Tip OpenRoads Technology Tip: SUDA Hydraulic Properties Update ...OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition utilizes component “catalogs” to store hydraulic properties for various nodes and conduits. These catalogs…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT Tip: Update 15 Undocumented Additions: With every MicroStation update, there is a What’s New section in the help documentation that highlights the new features in each release. While working…
Tip OpenRoads ConceptStation Tip: Changing Materials in a Template Bentley provides a number of pre-built templates, and they also give you a number of components to build your own. Unfortunately, you cannot build any new…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Optimized Fence Clipping ...disabled (unchecked). After the move is executed, notice the difference in the result. Instead of creating two new shapes, the operation resulted in…
Tip Trim Tools Updated in V8i SELECTSeries 1 ...Extend Two Elements to Intersection Enhancement: this tool will allow you trim or extend elements of any type. This includes complex chains which was a…
Tip Subscription Advantage Pack ...workflows in AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2010 software. This Subscription Advantage Pack can be downloaded from the Autodesk® Subscription Center. After…
Tip Text Field Place Holder New in MicroStation V8i are Text Field Place Holders which will allow for the field to be undefined until used in a model. In this example we will use a...
Tip Searching Sub-folders The Windows Script Host Object Model has many useful properties and methods for dealing with files, folders, disks, etc. One common use is for searching for a…
Tip Reference Orientation New in MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 1) is the ability for an existing attachment to have its attachment method changed without having to detach and then…
Video Import Lidar Data In the InRoads V8i (SELECTseries 1) release there is a new tool called Data Acquisition. This tool can be used for acquiring many different data files from raw…
Tip Attaching Point Clouds in MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries) ...files can be selected by using the Shift and Ctrl Keys. Modify any Settings needed then the OK button. The Specify new pod file dialog will appear. Note:…
Tip Text Masking using Text Styles ...pull down menu Element > Text Styles. The Element Text Styles dialog will appear. Create a new Text Style named Mask Text. Setup the font and text size…
Video 3D Photo Match ...to render the new building. NO SNOW on the ground. It is almost impossible to photo match snow patches into a rendering and still have it look good. It is...
Tip Autorun MicroStation VBA A common question asked by new VBA developers is how to automatically start a macro when you start MicroStation. There are several steps involved in this…
Blog Civil 3D – The Civil 3D Manager ...and description of what is new or enhanced in the Civil 3D 2013 Leave a comment below and let’s start the discussion. People also read: Use…
Tip How to Set the Number of Lines in the Command History When pressing F2 to look at the command line history, is the number of lines shown less than you want to see. To set a new maximum number of lines...
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Blog CAD Manager? What do they do anyway? ...work. When new software is released, a new plotter is delivered, or standards need maintenance, things get upgraded, set up, and continue to work. Whether…
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Blog CAD and IT: Not one in the same, but partners in efficiency ...of new software releases and their peak performance needs. The combined knowledge of these CAD professionals along with that of the IT department allows a…
Blog A Virus in a Design File? ...starting with a good seed file. Remove all unnecessary attachments (Reference files, Rasters, Point Clouds, etc.) Compress the file with all of the Compress…
Tip VBA Tip: Message Box Buttons ...Input Boxes Audit Utility New Open Roads … How to Create New Parts… Don’t want to miss out on other great information? Subscribe to this…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Manage Font Utilities ...fontutilities > enter 3. Font utilities dialog > enter A new dialog box opens to allow resource file creation or modification. The Properties…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Keypoint Snap ...MicroStation: Dimension InRoads: Working w/ AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014: VBA: Input Boxes Audit Utility New Open Roads … How to Create New Parts……
Tip MicroStation Tip: Multi-snap and Setting Priority ...Last Month’s Tips: MicroStation: Dimension InRoads: Working w/ AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014: VBA: Input Boxes Audit Utility New Open Roads … How to…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Send to Back ...is asked: “What about send to back?” There is no send to back command in MicroStation, but you can use a combination of Power Selector and Bring…
Video InRoads Tip: Horizontal Geometry working with Stationing and Station Equations ...AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014: VBA: Input Boxes Audit Utility New Open Roads … How to Create New Parts… Don’t want to miss out on other great…
Tip AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: User-Defined Properties for Parcels ...hold information about easements in a Parcel. Click on the “Settings” tab of the Toolspace. Expand Parcel and then expand User-Defined Property…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Three Ways to Change the Starting Station ...Tools > Horizontal Geometry > Start Station Identify the element. Then type the distance from the start, usually zero, then accept. Type the new…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT: Bring back the Tasks Dialog Written by: Rod Wing As you probably know MicroStation CONNECT employs a ribbon style interface similar to Microsoft Office and AutoCAD. We recommend that you…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT: Cell Library Dialog Written by Rod Wing MicroStation CONNECT has a new look – Cell Library Dialog. The Active Cells buttons for setting Placement, Point, Terminator,…
Blog Top 10 EnvisionCAD Tips of 2015! ...What’s New in V8i(SELECTseries 3) Update 2 Continue to see the newest enhancements…. 3. MicroStation Tip: Accudraw Focus If you have…