BlogDOT OpenRoads Designer, GEOPAK, InRoads, and Civil 3D Downloads UPDATE: May 19, 2021 – Since we are also supporting DOT’s using Bentley GEOPAK/InRoads V8i as well as Autodesk Civil 3D we have updated the map and…
BlogMicroStation and OpenRoads Designer: Optimizing your remote working configuration Working from home is the new normal for a lot of companies. There are numerous methods businesses are utilizing for establishing remote connections and…
BlogBentley Licensing: It’s almost midnight It’s been two years since Bentley announced the end of SELECTserver. CONNECT Edition: The clock is ticking Now, January 1, 2021 is only a few short weeks…
BlogFreeware MicroStation VBA Macro: AutoCloud EnvisionCAD is rereleasing our suite of freeware MicroStation VBA macros for MicroStation CONNECT Edition. One macro, or set of macros, will be released each…
BlogOpenRoads Designer Roadmap During a Global Pandemic Take advantage of this time to prep for the transition to OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition and MicroStation CONNECT Edition. This transition can easily be…
BlogThanks a million! Thanks to you Last month we reached a goal of ours and it’s all thanks to you! EnvisionCAD reached 1 million views (and counting) on our YouTube channel!…
BlogTen Commandments for Creating Configurations in CONNECT When we build custom Configurations for clients there are some general rules by which we abide. These general rules are also passed on to our students…
BlogBentley Products, Terminology, and Versions: Making sense of the confusion The more we talk to our clients, and other Bentley users, it has become crystal clear that many users and organizations are very confused by the terms and…
BlogCONNECT Edition: The clock is ticking Still haven’t made the leap to MicroStation or OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition? Bentley has announced that as of January 1, 2021 they will officially…
BlogMicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 5 Bentley has released the fifth update to MicroStation CONNECT Edition. Like many of the previous updates, this release is primarily bug fixes with a few…
BlogMicroStation CONNECT: Organization, Workspaces, and Worksets MicroStation CONNECT Edition configurations are a bit different from previous versions of MicroStation. The basic configuration file (.cfg) format and syntax…
BlogBentley Civil Products V8i (SELECTseries 4) Maintenance Release 2 Released – V08.11.09.872 Bentley Civil Products V8i (SELECTseries 4) Maintenance Release 2 – V08.11.09.872 – has been released and is available for download from Bentley…
BlogMicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 4) Released MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 4) – Version 08.11.09.829 – has been released and is available for download from Bentley Software Fulfillment. The…
BlogTop 10 Blogs at EnvisionCAD in 2015! 1. MicroStation Connect Edition Now Available The CONNECT Edition provides the first common environment for comprehensive project delivery – comprising a…
BlogTop 10 EnvisionCAD Tips of 2015! 1. MicroStation Tip: Aligning Patterns What you will have is multiple patterns that align perfectly across different elements. Click here to learn how this…
BlogMicroStation CONNECT: New Keyboard Shortcuts With the new ribbon interface in MicroStation CONNECT replacing the MicroStation V8i Task Bar a new set of keyboard shortcuts has replaced positional keyboard…
BlogMicroStation CONNECT Edition Now Available! The MicroStation product team is pleased to announce the availability of MicroStation CONNECT Edition on the Fulfillment Center. This ground-breaking next…
BlogMicroStation CONNECT Edition – The top five things you need to know Here at EnvisionCAD we were all excited when MicroStation CONNECT Edition was released. We had been testing the technology preview releases, but seeing the…
BlogBentley 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.…
BlogMicroStation 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…
BlogMicroStation Pranks In the spirit of April Fools Day we have compiled a few MicroStation pranks you can play on our coworkers. When your victim leaves their desk for a few…
BlogMy Top 10 Civil 3D Pet Peeves Written by The EnvisionCAD Civil 3D Team. 1. Viewports not locked. So, your scale and location are set for your viewports, yet you don’t lock any…
BlogInfographic: Bits of Wisdom from CAD/BIM Managers Please share your bits of wisdom in the comments below. People who read this post also read: … Read more…
BlogTop 5 Distinctions between IT and CAD Management Written by: Lisa Polonski, Review by: Ron Brys. IT managers are typically responsible for licensing and installing software instituting company-wide…
BlogMy 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…
BlogA Virus in a Design File? Written by Rod Wing. A design file virus? Not exactly. In my 25+ years of supporting MicroStation I’ve seen this happen more times than I can count. A user,…
