Dan Tartaglia,
MSM Online, November 15, 2004 (requires free registration)
MicroStation Trim Element Command - how to use the Trim Element
command along with the Element Selection or PowerSelector tool, Bob Knepp,
MicroStationTips.com, November 12, 2004
Changes To Batch Print in MicroStation V8 2004 Edition - MicroStation
tips, Ed Yepes, MSM Online, November 9, 2004 (requires free registration)
Using Bentley Navigator to Link Multiple Construction Events to One Schedule
Activity - MicroStation tutorial, Steve Cocchi, MSM Online, November 1,
2004 (may require free registration)
Align Reference Files
- MicroStation tip, MicroStationTips.com, November 9, 2004
Changing
Text Style Names in DGNLIBs - MicroStation tip,
MicroStationTips.com, November 8, 2004
Restricting
Fonts - MicroStation tips on restricting access to fonts, Karen Fugle,
bentleyuser.org, October 22, 2004
MicroStation
201 - Level Symbology Pt 2 - MicroStation tutorial explores the
Update Levels from Library tool, Karen Fugle,
bentleyuser.org, October 22, 2004
MicroStation
101: Level Symbology - MicroStation tutorial on color symbology, Karen Fugle,
bentleyuser.org, October 21, 2004
Overriding
Level Symbology - MicroStation advice for standardizing colors, styles
and weights, Nigel Davies and Karen Fugle,
bentleyuser.org, October 22, 2004 Bringing Elements to the Front - MicroStation tip, Robert Mecham, MicroStation Connections, October 21, 2004 (requires free registration) Unleashing the Power of the Desktop Within MicroStation V8.5 - how to access all the power of your Windows desktop applications and batch routines from within MicroStation using the key-in browser, Melissa Hook, MSM Online, October 18, 2004 (may require free registration) Tweaking a Text Preference - MicroStation tip for maximizing text readability, Robert Mecham, MicroStation Connections, October 14, 2004 (requires free registration) Multiple Function Keys - MicroStation tips on how to use the Function Key to enhance productivity, MicroStationTips.com, October 13, 2004 Using Chinese Fonts in MicroStation - MicroStation tips, Catherine Bennett, MSM Online, October 7, 2004 (may require free registration) Text Styles in V8 - MicroStation tip on how to edit text located within a cell, MicroStationTips.com, October 4, 2004 Using Text Symbols - MicroStation tips, Robert Mecham, MicroStation Connections, September 29, 2004 (requires free registration) The Equation Icon in MicroStation V8 2004 Edition - explores the calculator-like symbol in the 3D tools, Vaughan Fox, MSM Online, September 21, 2004 (requires free registration) PostScript Plot Drivers - MicroStation tips, Marc Thomas, bentleyuser.org, September 21, 2004 Creating WBlocks in MicroStation as AutoCAD "Cells" - how to turn a MicroStation element or cell into an AutoCAD WBlock, Ryan Berger, MicroStation Connections, September 16, 2004 (requires free registration) Edit Text - "Apply" From the Keyboard - MicroStation tip, Rick DeWitt, MicroStationTips.com, September 16, 2004 Digital InterPlot Design Script Extensions for ProjectWise Components - MicroStation tutorial, Su-Mei Shih, MSM Online, September 13, 2004 (requires free registration) The Not Quite 100 Page Guide to the AEC (UK) Level Standard - MicroStation V8 tutorial, Karen Fugle, bentleyuser.org, September 10, 2004 ProjectWise Web Explorer Lite Enhancements and Improvements - tips on using a MicroStation tool that allows users to access their data source via the Internet, Vince Passalacqua, MSM Online, September 7, 2004 (requires free registration) Common 3D Key-ins - MicroStation shortcuts, Bob Mecham, MicroStation Connections, September 1, 2004 (requires free registration) Turn Off the Global Freeze for Merging - MicroStation tip, MicroStationTips.com, September 1, 2004 More on AccuSnap - MicroStation tips, Marc Thomas, bentleyuser.org, August 31, 2004 MicroStation PDF Composer or MicroStation pdf.plt. Which Is Right for You?- MicroStation tips, Dawn Clark, MSM Online, August 30, 2004 (requires free registration) Deleting a User Defined Tool - MicroStation tip, MicroStationTips.com, August 25, 2004 Configuration Variables for Bentley GEOPAK 2004 Edition Products - MicroStation tips, Ignacio de Almagro III, MSM Online, August 20, 2004 (requires free registration) Upgrade and Keep Your Settings - MicroStation tip, MicroStationTips.com, August 19, 2004 Selecting the Text Under Filled Areas - MicroStation tip, Lorys Lea, MicroStation Connection, August 18, 2004 (requires free registration) Standardizing with V8 Seminar Series - webcasts provide details on MicroStation V8 2004 Edition, including support for Adobe PDF, enhanced DWG interoperability and digital security, MSM Online, August 18, 2004 (requires free registration) Sharing Files the PDF Way, Part II - tutorial on creating enriched PDF files and navigating PDF documents produced from