OpenRoads Tip: Black and Blue Manipulator Preference Written by Bob Mecham After working in OpenRoads for a while you may notice that the size and color of the Manipulator is rather hard to read. Maybe I am…
OpenRoads Survey Tip – Create Terrain Model Exterior Boundary Written by Bob Mecham In this tip, we will show you how to create an exterior boundary for a terrain model when it is generated from an OpenRoads Survey field…
OpenRoads Tip – Create Terrain Element from Corridor and Add Exterior Boundary Written by: Bob Mecham In this tip we will show you how to create a terrain element from your corridor. Then we will show you how to constrain the…
OpenRoads Tip: 5 Things to Know When Working with Superelevations Written by: Bob Mecham Working with superelevations in the OpenRoads SS4 release is much different from previous versions of InRoads or GEOPAK. Here are 5…
MicroStation Tip: What’s New in V8i (SELECTseries 3) Update 2 Written by: Bob Mecham With the release of the new OpenRoads – V8i (SELECTseries 4) Maintenance Release 1 comes a new release of MicroStation V8i…
MicroStation Tip: Rendering Material Assignments in Google Earth Written by: Bob Mecham Credit to: Margaret Valletta – McFarland Johnson I was providing professional guidance to Margaret on a 3D rendering project.…
OpenRoads Tip: Change Profile Symbology of your Terrain Wrtitten by Bob Mecham Does your Terrain Element end up on level Default when you view your Profile? With a little setup of your Feature Definition and Element…
OpenRoads Tip: Reference Terrain and Display Override Written by Bob Mecham It is common to reference your design file that has the Terrain Element to your geometry or sheet models. However, you may not see what…
OpenRoads Tip: Three Ways to Change the Starting Station Written by Bob Mecham By default the starting station for OpenRoads Geometry is always 0+00. There are three ways to modify this value. Number 1: Go to Tasks…
MicroStation Tip: Keyin to Toggle between AccuDraw and Civil AccuDraw Written by Mark Templeman – Senior Transportation Designer at JEO Consulting Group, Inc. At last months Nebraska User Group 2015 spring conference Mark…
3 Reasons to Move to OpenRoads Design Intent What is Design Intent? Design Intent in OpenRoads builds associations and relationships between civil elements. The object information (how,…
OpenRoads Tip: Create Element Templates from the XIN Written by Bob Mecham Now that you are moving to OpenRoads Technology, you understand Element Templates will be part of your configuration. Element templates…
MicroStation Tip: Working with Linestyles – Scale, Shift, Direction Written by Bob Mecham Scale Here is a key-in I had to dig up for a project I was working on. All of my existing custom linestyles were placed in… Read more »
MicroStation Tip: AccuDraw Focus Written by: Bob Mecham If you have ever worked with AccuDraw you know keeping the focus in the AccuDraw dialog can be troublesome. There is a setting in…
OpenRoads Tip: 3D Elements from Survey Data Written by: Bob Mecham OpenRoads Survey can automatically create 3D elements in your CAD file. Some uses are pipes, trees, and utility structures such as…
OpenRoads V8i SELECTseries 4 is Now Available – Read This Before Updating! If you like to stay current with releases and plan on downloading and installing OpenRoads SS4 you need to read this first. Managing files and data will take…
OpenRoads Tip: Attach Media Files to Survey Data Written by: Bob Mecham OpenRoads Survey allows users to attach media files such as photos, movies and sounds to survey data. Beginning in 08.11.09.674,…
Top 10 Configuration Variables for OpenRoads With the release of OpenRoads Technology the design tools are closely integrated into the platform product MicroStation. This requires additional…
MicroStation Tip: When Levels Won't Delete Written by Bob Mecham. Problem is you have a Level in your Level Manager dialog that just won’t delete. The level is bold meaning there is something…
InRoads Tip: Place Coordinate Grid Written by Bob Mecham. Use the Place Coordinate Grid tool in InRoads to layout simple grid lines or points. 1. Place either a MicroStation Shape or Fence in…
OpenRoads Tip: Working with Survey Settings Written by: Bob Mecham In OpenRoads Technology (SS3 and beyond) standards are managed through the use of *.dgnlibs. This includes settings for survey items…
MicroStation Tip: Set Reference Presentation – View Flags Written by: Bob Mecham You are probably aware of using View Attributes in MicroStation. The View Attributes dialog allows you to affect whether and how…
MicroStation Tip: Import Linestyles into a DGN Library Written by: Bob Mecham Linestyles can be delivered in the workspace two ways. One option is to point to the Linestyle resource file (RSC) using the variable…
InRoads Tip: Place Dimensions in Roadway Designer Written by: Bob Mecham Place Temporary Dimension Line Having the ability to view horizontal distances and slopes as you step through your section view of…
InRoads Tip: Display References in Roadway Designer Written by: Bob Mecham As part of the InRoads design process it can be useful to display all the necessary design features in Roadway Designer instead of…
InRoads Tip: Modify End Condition Priority Conflicts Written by: Bob Mecham When working with End Conditions in your InRoads, GEOPAK, or OpenRoads Templates depending on the order that you added the end…
InRoads Tip: Vertical Annotation Curve Leader Terminator Written by: Bob Mecham For a long time it was not possible to edit the leader arrow when using the View Vertical Annotation dialog. The arrow had been hard…
InRoads Tip: InRoads Survey Options Working with Symbols, Points, and Elevations In this tutorial we will show you how to work with text that is displayed dynamically and written to graphics in InRoads Survey. We will look at the InRoads…
MicroStation Tip: Modify Dimension Text Editing text in a dimension can be done the same as editing any other text in the file. Text Toolbar Open the Text toolbar from the pulldown menu: Tools…
InRoads Tip: Horizontal Geometry working with Stationing and Station Equations Written by: Bob Mecham InRoads Tip: Horizontal Geometry working with Stationing and Station Equations In this tutorial we will look at viewing your horizontal…
Bentley Systems – iPad Apps Roundup Bentley iPad Apps Roundup Its been nearly two and half years since Bentley released their first two iPad apps ProjectWise Explorer and Bentley Navigator.…
MicroStation Tip: Editing Cells Quickly Hopefully by now you have been using MicroStation V8 and have realized how nice Cell Library management has become. Here is one more tip that should help you…