BlogIntroducing our Newest Book – Bentley Descartes V8i (SELECTseries) Written by Rod Wing. EnvisionCAD has released a new Book: Bentley Descartes – V8i (SELECTseries) Bentley Descartes V8i (SELECTseries) is available…
BlogHighlights 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…
BlogIncrease 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…
BlogFeatured MicroStation and InRoads Books Reduced Book Prices! InRoads V8i (SELECTseries) Site Design – $35 InRoads Site design using the Site Modeler commands new in the…
BlogLearning VBA Have you purchased VBA books in the past hoping to teach yourself how to create VBA macros? While there are excellent, comprehensive, reference books…
BlogMicroStation 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…
TipMicroStation Tip: Selecting an Alternate Sheet Using Print Styles are a great way to help standardize your printing processes. If you’re using Print Organizer they are a necessity. Print Styles can…
TipMicroStation Tip: Create a two line Note element with the leader extending between the lines of text Using typical dimension settings when using the Place Note tool with two lines of text it displays like this: In some cases this is ok, but there are many…
TipMicroStation 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…
TipMicroStation CONNECT Tip: Custom WorkSet Properties as Text Fields In MicroStation CONNECT Edition we encourage the use of creating project specific WorkSets. One reason for this is to take advantage of the custom WorkSet…
TipMicroStation CONNECT Edition Tip: Workflow and Tab Switching The ribbon interface introduced in Bentley’s CONNECT Edition MicroStation platform-based products is generally well crafted to facilitate common workflows…
TipMicroStation CONNECT Tip: AccuDraw Compass Rotation In MicroStation CONNECT Edition the AccuDraw compass rotation shortcuts (such as RE, RQ, T, etc.) only work if the Context Sensitivity setting is toggled on.…
TipMicroStation CONNECT Tip: Ellipse by Ends In MicroStation CONNECT Edition there is a new Ends method for placing Ellipses. Using this method you place the ellipse by placing the two ends of the primary…
TipORD – MicroStation Tip: MS_DGNLIBLIST variables In the CONNECT Edition products there are many new resource-specific MS_DGNLIBLIST variables. When do you use them, and when do you not? I’ve had…
TipMicroStation Tip: Active vs. Passive Named Groups When using the Add to Graphic Group tool to create Named Groups there is a Member Type selection for Active or Passive. The Member Type settings are as…
TipMicroStation Tip: Setting the default font When opening design files you may occasionally get a warning message about a missing rsc font. The default is to replace the missing font with the STANDARD rsc…
TipMicroStation CONNECT Tip: Editing recorded macros The Bentley Macro Recorder (BMR) in MicroStation CONNECT allows the user to record tool selections, data points, and key-in entries. These are saved in a .bmr…
TipMicroStation CONNECT Tip: Disable User Preference settings In the MicroStation User Preferences dialog there are two settings turned on by default that you probably want to disable. The first of these is the Help…
TipMicroStation Tip: Flood Methods – Part 2 A previous tip detailed that using any of the Flood Methods in MicroStation requires the entire region being flooded by visible in the view window.…
TipORD – MicroStation Tip: AccuDraw Set Origin While working in OpenRoads Designer (ORD) there are many times you need to preform some standard MicroStation tasks. When doing so you may get frustrated that…
TipMicroStation Tip: Automate Coordinate Entries – Part 2 I previously published a tip on how to use Excel to format bearing and distance values so they were compatible with MicroStation key-in entries. Then exporting…
TipMicroStation CONNECT Tip: Multiple Application Windows In MicroStation CONNECT Edition you probably already know that you can open up to four separate application windows. What you may not know is that if you only…
TipMicroStation CONNECT Tip: Managing User level configuration settings To the chagrin of CAD Managers everywhere MicroStation CONNECT Edition stores the User Preference files along with the user’s Personal.ucf file in the…
TipMicroStation CONNECT Tip: Place Line tool hidden Starting with MicroStation CONNECT Update 11, the Place Line tool is now hidden by default in the ribbon groups. The Place SmartLine tool can replace the…
TipMicroStation Tip: Use viewing tools during placement Did you know that you can use tools from the View Control Toolbox while in the middle of an element placement tool, such as Place Smartline, without losing…
TipMicroStation Tip: Design Script lineweight remapping Starting with MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 3) you may use IPlot design scripts in addition to MicroStation pen tables to resymbolize you drawings during…
TipOpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition Tip: Windows Update Causing Crash with Corridors Windows 10 Spring Creator Update (1803) There is a known issue with the Windows 10 Spring Creator Update, 1803 with numerous Bentley CONNECT Edition software.…