MicroStation, James Dyer, Cadalyst, August 16, 2004 Compare Two Drawings in MicroStation V8 - James W. Burke, MicroStationTips.com, August 13, 2004 AccuSnap Tip - MicroStation tip, Ryan Truair, MicroStationTips.com, August 13, 2004 Redundant "Design" Key-in - MicroStation tip, MicroStationTips.com, August 13, 2004 AccuSnap and the Keyboard - AccuSnap and AccuDraw keyboard tips, Robert Mecham, MicroStation Connection, August 11, 2004 (requires free registration) Creating WBlocks in MicroStation as AutoCAD "Cells" - MicroStation tip, Ryan Berger, MSM Online, August 9, 2004 (requires free registration) Files and Folders: Using Microsoft Scripting in VBA - MicroStation tips on how to conveniently manipulate files and folders using VBA, Jon Summers, MSM Online, August 5, 2004 (requires free registration) Debugging Native Code MDL Applications - MicroStation tutorial, Michael Dougherty, MSM Online, August 9, 2004 (requires free registration) Bentley Tip: Viewing Thumbnails of V8 DGN Files With Non-DGN Extensions - MicroStation tip, Phil Chouinard, MSM Online, August 9, 2004 (requires free registration) Measuring a Horizontal Distance - MicroStation tips on how to get a horizontal distance measurement, Bob Mecham, MicroStation Connections, August 4, 2004 (requires free registration) Delete Elements Outside Drawing Border - MicroStation tip, Dale Tewes, MSM Online, July 23, 2004 (may require free registration) Automatic Querying of Multiple SELECTserver Installations - MicroStation tip, Ed Watson, MSM Online, July 23, 2004 (may require free registration) Referencing a PDF - MicroStation work-around for referencing a PDF with data alignments and other plans, MicroStation Connections, Lorys Lea, July 29, 2004 (requires free registration) Sharing Files the PDF Way, Part I - produce Adobe PDF documents directly from MicroStation, James Dyer (Bentley), Cadalyst, July 27, 2004 The "Pipe" Command - MicroStation tip, Robert C. Goodwin, MSM Online, July 8, 2004 New GEOPAK Startup Configuration Variable - MicroStation tip, Ignacio de Almagro III, MSM Online, July 8, 2004 Accessing Shortcuts with the Bentley Logo - MicroStation tip, Bob Mecham, MicroStation Connections, July 21, 2004 (requires free registration) Editing Text in Cells - MicroStation tip on how to edit text in cells that are placed in your design file without dropping the cell, Bob Mecham, MicroStation Connections, July 14, 2004 (requires free registration) Quickly Keying-in Bearings in AccuDraw - tip on how to key-in bearings, Bob Mecham, MicroStation Connections, July 14, 2004 (requires free registration) Introducing Segment3D Methods in MicroStation V8 2004 Edition - examines some of the 14 new Segment3d members, Yuedong Bi, MSM Online, June 28, 2004 (requires free registration) MicroStation VBA: Reading and Writing Tag Data - overview of the MicroStation tag elements, Jon Summers, MSM Online, June 30, 2004 Changing Screens When Using Two Application Windows - MicroStation tip for users with dual screens, Bob Mecham, MicroStation Connections, June 30, 2004 (free registration required) MicroStation 101: Annotation Scale - MicroStation tips, Karen Fugle, bentleyuser.org, June 23, 2004 MicroStation 201: Annotation Scale Revisited - MicroStation tips, Karen Fugle, bentleyuser.org, June 23, 2004 MicroStation 101: Sheet Layouts - MicroStation tips, Karen Fugle, bentleyuser.org, June 22, 2004 Capturing an Image in MicroStation - how to create a screen shot from any portion of the MicroStation program, Bob Mecham, MicroStation Connections, June 23, 2004 (free registration required) Using the AutoSave Features in MicroStation V8 - MicroStation - MicroStation tips, Reginald Wallace, MSM Online, June 17, 2004 (requires free registration) Converting DWG Files to 2D DGN Files - MicroStation tip, Brien Bastings, MSM Online, June 21, 2004 A Negative Number for Dimension Offset - MicroStation tip, Nicola Hopman, MSM Online, June 21, 2004 Pop Up Level Dialog - MicroStation tip, David Warr, bentleyuser.org, June 14, 2004 Show Full Path to Design File in Title Bar - MicroStation tip, David Warr, bentleyuser.org, June 14, 2004 Resize Window - MicroStation tip, David Warr, bentleyuser.org, June 14, 2004 Move Global Origin Back to Default - MicroStation tip, David Warr, bentleyuser.org, June 14, 2004 Change Font Size - MicroStation tip, David Warr, bentleyuser.org, June 14, 2004 Reporting Design History - MicroStation tip, David Warr, bentleyuser.org, June 14, 2004 Multiple Dimensions - MicroStation tip, David Warr, bentleyuser.org, June 14, 2004 Associativity - MicroStation tip, David Warr, bentleyuser.org, June 14, 2004 Revision History Numbering - MicroStation tip, David Warr, bentleyuser.org, June 14, 2004 Thumbnails in Files Upgraded from V7 - MicroStation tip, David Warr, bentleyuser.org, June 14, 2004 Start Windows Applications from MicroStation - MicroStation tip, David Warr, bentleyuser.org, June 14, 2004 Useful Keyboard Shortcuts for MicroStation - list of keyboard shortcuts for MicroStation, AccuDraw and Windows, Bob Mecham, MicroStation Connections, June 3, 2004 (requires free registration) Locate Filter - MicroStation programming tip, by Mark Stefanchuk, June 1, 2004 Power Selector in V8 - MicroStation tips, Bob Mecham, MicroStation Connections, May 14, 2004 (requires free registration) Placing Dimensions in MicroStation V8 2004 Edition - MicroStation tip, Dan Eng, MSM Online, May 17, 2004 (may require free registration) Backing Up an Active File - MicroStation tip, Lorys Lea, MSM Online, May 17, 2004 (may require free registration) Suspending AccuDraw - MicroStation tip, Bill Ostroff, MSM Online, May 3, 2004 (may require free registration) Extracting MicroStation Tag Data to a JSM File - explores a useful function of the JSpace MicroStation Connection, Todd Cassel, MSM Online, May 18, 2004 (may require free registration) Standard Operating Procedure - MicroStation V8 tutorial demonstrates how to establish and maintain standards throughout the design process, James Dyer, Cadalyst, May 17, 2004 ( Scripting Files Vs. Import Points - MicroStation tips, Brian Palmer, MicroStation Connections, May 11, 2004 (may require free registration) Creating a Backup - MicroStation tips on creating a backup, Joel Aili, MicroStation Connections, May 5, 2004 (may require free registration) Reading Elements From a Microsoft Access Database with VBA - MicroStation tip, Michael Seese, MSM Online, May 3, 2004 (may require free registration) Working with Text Files - MicroStation tips, Robert Mecham, MicroStation Digital Digest, April 29, 2004 Importing Shape Files into MicroStation GeoGraphics - explains how to view an ESRI file in DGN format using MicroStation GeoGraphics V8, Linda Shanley, MSM Online, April 12, 2004 (may require free registration) Various Dimension Updates - MicroStation V8 tips on dimensioning, Shawn Foster, Sextant Consulting, April 12, 2004 Multi-Snaps - MicroStation V8 tips on using the AccuSnap and Mutli-Snap commands, Shawn Foster, Sextant Consulting, April 12, 2004 Collaboration Made Simple - MicroStation tutorial explains how adding models and references to projects instantly improves collaboration and information exchange, James Dyer, Cadalyst, April 9, 2004 More on Zooming with a Mouse Wheel - MicroStation tip, Maura Swart, MSM Online, March 25, 2004 (may require free registration) Using the Edit Text Tool - MicroStation tip, Damen Belcher, MSM Online, March 25, 2004 (may require free registration) Editing Text as a Node - MicroStation tip, Dilip Parikh, MSM Online, March 25, 2004 (may require free registration) Using Bentley Navigator to Perform Animations and Schedule Simulations - MicroStation tip, Steve Cocchi, MSM Online, March 25, 2004 (may require free registration) Achieving Softer Ray Traced Shadows - MicroStation tutorial explores new techniques for achieving soft ray traced shadows in both interior and exterior scenes, Jerry D. Flynn, MSM Online, April 7, 2004 (may require free registration) Title Block Integration for MicroStation - explores the process for exchanging information between MicroStation and Bentley ProjectWise from a single source of information stored in the database, Dana Stauffer, MSM Online, March 30, 2004 (may require free registration)  The "Save View" Key-in and Reference Files (for MicroStation V7 and V8) - MicroStation tutorial, Larry Shields, CADdigest.com, March 29, 2004
The Not Quite One Page Guide to Workspace Configurations - MicroStation tutorial explores the four main configurations - .ucf, .upf, .pcf and Standards.cfg, Karen Fugle, bentleyuser.org, March 10, 2004 MX to MicroStation Configuration Options - how to modify configuration options, Stewart Smith, MSM Online, March 22, 2004 (may require free registration) Tips & Tricks for CAD Software - numerous productivity tips for AutoCAD, Architectural Desktop, Revit and MicroStation, Terry Dean, Tim Bates, Kevin Lilley and Russ Monrose, Design Productivity Journal, December 2003 (pdf) (requires free registration) Tracking Your Every Move - MicroStation tutorial explores Design History, which enables you to record, review and restore changes throughout a project, James Dyer, Cadalyst, March 13, 2004 Keeping Up with Changes in the MicroStation MDL API - MicroStation tip, Robert Hook, March 11, 2004 MSM Online, March 11, 2004 Zooming with a Mouse Wheel - MicroStation tip, Trevor L. Howard and Dennis Kuzmanovic, MSM Online, March 11, 2004 Upgrading Your HMR Raster Attachments to MicroStation V8 - MicroStation tutorial, Kelley Cunningham, MSM Online, March 8, 2004 (may require free registration) The SET RANGE Key-in Command - MicroStation tutorial, Steve Palmer, CADdigest.com, February 26, 2004 Multi-Snaps - MicroStation V8 