Additional Resources for MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries) FILTER BY: all All Articles Tips Video Tips MicroStation CONNECT: Associating Files to a WorkSet Written by: Rod Wing One of the many changes in the MicroStation CONNECT Workspace is that the former Project setting has been replaced by WorkSet. This is… OpenRoads Tip – Create Terrain Element from Corridor and Add Exterior Boundary Written by: Bob Mecham In this tip we will show you how to create a terrain element from your corridor. Then we will show you how to constrain the terrain… OpenRoads Tip: 5 Things to Know When Working with Superelevations Written by: Bob Mecham Working with superelevations in the OpenRoads SS4 release is much different from previous versions of InRoads or GEOPAK. Here are 5… 3D Photo Match In this tutorial we will demonstrate one workflow to create a photo simulation using MicroStation. Below are some items to consider before you take your first… AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: Adding Sample Lines in the Middle of the Existing Sample Line Group Written by Ben Johnson Have you ever created a group of corridor section views, done a bunch of labeling edits to your automated code set labels; and then… MicroStation Tip: What’s New in V8i (SELECTseries 3) Update 2 Written by: Bob Mecham With the release of the new OpenRoads – V8i (SELECTseries 4) Maintenance Release 1 comes a new release of MicroStation V8i… MicroStation Tip: Rendering Material Assignments in Google Earth Written by: Bob Mecham Credit to: Margaret Valletta – McFarland Johnson I was providing professional guidance to Margaret on a 3D rendering project.… MicroStation Tip – Aligning Patterns Written by Bob Mecham When patterning or hatching a detail it is beneficial to be sure the patterns align between adjacent elements. This can be done by… MicroStation Tip: Keyin to Toggle between AccuDraw and Civil AccuDraw Written by Mark Templeman – Senior Transportation Designer at JEO Consulting Group, Inc. At last months Nebraska User Group 2015 spring conference Mark… 3 Reasons to Move to OpenRoads Design Intent What is Design Intent? Design Intent in OpenRoads builds associations and relationships between civil elements. The object information (how,… MicroStation Tip: Working with Linestyles – Scale, Shift, Direction Written by Bob Mecham Scale Here is a key-in I had to dig up for a project I was working on. All of my existing custom linestyles were placed in […] OpenRoads V8i SELECTseries 4 is Now Available – Read This Before Updating! If you like to stay current with releases and plan on downloading and installing OpenRoads SS4 you need to read this first. Managing files and data will take… Top 10 Configuration Variables for OpenRoads With the release of OpenRoads Technology the design tools are closely integrated into the platform product MicroStation. This requires additional… MicroStation Tip: Set Reference Presentation – View Flags Written by: Bob Mecham You are probably aware of using View Attributes in MicroStation. The View Attributes dialog allows you to affect whether and how… MicroStation Tip: Selecting your DWG Version Written by Rod Wing When you install MicroStation the AutoCAD Real DWG library is also installed. The Real DWG library allows MicroStation to work with… MicroStation Tip: Raster Manager Cache Manager To facilitate quicker raster image display, Raster Manager will create temporary cache files of certain image types. The cached image files will be subsets, or… MicroStation Tip: Apply Elevation to Shapefile Attachments Attached shapefile graphics by default are attached with a Z coordinate (Elevation) value of 0. Starting in MicroStation v8i (SELECTseries 3) elevations can be… MicroStation Tip: Automate Coordinate Entries Written by Rod Wing For those of you who have had to do a lot of coordinate entry in MicroStation, either through the key-in browser or using AccuDraw, you… MicroStation Tip: Modify Dimension Text Editing text in a dimension can be done the same as editing any other text in the file. Text Toolbar Open the Text toolbar from the pulldown menu: Tools >… 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.… MicroStation Tip: Editing Cells Quickly Hopefully by now you have been using MicroStation V8 and have realized how nice Cell Library management has become. Here is one more tip that should help you… MicroStation Tip: Coordinate Input Written by Bob Mecham. Placing elements in MicroStation is usually done one of two ways: absolute coordinates or relative to an existing point.… MicroStation Tip: Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Written by Bob Mecham. MicroStation can import files from external application such as Microsoft Word and Excel. Link an Excel Sheet to MicroStation: 1. Open… MicroStation Tip: Keypoint Snap Written by Bob Mecham. The Keypoint snap mode is often the most useful snap mode for drafting operations. This is because the Keypoint snap mode snaps to… MicroStation Tip: Multi-snap and Setting Priority Written by Bob Mecham. Multi-snap is an extension of AccuSnap allowing the user to use more than one snap at a time. For example, Keypoint, Nearest, and… 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… MicroStation Tip: Send to Back Written by Bob Mecham. When conducting MicroStation V8 user training we cover the Edit > Bring to Front command. During the course of the demonstration of… MicroStation Tip: Useful Keyboard Shortcuts Written by Bob Mecham. Text Editor When int he Text Editor Dialog box there are some useful keyboard shortcuts to help you get around. – Ctrl+C (Copy… VBA Tip: Input Boxes Written by Rod Wing. Like a Message Box, the InputBox displays a modal dialog with a message/prompt string and a tile. With an InputBox there are… MicroStation Tip: Moving Elements to Elevation Written by Bob Mecham. MicroStation has the ability to use relative values with a “#”. When using the XY=key-in you can type # and the value will… AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: How To Create New Parts for Pressure Pipe Catalogs Written by Ben Johnson. In the last tip, I outlined how to add pipe materials/sizes to Pressure Pipe Catalogs in Civil 3D. This is a follow-up to that… MicroStation Tip: Dimension Audit Utility Written by Bob Mecham. This utility is used to verify dimensioning in the active model. All the dimensioning is located and any errors are reported. Open the… <<123456>>
