The Many Hats of a Part-Time CAD Manager Wearing too many hats? As a part-time CAD manager this is a common struggle, mainly because your head truly is topped with a tower of diverse hats! Balancing…
MicroStation Visualization Roundup I am asked all the time. “What are some good MicroStation resources if I want to start rendering and animating in MicroStation?” Here are some…
Here Is Less . . . Now Do More! Written by Lisa Polonski Layoffs, budget cuts, lack of hardware upgrades, software versions that are two or more years old … These are just some of the…
MicroStation Tip: 3D Civil Content for MicroStation Visualization Written by Bob Mecham. I am often asked, “Where do you get 3D MicroStation Cells and other 3D content?” There are a number of free and pay…
12 Days of CAD Manager Tips for the Holidays Written by Bob Mecham and Rod Wing With the holiday season upon us here are 12 Days of CAD Manager Tips. Performing these tasks will help keep your…
My Top 14 MicroStation Pet Peeves Written by Bob Mecham. 1. Move the drawing to 5000, 5000 and rotate so the road runs West-East. Did you know a kitten dies every time a buildings…
Highlights from the 2013 Bentley LEARNing Conference Another Bentley Conference has wrapped with a lot of buzz and anticipation of OpenRoads Technology. Bob Mecham and Ron Brys attended the 2013 conference and…
CAD Manager? What do they do anyway? Written by Bob Mecham The CAD Manager can often seem to be invisible. After all, if the job is done well, you never really think about CAD Manger. Things…
Increase daily productivity by defining Plotting Variables in MicroStation Written by Bob Mecham. If there is one constant in your daily work, at some point you will need to plot your MicroStation file. Plotting is one area…
Social Media Expert joins EnvisionCAD Written by Bob Mecham. EnvisionCAD is pleased to announce Bethany Borsody has joined our team! Bethany’s focus over the last year has been in Social…
AccuDraw with Popup Calculator Written by Bob Mecham. You can keep your calculator turned off when you need to perform math functions in MicroStation. Using the popup calculator math…
MicroStation VBA Fundamentals Manual and Class Written by Bob Mecham. MicroStation VBA Fundamental Training and Manual from EnvisionCAD EnvisionCAD is pleased to announce our newest class offering and…
Announcements, Blogs, and Pictures from Autodesk University 2012 In case you missed all the information on the best steam room that has been passed on from this year’s AU2012 we wanted to pull it together for you…
InRoads Survey Point Rename Written by Bob Mecham. In the current release of InRoads Survey V8i (SELECTseries) there is a tool that will allow you to rename/ renumber the observations and…
New class – Corridor Modeling for GEOPAK and InRoads Written by Bob Mecham. EnvisionCAD is pleased to announce our newest class offering “Corridor Modeling for GEOPAK and InRoads“. The content…
AccuDraw & Bearing KeyIns Written by Bob Mecham. Need to key-in bearings? Here is a little known trick that makes this easier. First, set your AccuDraw settings to read-out in…
Remove User Data – InRoads V8i Written by Bob Mecham. When manipulating graphics displayed from InRoads in MicroStation those elements can disappear when the alignment is redisplayed.…
Import LandXML into MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 3) Annotate the Terrain Model Written by Bob Mecham. In this tutorial we will import a LandXML file into MicroStation and view its feature properties. Then we will review the annotation…
AutoCAD Grips: Move, Copy, Paste as Block Written by Bob Mecham. AutoCAD grip editing using the Right Click +Drag method Select an object Hover your cursor over a grip and pause Hold down the Right…
Print Organizer and Geographic Tools updated for V8i (SELECTseries 3) Written by Bob Mecham. EnvisionCAD has released our updated Print Organizer and Geographic Tools manuals for MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 3) Our…
MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 3) User Update Manual Written by Bob Mecham. EnvisionCAD has released a new MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 3) User Update Manual “MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 3) User Update”…
Quick Profiles in Civil 3D 2012 Written by Bob Mecham. In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a Quick Profile using and object and points in the drawing area to view surface…
Create Profiles from Multipoint and Graphics in InRoads V8i (SELECTseries) Written by Bob Mecham. In this tutorial we will demonstrate creating profiles using the Multipoint and Graphics options. Adding a name to the Multipoint or…
Vector Icons in MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 3) Written by Bob Mcham. In this tutorial we will show you how to create and edit vector icons in MicroStation v8i (SELECTseries 3). Vector icons give users the…
WisDOT Certified AutoCAD Civil 3D Training Certified Trainer for WisDOT AutoCAD Civil 3D – Eric J.P. Gates WisDOT will be implementing Civil 3D deliverable requirements on projects including AMG…
Using Parametric Constraints in Templates and Roadway Designer – InRoads V8i (SELECTseries) Written by Bob Mecham. In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to define parametric constraints on points in the template. Then we will use those…
Reference AutoCAD to MicroStation and coordinates do not match Written by Bob Mecham. We have taken this support call twice in the last month so I thought I would share a solution with everyone in case you have the… Read…
Templates, Curbs, and Driveway Openings – InRoads V8i (SELECTseries) Written by Bob Mecham. In this tutorial we demonstrate a workflow for interchanging mountable and barrier curb sections. The Template contains end conditions…
Working with MicroStation Views – Align and Copy Written by Bob Mecham. In this tutorial we will demonstrate two commands that will help you work with multiple views in MicroStation. -The Align command aligns…
6 Variables that can improve MicroStation Written by Bob Mecham. Some variables in MicroStation can change both the settings and the look of the program while enhancing your productivity. This blog…
5 MicroStation Variables every User should have defined Written by Bob Mecham. There are three major categories when defining a Network workspace. We talk about them in our MicroStation CAD Manager class. The…
Saved Views now store Reference Display States Written by Bob Mecham. Recreating plots in MicroStation has never been easier With the release of MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 3) we now have the ability to…