2004 Edition - tips on using the AccuSnap and multi-snap tools, Shawn Foster, Sextant Consulting, February 20, 2004 Creating Elements with Multiple Vertices - MicroStation tutorial illustrates how to create an element that has several vertices, Jon Summers, MSM Online, February 18, 2004 Extend GeoGraphics Database from Previous Versions to MicroStation V8 - how to add and populate columns to enhance a project created in pre-V8 versions of MicroStation GeoGraphics, Kees van Prooijen, MSM Online, February 16, 2004 (may require free registration) Level Enhancement Examples for MicroStation V8.5 - tips on using enhanced level control of nested reference file attachments, Jeremy Calla, MSM Online, February 9, 2004 (may require free registration) MicroStation 101: V8 Level Display - MicroStation tips, Karen Fugle, benyleyuser.org, January 26, 2004 MicroStation 101: V8 Level Manager - MicroStation tips, Karen Fugle, benyleyuser.org, February 3, 2004 MicroStation Feature Modeling - Modify/Replace Profile - MicroStation tips, Mike Evans, Bentley.com, January 30, 2004 (may require free registration) Removing Point Symbols from Linestyles -MicroStation tips, Dan Eng, Bentley.com, January 30, 2004 (may require free registration) Recalling and Saving Selection Sets - MicroStation tips, Mike Evans, Bentley.com, January 30, 2004 (may require free registration)Keep a Polygon Line String Shape Session While Zooming In and Out - MicroStation tips, Lorys Lea, MicroStation Digest, January 29, 2004 Toggle Between Tool Settings and AccuDraw - MicroStation tip, George Lee, MicroStation Digest, January 22, 2004 Navigating Levels in MicroStation V8 - provides an overview of the key operations of the Level Display dialog, James Dyer, Cadalyst, March 1, 2004 MicroStation V8 - Getting Multi-lines out of Settings Manager and into a DGNLib - MicroStation productivity tips, Shawn Foster, Sextant Consulting, January 19, 2004 Customizing your PopUp Menu in MicroStation V8 - MicroStation productivity tips, Shawn Foster, Sextant Consulting, January 19, 2004 MicroStation V8's Models - explores V8's new model options to organize design data, James Dyer, Cadalyst, January 5, 2004 Tips & Tricks - Special Key-ins - MicroStation tips, Chuck Rheault, Precision Input Newsletter, January 9, 2004 Dimensioning Complex Parts - advice on dimensioning complex parts or a part with a lot of holes, Scott Crowe, MicroStation Digest, January 8, 2004 Using MicroStation In a DWG World - explores a method of working with V8 to produce DWG files indistinguishable from files produced with another well-known DWG editing tool, Nigel Davies, bentleyuser.org, January 5, 2004 Re-mapping ByLevel Color When Saving to DWG - explains how to assign an AutoCAD color to a Mapping table and have it map to the correct AutoCAD color, Dana Stauffer, MSM Online, January 4, 2004 (may require free registration) 2003Exploring the Possibilities of Properties - MicroStation tips explore topics including storing more information against a DGN file for later use and locating files more easily, Ron Seydler, MSM Online, December 22, 2003 (may require free registration) Dock Any Top/Bottom Docking Item Beside Main Menu - MicroStation tip, Ian Kidd, MicroStation Digest, December 18, 2003Producing Consistent Line Thickness with InterPlot - explains how to produce a consistent line thickness across various plotters and printers by utilizing an InterPlot pen table, Bo Gingrich, MSM Online, December 15, 2003 Setting Printer Driver Default - MicroStation tips, Lynne Taylor, MicroStation Digest, December 11, 2003 Script Files - MicroStation tips on importing coordinate points, Bob Mecham, MicroStation Digest, December 4, 2003 Things to Know for the Surface Model Beginner - MicroStation tips on surfacing, Dan Abney, MSM Online, November 17, 2003 Plotting to a Printer with Non-sysprinter Plotter Driver Files - tips on how to output a plotfile directly to a plotter or printer, rather than having to create a plotfile first before outputting the resulting plotfile to a plotter or printer, Bill Dougherty, MSM Online, November 11, 2003 (may require free registration) Quicksets - MicroStation tips on the functionality of Quicksets, which are named groups created on the fly using the view control pop-up menu, Lynne Taylor, MicroStation Digest, November 6, 2003 Exporting, Editing, and Importing an Environment Via a Script File - how to export an existing ProjectWise environment, edit the script file to add more attributes, then import the edited .aam file as a new environment, Dana Guthrie, MSM Online, November 4, 2003 (may require free registration) MicroStation 101: Positional Units - MicroStation tutorial, Karen Fugle, bentleyuser.org, October 16, 2003 MicroStation 101: Global Origins and V7workmode - MicroStation tutorial, Karen Fugle, bentleyuser.org, October 9, 2003 Using