TipMicroStation Tip: Save Settings on Exit I see a lot of users who have the Save Settings on Exit option toggled on in their User Preference settings. While this can be a great benefit to have… Read…
TipMicroStation Tip: Apply pen table action to all references In some cases you want your Pen Table actions to get applied to all reference attachments when printing. An easy way to ensure this is to define a large…
TipMicroStation CONNECT: Display Rules Display Rules are one of the many new features in MicroStation CONNECT Edition. These are a set of criteria that can be applied to a Display Style to change…
TipMicroStation CONNECT Tip: Place Label The new Place Label tool is similar to Place Note. Instead of a text note the user places a cell with, or without, a leader line. Using the tool…
TipMicroStation Tip: Printing Problem Quick Fix MicroStation printing problems; we’ve all had them, and they always seem to happen at the most inopportune time. You check and recheck your print…
TipMicroStation CONNECT: Multiple Application Windows MicroStation has always had the ability to manage windows independently on dual monitor workstations. To support the expanded monitor capabilities in Windows 8…
TipMicroStation Tip: Finding a Tool Key-in At EnvisionCAD we provide training for CAD administrators and advanced users. As part of this instruction we cover building custom function key menus, tool…
TipMicroStation Tip: Element Selection Element selection is a very widely used tool with many options available to the user. I remembered one tip that is very handy and easy. When selecting your…
TipMicroStation CONNECT Tip: Drop Element The Drop Element tool icon in MicroStation CONNECT ribbon (Drawing -> Home -> Groups) has been expanded to offer specific drop tools without having to…
TipMicroStation CONNECT Tip: Place Note There are two significant changes to the Place Note tool in MicroStation CONNECT. The first change is that the option to select a Text Style setting in the…
TipMicroStation CONNECT Tip: Drawing Scale Written by Rod Wing The Annotation Scale drop-down list allows you to change the active Annotation Scale. This list is available via a number of dialogs in…
VideoInRoads Tip: GEOPAK Corridor Modeling – Cross Section Annotation Written by Ronald Brys. Overview on how to annotate cross sections generated using Corridor Modeler in GEOPAK SELECTseries 2. See all of our InRoads…
VideoUsing Point Cells in a Visualization – Tree Example In this tutorial we will show a workflow for placing a number of trees into a MicroStation Visualization utilizing Point Cells. There are two properties of a…
VideoVisualization Example – Trees, People, and Signs In this tutorial we will show you a workflow for placing Trees People and Signs into your 3D rendered images with MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries). See all of…
VideoPrint Organizer Overview In this tutorial we will give you an overview of the MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries) Print Organizer dialog and settings. See all of our MicroStation tips on…
VideoWhat’s new with Fences In this tutorial we will show you whats new with fences in MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries). The new tools include Copy Move Fence Contents, AccuSnap with…
VideoApplying Link Sets to Elements In MicroStation V8i the ability to link elements to files, folders, keyins, and websites is handled through the Project Explorer dialog. By linking supporting…
VideoMicroStation 3D Solids Tutorial In this tutorial we will look at some simple 3d tools for creating a flange. See all of our MicroStation tips on this YouTube playlist.
VideoUse Annotation Scale with References MicroStation V8i has the added functionality to apply Annotation scale to reference file attachments. When you change the Annotation scale of the current model…
VideoConnect MicroStation V8i to a Web Map Server MicroStation V8i has the added functionality to connect to a live Web Map Server (WMS). WMS is a standard for serving georeferenced map images over the…
VideoColors Colors are no longer limited to only one color table with 256 colors. Colors can be selected from True Color, Industry Standard and User defined Color Books.…
VideoGradient Fills When placing closed elements gradient fills can be applied from the tool settings dialog. Options for gradient fills include one, two or multiple color…
VideoMatch Element Symbology with the ALT Key Pressing the Alt key then left clicking on an element will change the active symbology to the element selected. This works in the XM and V8i releases of…
VideoMicroStation Tip – Drag and Drop Attributes For both MicroStation XM and V8i you have the ability to drag and drop an element from the design file to the Attributes toolbox to quickly change the current…
VideoMicroStation XM Tip – Pentable Level Wild Cards In the XM and V8i release of MicroStation Pentables can use level wildcards to resymbolize elements. View all of our MicroStation tips in this…
