Additional Resources for MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries) FILTER BY: all All Articles Tips Video Tips 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… MicroStation Tip: V8i SS3 with Google Earth and Map Written by Bob Mecham. In this tutorial we will assign a coordinate system to a MicroStation DGN file and then export the file to a Google Earth KML file.… AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: How to Add New Pipes to Pressure Pipe Catalogs Written by Ben Johnson. Pressure Pipe Networks are fairly new to Civil 3D, and anyone who has worked with them has noticed that Civil 3D only comes loaded… VBA Tip: Get Current Value of All Your Variables Written by Rod Wing. The Locals toggle button in the Debug toolbox opens or closes the Locals window. The Locals window will display all of the local… MicroStation Tip: Manage Font Utilities Credit goes to Kae Calloway at Dominion. To add a font to a Resource file (*.rsc),: 1. Open the Keyin dialog box – Utilities > Key-in 2. Mdl… 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: […] InRoads Tip: V8i SS2 Feature Editing – Radius Returns Written by Ronald Brys. See all of our InRoads tips on this YouTube playlist. Last Month’s Tips: MicroStation: 3D Civil … MicroStation Tip: 3D Civil Content for MicroStation Visualization Written by Bob Mecham. I am often asked, “Where do you get 3D MicroStation Cells and other 3D content?” There are a number of free and pay… 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 tips… MicroStation Tip: Apply Element Template to Shapefile Attachment Written by Rod Wing. ArcView Shapefiles contain the graphics of individual GIS layers, but the graphics have no color, weight, or line style symbology.… Top 10 Blogs at EnvisionCAD in 2013 Written by Bethany Borsody. 1. My Top 14 MicroStation Pet Peeves 1. Move the drawing to 5000, 5000 and rotate so the road runs West-East. Did you know… 6 Inspirational Quotes for a New Year in CAD Written by Bethany Borsody. 1) Have a Goal. Although CAD may not be at the very top of your list of things to improve on in 2014, it’s still important… 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… 12 Days of CAD Manager Tips for the Holidays Written by Bob Mecham and Rod Wing With the holiday season upon us here are 12 Days of CAD Manager Tips. Performing these tasks will help keep your… MicroStation Tip: Mouse Mechanics Written by Bob Mecham. Mouse functionality has been greatly expanded by the inclusion of useful tools assigned to the typical two button mouse with wheel. The… 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… MicroStation Tip: Align Tool Written by Bob Mecham. From the Manipulate toolbox, the Align tool will help you align elements and text to an edge of an existing element. Align 1) Open the… 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,… MicroStation Tip: Backup and Undo Written by Bob Mecham Ever make a mistake? Who hasn’t, save yourself some grief. Backup Keyin: backup By keying in the word ‘backup’… Creating a Text Style Standard Written by Bob Mecham Creating a Text Style Standard Text Style Naming Implementing text styles makes annotating the drawing more efficient in most situations.… Selection Drag Port-Starboard or Starboard-Port This tip has been translated to Pirateese in honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day. In t’ V8i release o’ MicroStation t’ Element Selection overlap… Upcoming Fall 2013 Bentley User Group Meetings Written by Bethany Borsody. The Southern California Bentley User Group will present 3 sessions of the Fall 2013 Meeting. Topics to be discussed include… MicroStation Tip: Activate Reference for Editing Written by Bob Mecham. A new powerful enhancement to V8i MicroStation is the ability to edit reference files with in the active design file. By simply right… Opening a Web Browser to a Specific Page Written by Bob Mecham. Does your company have their own internal standards or project standards on a particular web page? By customizing MicroStation pull… 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 for… Meet Bob Mecham – CAD Applications Manager EnvisionCAD Staff: Meet Bob Mecham – CADD Applications Manager Bio: Hometown – Waunakee, WI (the only one in the world) Current Residency –… 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… Controlling the Origin of a Copy/Paste Written by Bob Mecham Using the Windows Clipboard you can easily copy design elements from one design file to the next. Prior to copying the elements to the… The EnvisionCAD Theory: Our Daily Reading Written by Bethany Borsody. Making sense of LandXML can be quite a task, but it’s daily reading for the guys here. I caught a photo of Eric and Rod… Move Part of a Cell Written by Bob Mecham. Do you find yourself needing to move only a part of a cell and your CAD Manager tells you not to drop any cells? Well […] 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 where… 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 SELECTseries releases… <<123456>>