the 400 Grad Angle System in MicroStation V8 - tips on using the grad angle measurement system, often used in the European mapping and surveying industry, Kees van Prooijen, MSM Online, October 27, 2003 (may require free registration) Using Displaysets - tips on using MicroStation V8.1's Displaysets, Lynne Taylor, MicroStation Digest, October 10, 2003 Discovering Named Groups - this excerpt from the book, "The Survivor's Guide to MicroStation V8," covers Named Groups in MicroStation V8, which enable users to create and manipulate Named Selection Sets, Keith Little, MSM Online, October 2, 2003 MBHELPER: MicroStation BASIC and VBA Helper - examines an MDL application that can help when the macro recorder is not sufficient, Miroslav Mandl and Gerard de Jong, MSM Online, October 7, 2003 Working Units: Upgrading MicroStation GeoGraphics Data to the MicroStation V8 File Format - migrating DGN data from the earlier MicroStation format to the V8 format makes the understanding and interpretation of your working unit labels necessary to achieving accurate results, Nelson Hobdell, MSM Online, October 6, 2003 (may require free registration InterPlot Organizer Integration with Bentley ProjectWise 8.1 - explores the perks of InterPlot Organizer, which allows users to plot MicroStation design files, AutoCAD drawing files, raster files and DPR files, and to work on a group of plots as a single plot set, Su-Mei Shih, MSM Online, September 29, 2003 (may require free registration) New Dimensioning Tools - explores two new MicroStation tools, Dimension Audit, an auditing tool for dimensions that have already been placed, and Dimension Create, an enhanced set of dimension tools, Pat Pijar, MSM Online, September 16, 2003 (may require free registration) Workmodes and Other Hidden Treasures - MicroStation tips on streamlining everyday tasks with productivity-enhancing selection tools, design Workmodes and hidden user-interface components, James H. Dyer, CADENCE, September 2003 Modeling Valves Without Operators in PlantSpace Design Series v8.1 - MicroStation tutorial, Rob Waegele, MSM Online, August 22, 2003 (may require free registration) Access ProjectWise Metadata Using MicroStation Configuration Variables - ProjectWise tutorial, Dave Brumbaugh, August 14, 2003 The Reference Preference Redux - advice on customizing your reference tasks, Chris Marks, MSM Online, August 11, 2003 (may require free registration) Add MicroStation Menu Items from a VBA Macro - explores a VBA application that can be used to add menu entries, Dave Brumbaugh, MSM Online, July 30, 2003 Your Solids Working Area, Global Origin, Working Units, and You - MicroStation tutorial explores the Solids Working Area, how it relates to your design file's Global Origin and how Working Units fit into the picture, Steve Cocchi, MSM Online, July 28, 2003 (may require free registration) Using the Microsoft Common Dialog Control in VBA - explores the ways to utilize this frequently used dialog function, Jon Summers, MSM Online, July 24, 2003 MicroStation Tips & Tricks - two tips dealing with the Fence Stretch Command in J and selection shortcuts, Kim Langman and Lynne Taylor, MicroStation Digest, July 17, 2003 Utilizing MicroStation's DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) Linking Capabilities with Microsoft Excel - Joseph Everette, Jr., MSM Online, July 7, 2003 Working with Levels in MicroStation VBA - explores how to turn a level on or off from within MicroStation V8 and dealing with levels in a reference, Dan Tartaglia, MSM Online, June 27, 2003 (may require free registration) Tips From the Knowledgebase From MicroStation On the Web - answers to users' questions posed to Bentley technical support regarding MicroStation V8, MSM Online, June 10, 2003 (may require free registration) Data Collection for Digital Terrain Models: Understanding and Evaluating the Options - an overview of Bentley's civil engineering software applications, InRoads and GEOPAK, which can create digital terrain models from many data collection methods, David Lee Fagerman and Patsy Gant, MSM Online, June 3, 2003 (may require free registration) Getting Rid of Unwanted Shared Cells - MicroStation V8 tips, Marc Thomas, bentleyuser.org, June 6, 2003 Making Live Nested Reference Attachments Into Direct Attachments - MicroStation V8 tips, Lynne Taylor, April 2, 2003 Fences and AccuSnap in V8 - MicroStation V8 tips, Marc Thomas, bentleyuser.org, May 22, 2003 Dimensioning Options - MicroStation V8 tips, Marc Thomas, bentleyuser.org, May 4, 2003 Adding a Configurable Status Attribute to PlantSpace Design Series - how to add a status label to a Design Series project and modify the new SETSYMB.LIB Class Library to affect graphical changes to the component, based on its status, Mark Halliwell, MSM Online, May 28, 2003 Adjusting the Colours Of a Reference - MicroStation