Additional Resources for MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries) FILTER BY: all All Articles Tips Video Tips MicroStation Tip: AccuSnap – Cycle Through All Elements Within Range Using AccuSnap, it’s easier to snap to the desired element when there are multiple elements within range of your snap tolerance. Simply use the… MicroStation 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… MicroStation 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… Bentley 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… MicroStation 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… Thanks 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!… MicroStation 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… Bentley 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… MicroStation 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.… MicroStation 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… CONNECT 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… MicroStation 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… MicroStation 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… 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… MicroStation Tip: Standardize color and gray shade output Do you have problems getting consistent colors on your plots? Sometimes users change color tables that cause odd colors to be printed. When submitting a… MicroStation Tip: Improve PDF image quality in Raster Manager and Descartes Vector PDF documents attached in Raster Manager or Descartes typically work without issue. Using scanned, or other raster PDF documents, on the other hand, can… 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… 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… 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… 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… MicroStation Tip: Flood Methods There are many tools in MicroStation that contain a Flood method to create a shape, fill a shape, or to complete some other type of operation. In all of them,… 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… 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… 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… 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… MicroStation CONNECT: Model Properties Written by: Rod Wing In MicroStation CONNECT Edition the old Element Information dialog has been renamed Properties. Continuing the trend we saw in… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 123456>>
