Additional Resources for MicroStation CONNECT Edition

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MicroStation 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…
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MicroStation 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…
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Bentley 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…
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MicroStation 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…
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Top 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…
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Top 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…
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MicroStation 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…
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MicroStation 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…
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MicroStation 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…
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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.…
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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…
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MicroStation 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 minutes…
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My 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…
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Infographic: Bits of Wisdom from CAD/BIM Managers

Please share your bits of wisdom in the comments below. People who read this post also read:                                       6…
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Top 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…
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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…
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A 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,…
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Introducing 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…
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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…
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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…
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Featured MicroStation and InRoads Books

   Reduced Book Prices!   InRoads V8i (SELECTseries) Site Design – $35 InRoads Site design using the Site Modeler commands new in the…
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Learning 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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Top 10 MicroStation Variables to define standards

Written by Bob Mecham. Standards are meant to be followed. However, they will not be, if the CAD Manager does not make this easy for the user.  By defining…
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Customizing Sheet Models in MicroStation

The default sheet sizes are referenced from the sheetsizes.def file. To create your own custom definitions copy this file to your corporate workspace folder.…
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BE Together 2012 Wrap Up

Last weeks BE Together conference was a great event.  With the release of MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 3) and the soon to be released Civil applications for…
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6 Basic DOs and DON’Ts of MicroStation Workspaces

At EnvisionCAD we work on a lot of workspaces for our clients across the country.  If you are responsible for the administration of MicroStation for an office…
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Print Driver or Pen Table

The Print Driver and Pen Table configurations contain identical settings for remapping of colors and weights. This raises the inevitable question of what…
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MicroStation Commands – Did you know?

MicroStation Gems – Screen Capture – 1 of 12 It’s all about productivity and profitability right? To stay competitive, stay in business, and…
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Engineering User Conferences – EnvisionCAD Blog Update

Looking for opportunities to learn more about your profession and network with peers? Here are 10 conferences coming up in the next few months. If you are…

Tips

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MicroStation 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 the…
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MicroStation 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 Slot…
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MicroStation 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…
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MicroStation 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 setting…
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MicroStation 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…
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MicroStation 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…
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MicroStation 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…
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MicroStation 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…
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MicroStation 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…
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MicroStation 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…
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MicroStation 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…
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MicroStation CONNECT: Pen Table Macros

Written by Rod Wing Support for the legacy MicroStation Basic macros has been removed in MicroStation CONNECT. This also means these macros can no longer be…
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MicroStation CONNECT: Print to InterPlot Server

Written by Rod Wing MicroStation CONNECT Edition allows for printing directly to a ProjectWise InterPlot Server plotter without the need for installing…
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MicroStation CONNECT: UCF and PCF files

Written by Rod Wing MicroStation CONNECT Edition has a User Configuration level just as previous versions. The big change in CONNECT is that there is no way…
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MicroStation CONNECT: Organizing DGNLibs

Written by Rod Wing Using DGNLibrary files to store various standards and resources is easy and convenient in MicroStation. This ease and convenience can also…
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MicroStation CONNECT: Opening the Snap Mode toolbox (button bar)

Written by: Rod Wing In previous editions of MicroStation a common user preference was to open the Snap Mode tool box by selecting the Snap icon on the…
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MicroStation CONNECT: Change Workspace and/or WorkSet from the File Open dialog

Written by: Rod Wing One big complaint in previous editions of MicroStation was that when selecting File > Open while in MicroStation you could not change…
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MicroStation CONNECT: Advanced Explorer search options

Written by:  Rod Wing Project Explorer has been renamed Explorer in MicroStation CONNECT Edition. Along with the renaming comes a lot of new features. One of…
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MicroStation CONNECT: Enhanced Configuration Variables dialog

Written by Rod Wing The Configuration Variable dialog in MicroStation CONNECT Edition has been updated to allow for a more customized display and easier…
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MicroStation CONNECT: Select Model to Open

Written by:  Rod Wing In the MicroStation CONNECT start screen if a file in the Recent Files listing has multiple models you can select the specific model to…
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OpenRoads Tip: Playing By the (Civil) Rules

Written by:  Darren Waschow Bentley’s OpenRoads Technology has brought with it brand new ways of creating and editing geometry. Built into the geometry…
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MicroStation CONNECT: Element Properties

Written by Rod Wing In MicroStation CONNECT the Element Information dialog has been renamed to Properties. The dialog functions the same way as in previous…
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AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: Model and Layout Tabs in Civil 3D 2016

Written by:  Ben Johnson There is a new feature in Civil 3D 2016 wherein the model and layout tabs are placed in-line with the status bar. I believe this was…
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OpenRoads Tip: Exit Dynamic Cross Section View

Written by Darren Waschow Once you have set a view window to display dynamic cross sections, it might not be obvious how to get it back to a normal view.…
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MicroStation CONNECT: Shorter Trial Mode

In previous versions of MicroStation you only needed to communicate with the license server once every 30 days. This meant that if you were working remotely…
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MicroStation Tip: XYZ Text

Delivered with MicroStation is a toolbar that will label coordinates in the file and import/export coordinates.  From the MicroStation pulldown menu select…
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AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: Automate Sheet Naming/Numbering from Layout Tab Names

Written by Ben Johnson When creating sheets in Civil 3D, such as plan & profile sheets, the sheet creation wizard offers a layout naming template which…
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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,…
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AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: Convert a Single DWG to DGN

1. In AutoCAD Civil 3D, open a DWG drawing file to convert to MicroStation DGN. 2. From the Application Menu select Export > Export Civil 3D Drawing  …
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InRoads Tip: AccuSnap in InRoads

If you have been using MicroStation AccuSnap you probably have noticed that it does not work when using an InRoads command. Hold down the ‘Ctrl’…
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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…
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MicroStation CONNECT: Add Custom Tools to the Ribbon

Written by Rod Wing The Menu Bar pull downs are no longer supported in MicroStation CONNECT. Many organizations created custom pull downs for organizing…

Video Tips

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InRoads 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…
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Using 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…
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Visualization 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…
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Print 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…
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What’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…
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Applying 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…
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MicroStation 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.  
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Use 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…
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Connect 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…
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Colors

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.…
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Gradient 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…
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Match 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…
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MicroStation 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…
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MicroStation 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…