V8 tips, Lynne Taylor, bentleyuser.org, May 23, 2003 DGN to DWG Linestyles - MicroStation V8 tips, Lynne Taylor, bentleyuser.org, May 19, 2003 A MicroStation VBA Example with Bentley ProjectWise - tutorial on how to call into a custom ProjectWise dll and extract and display the current document attributes information to the user, Michael Dougherty, MSM Online, May 26, 2003 (may require free registration) Using Named Groups in MicroStation v8.1 - tutorial on how to define a name for a set of elements that can be manipulated as one single element, making a set of elements easily identifiable, Daniel Eng, MSM Online, May 12, 2003 (may require free registration) Integrating and Using Batch Printing with ProjectWise v8.1 - tips on using Batch Printing, a MicroStation v8.1 application that can plot and re-plot related sets of design files in repeatable ways, Vince Passalacqua, MSM Online, April 28, 2003 (may require free registration) Hatching and Patterning Disjointed Areas - MicroStation V8 tips, Lynne Taylor, bentleyuser.org, April 12, 2003 Using the Workspace Profiles Capability in Bentley ProjectWise - explains how to create and use a workspace profile, Paul Johnson, MSM Online, April 21, 2003 (may require free registration) Using InterPlot Organizer for Group Plot - MicroStation tutorial focuses on a feature that allows you to work on a group of plots as a single plot set, Todd Coombs, April 14, 2003 2D/3D Choice For Design - an overview of how the common design modes function in Bentley Architecture and Bentley Structural v8.1, Robert DiMauro, MSM Online, April 7, 2003 (may require free registration) MicroStation VBA Hints & Tips: Extracting Words From a String - how to pull out each value of a comma-separated string, Jon Summers, MSM Online, March 18, 2003 Fixing Forgotten File Associations in Windows - MicroStation tips on opening files via Windows Explorer, Jon Summers, MSM Online, March 5, 2003 MicroStation - Align Your Elements - streaming video tips on using the Align command to make your drawings look more professional, Avatech Solutions, February 24, 2003 Using a Standalone Visual Basic Application to Access MicroStation Design Files, Part 1 - tutorial shows how to create an application to automate a variety of tasks, Miroslav Mandl, MSM Online, February 12, 2003 (part 1 of 2) Using a Standalone Visual Basic Application to Access MicroStation Design Files, Part 2 - tutorial shows how to modify a few lines of previously written code to get more advanced operation on elements in a design file, Miroslav Mandl, MSM Online, February 20, 2003 (part 2 of 2) MicroStation V8 in 3D - The Drawings Are So Easy - tutorial shows how to create a 3D model in MicroStation V8, Noel Addison, CADinfo.NET, February 25, 2003 Working with DWG Reference Files - a MicroStation tutorial, Reginald Wallace, MSM Online, February 3, 2003 SELECTserver Deployment and MicroStation V8 - tutorial shows how to install and update Bentley software across a network, Dana Guthrie, MSM Online, January 13, 2003 Working with Displayable Attributes - MicroStation tips on setting up your database to use Displayable Attributes, Gary Lerch, MSM Online, January 27, 2003 InterPlot Trouble Shooting Tips - advice from Bentley technical support on common InterPlot problems, Bo Gingrich, MSM online, January 22, 2003 For Your Reference - MicroStation tutorial examines sharing design data via references, James H. Dyer, CADENCE, January 2003 Powell’s Performance Pointers - Speed Tips for Rendering with MicroStation - rendering performance tips dealing with modeling, settings, memory and materials, Andy Powell, bentleyuser.org, January 6, 2003 Rendering with V8 - tips on 3D modeling in MicroStation V8, Andy Powell, bentleyuser.org, January 2, 2003 Using ProjectWise Authentication Server in Active Directory Domain Model - tutorial explains how to set up the ProjectWise Authentication Server to synchronize accounts in a Windows Active Directory Domain Model, Kevin Boland, MSM Online, January 6, 2003 2002Using Database Queries for PlantSpace P&ID Tagging - explains how to set up both simple and complex database queries for tagging, using both MicroStation Schematics/PlantSpace P&ID version 7 or higher and Microsoft Access, Todd Cassell, MSM Online, December 16, 2002 Bypassing Port Problems in Windows 2000 and Windows XP - MicroStation V8 tips, Bill Dougherty, MSM Online, December 9, 2002 Unlocking iDesktop Integration - how to integrate ProjectWise and MicroStation V8, Sunil Talati, MSM Online, December 2, 2002 MicroStation V8 in 3D - The Drawings Are So Easy - start with a 3D model and have MicroStation create views for you, Noel Addison, CADinfo.NET, December 2002 Two AccuDraw Shortcuts - Lynne Taylor, bentleyuser.org, November 4, 2002 MX for MicroStation Tips & Techniques - a collection of five quick tips, North American MX