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When placing text in a plan sheet it is preferred that there is no line work or graphics behind the text. Having the graphics behind the text makes it difficult to read. MicroStation Text Styles allow for a background to be placed around the text to make it appear as the text is clipping the [...]

VBA contains many internal constants and enumerated types to provide consistency and more readable code. Some programmers like to bypass these internal types and use the numeric equivalents. The most common of these practices is to use 0 and 1 for the Boolean FALSE and TRUE. You might also be tempted to do (or run [...]

In this tutorial we will show you the new procedure in MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries) to control the display order of elements in a 3D design file. The default method is set to the elevation of the element. With a simple edit to a Display Style the legacy draw order could also be used.

When using VBA forms for gathering text inputs you may want to test the values. This is particularly true when your application is expecting numeric text inputs. The examples below show two TextBox events that can be used to validate numeric entries. The default Change event tests the input after every key press. This even [...]

In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to drape an image onto a triangle or mesh surface.

Use $ versions of string functions VBA provides two versions of some of the commonly used string functions such as TRIM and TRIM$, MID and MID$, LCASE and LCASE$, etc. The $ version of the function returns a string value and is the one that should be used. The alternate version without the $ returns [...]

In a previous tip we demonstrated how to obtain geographic coordinate readouts in MicroStation V8i and later releases. It is also possible to enter coordinate values in Longitude, Latitude units. When a geographic coordinate system is selected using the Geographic tool box MicroStation automatically creates an Auxiliary Coordinate System based on the selected geographic coordinate [...]

Using the VBA Len function to test for empty string values will improve the performance of your applications. Dim strValue as String ‘ ‘ Typical method to test for empty string ‘ If strValue = “” Then MsgBox “String is empty” End If ‘ ‘ Quicker method to test for empty string ‘ If Len(strValue) [...]

The ability to render realistic grass has been included in the (SELECTseries 2) release of MicroStation. Below are the steps and a couple tips on working with the data. Open the Material Editor dialog. From the Material Editor dialog drop down menu Settings > Advanced Load the Landscape.pal [Bentley_Materials.dgnlib] palette. Select a grass lawn material [...]

It can be easy for a user to start multiple instances of your macro program, especially if it contains non-modal user forms. In some cases this may not be a problem, but usually, having multiple instances of a macro running simultaneously can lead to problems. To prevent this from happening simply declare a Public Boolean [...]