Users Group, November 15, 2002 Sharing Your Workspace - how to set up shared workspaces in MicroStation and Architecture for MicroStation TriForma and Structural for MicroStation TriForma, Kevin Dreyer, MSM Online, November 11, 2002 Basic Animation Principles Applied to MicroStation - explores MicroStation’s Key Frame tools, which resemble traditional animation, Dan Abney, MSM Online, November 8, 2002 Using the Solids Working Area in MicroStation V8 - a tutorial, MSM Online, Geoffrey Albert, October 21, 2002 Using Work Modes in MicroStation V8 - what DWG Work Mode is and how to use it, Hany Nakhla, MSM Online, October 14, 2002 Entering Precise Dimensions Using the Tool Settings Window - MicroStation tutorial explores basic dimensional entry information, Peter Mann, MSM Online, October 9, 2002 Launching VBA Applications as Initapps or Dgnapps - MicroStation tips, Ken Suh, MSM Online, October 7, 2002 Converting Outdated User Commands for Use in MicroStation V8: Part 4 - examines a VBA module to convert MBE macros to VBA macros, Chuck Rheault, MSM Online, October 3, 2002 MicroStation Toolbars and Interactive Navigation - tips and tricks, James H. Dyer, CADENCE, October 2002 Put Your Own Cities into the Rendering Tools - MicroStation v8 tips, Marc Thomas, bentleyuser.org, September 11, 2002 Placing Text Using Word Wrap - MicroStation tips, Lynne Taylor, MicroStation v8 tips, bentleyuser.org, September 2, 2002 Text Substitution Enhancements to MicroStation V8 Pen Tables - Ed Yepes, MSM Online, September 30, 2002 A Brief Introduction to B-spline Modeling in MicroStation V8 - Lu Han, MSM Online, September 27, 2002 New Color Masks in MicroStation Descartes V8 - tips on editing color, Mario Langlais, MSM Online, September 9, 2002 Placing Text Using Word Wrap - MicroStation V8 tips, Lynne Taylor, bentleyuser.org, September 2, 2002 Converting Outdated User Commands for Use in MicroStation V8: Part 3 - Chuck Rheault, MSM Online, September 6, 2002 Interfacing MicroStation V8 and Microsoft Excel with VBA Macros - how to link the two programs using MicroStation V8’s VBA programmability, Dave Brumbaugh, MSM Online, September 3, 2002 Enhanced Reference Clipping in v8 - MicroStation v8 tips, bentleyuser.org, Lynne Taylor, August 5, 2002 Finding Hidden DOGS in Your Archives - MicroStation tips on dealing with objects borrowed from legacy drawings, Lee Parker, MSM Online, August 27, 2002 Raster Manager Preferences Within the MicroStation V8 Workspace - a tutorial, Kelley Cunningham, MSM Online, August 26, 2002 Within Every 2D MicroStation User, There Hides a 3D Artist - a brief exercise to help you ease into using 3D, Frank Conforti, MSM Online, August 20, 2002 Using the InterPlot Driver Printer Cloning Utilities - an overview of Bentley's two utility programs to help users migrate Intergraph driver packs to Bentley driver packs, Van Kendall, MSM Online, August 19, 2002 Selecting and Deleting Elements with the Power Selector Tool - tutorial explores an alternative to standard element selection techniques, Peter Mann, MSM Online, August 15, 2002 Working with Design History in MicroStation V8 - a tutorial by Maureen Madden with Pat Pijar, MSM Online, August 12, 2002 Converting Outdated User Commands for Use in MicroStation V8: Part 2 - how to convert older MicroStation User Commands for use in MicroStation V8, Chuck Rheault, MSM Online, August 6, 2002 The Ultimate Raster Border: Working with Boundaries in MicroStation I/RAS B - learn how Bentley's binary raster editing, cleanup and vectorization tool uses borders, Leona Freeman, MSM Online, August 5, 2002 Becoming Acquainted with AccuDraw - tutorial on using this drafting assistant in MicroStation V8, Samir Haque, MSM Online, August 2002 Using the New MicroStation V8 Batch Process Utility - Eddie Anderson, MSM Online, July 25, 2002 MicroStation V8 2D, Level 1 - use of multiple view windows in MicroStation V8 can enhance productivity, but new users are unfamiliar with their benefits, excerpt from a new book by Peter Mann, MSM Online, July 18, 2002 Converting User Commands for Use in MicroStation V8 - Bentley no longer supports UCMs but you can convert them to MicroStation BASIC, Chuck Rheault, MSM Online, July 15, 2002 Opening and Saving DWG Files in MicroStation V8 - although MicroStation V8 accepts DWG files as a native format, there are a variety of settings and options to be considered when preparing to work with DWG files for the first time, Dana Stauffer, MSM Online, July 15, 2002 Extending the PLTUTIL Application - tweaks to expand the functionality of plot utility program for MicroStation users, David W. Elliott, MSM Online, July 1, 2002 Configuration Variable Processing - MicroStation V8 offers new functions for workspace configuration using variables making it possible to perform an action based upon the value of a variable, Chris Marks, MSM Online, June 24, 2002 Avoiding the Digital Landfill with Digital InterPlot - producing hundreds of plot sets for a project is the easy part of plotting, but you also need to view, manage, store and distribute plot sets, Alan R. Grey, MSM Online, June 20, 2002 Using Level Libraries: Second in a Series - users upgrading from MicroStation/J to MicroStation V8 will find that nearly every facet of the Levels system has been enhanced, Deepak Malkan, MSM Online, June 18, 2002 MicroStation - Use GROUPS for Those "Temporary" Cells - Streaming tech tips on avoiding cluttered cell libraries, Avatech Solutions, May 28, 2002 How to Extract Cells From A Design Library - Fast - MicroStation tutorial, MicroStation Today, May 7, 2002 (pdf) MicroStation V8 Database Connectivity with Visual Basic - Jon Summers, MicroStation Manager, May 2002 The Five Minute VBA - a MicroStation tutorial on using Visual Basic for Applications, Mark Stefanchuk, ControlAltDelete, First Quarter 2002 (pdf) Design information and the Lobster Trap - the first in a series on content management and publishing, Alan R. Gray, MSM Online, April 30, 2002 How to Use Varying Units of Measure When Detailing with MicroStation V8 - Bill Wandersleben, MSM Online, April 2002 Lars Hesselgren Explores “Blobby Architecture” in MicroStation V8 - not all surfaces are smooth, MSM Online, April 2002 Using Active Desktop to Track Open MicroStation Sessions - mCount, a VBA program for MicroStation administrators, will count and report on the number of open MicroStation sessions, Mary Ramsey, Mark Stefanchuk, MSM Online, April 2002 The Lars Word: Not All Surfaces are Smooth - MicroStation now has tools for designing curvy buildings, Lars Hesselgren, bentleyuser.org, Feb 4, 2002 Understanding File Locations and Reference Attachments in MicroStation - Barry Bentley, MSM Online, Feb 2002 Tips for the A Crowd: Translation: Linestyle Scale and Fonts - for translating from MicroStation to AutoCAD, CADguru.com, Jan 11, 2002 Cell Standards in MicroStation V8 - a DGN file stores each cell as separate model, similar to multiple sheets contained within a spreadsheet workbook, Mary Ramsey and Mark Stefanchuk, MSM Online, Jan 2002 2001MicroStation V8 Unveiled - Part 6: Working with Models - Frank Conforti, MSM Online, Nov 2001  Multiple AccuDraw Shortcut Files - tutorial outlines the step by step process to implementing multiple AccuDraw shortcuts for MicroStation users, Seth M. Cohen, Rowse Company, Nov 14, 2001
Learn How to Draw and Place Arcs, Polygons, Curves and Shapes with Accudraw and MicroStation - Frank Conforti, Inside MicroStation, 5th Edition, reprinted on AECVision, Oct 3, 2001 (pdf) Quick Tech Tips - the latest multimedia quick tutorials include 'AutoCAD Trimming Dimensions,' 'AutoCAD Polar Snap,' and MicroStation - Windows Clipboard Origin,' by Avatech, Oct 3, 2001 MicroStation Mechanics - Menu Bars - make your own menus or add to existing one in MicroStation, Chuck Kirasic, DigitalCAD, July 2001 Planning Ahead for Better Results - several features in MicroStation's setup can offer huge benefits: compressing files, aving settings and more, Mary Ramsey and Mark Stefanchuk, MSM Online, May 2001 Teach Yourself MicroStation/J - Chapter 13 of Ranjit Sahai's book discusses the engineering configuration, available from AEC Vision, May 2001 (pdf format) Big Numbers in 3D - IBM, Dell price drops and performance increases, Susan MacLean, MSM Online, April 2001 How to Load MDL Applications and Keep Them Loaded - for MicroStation users from cadgurus.com, April 2001 Thinking Beyond the Pavement - highway projects can uses technology to involve agencies and the public, MSM Online, April, 2001 HTML Author - publishing MicroStation cell libraries on the Internet, Mark Stefanchuk, cadgurus.com, Mar 2001 AutoCAD to MicroStation Translation - Michael Liers, DigitalCAD, March 2001 2000Some Thoughts on V8 - preview of features and capabilities of the next big MicroStation release by Marc Thomas, Dec 15, 2000 MicroStation Mechanics: Tid-Bits - Chuck Kirasic, Digital CAD, February 28, 2001 Flying Through the Animation Producer - by Patrick Harlan, MicroStation Manager, June 2000 Understanding MicroStation BASIC Configuration Variables - by the staff of LA Solutions Building Realistic Terrain Models with MicroStation/J and Java - by Dave Brumbaugh, MSM Online, May 2000 (MicroStation) Converting Drawing Units - converting in MicroStation between metric and imperial units, by Inga Morozoff, MSM Online, May 2000 (MicroStation) Enlightened Radiosity Solving, Part 1 - by Raymond Dwyer, MSM Online, May 2000 Introduction to Rendering - MSM Online, May 2000 Lars Goes Radiant: Radiosity as an element of architectural design - by Lars Hesselgren, MSM Online, May 2000 An AutoCAD User Switches to Microstation - Adam Felchner, CADmonkey, April 5, 2000 denotes a select article. |
