OpenRoads Roadway Tip: How to Change the Drawing Seed Name In the Place Named Boundary dialog, a listing of Drawing Seeds for Plan, Profile, Cross Section, and non-civil sheets available in the configuration are…
OpenBridge Modeler Tip: Creating a Corbel Once an abutment has been created, a corbel can be added. In this example, a corbel will be added for the approach slab.
OpenRoads ConceptStation Tip: Create an Opinion of Probable Cost (OPC) After you have reviewed your project’s quantities and no errors remain, you will want to create an opinion of probable cost, or OPC. With OpenRoads…
7 Reasons Why In-Person Training is Making a Comeback Over the past several years, online trainings have become more and more prevalent. While both online and in-person training methods offer unique advantages,…
OpenRoads Designer Video Tip: Display Contour at Specific Elevation In this video tip, we will show you how to display only one elevation contour from a terrain model, i.e. High Water Contour. We will reference the terrain…
Civil 3D Tip: Polyline Contour Labels Sometimes you might receive contours from others that turn out to be polylines. If you do not need them for a surface but want to label the elevation, you…
OpenRoads ConceptStation Tip: Review Quantities In the early stages of reviewing your project in OpenRoads ConceptStation, an idea of quantities may be needed. The level of detail for your quantities is…
DOT OpenRoads Designer, GEOPAK, InRoads, and Civil 3D Downloads We at EnvisionCAD have been working with a number of DOT configurations, and we thought it would be helpful to start cataloging which states have their ORD…
Configurations and WorkSpaces, and WorkSets, Oh my! EnvisionCAD is so much more than training classes, tips, and freeware. Our consulting services are what really set us apart from the crowd. EnvisionCAD helps…
Configurations and WorkSpaces, and WorkSets, Oh My! EnvisionCAD is so much more than training classes, tips, and freeware and our consulting services are what really set us apart from the crowd. EnvisionCAD…
He’s Baaack! Welcome back, Ben At the beginning of the month, we welcomed Ben Johnson back to the EnvisionCAD team! Ben first joined EnvisionCAD in 2014 and took a break in…
OpenRoads 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…
#WFH with EnvisionCAD Over the last few weeks, we’ve found that our clients who now #WFH (work from home) are causing additional strain on company resources and are perhaps…
MicroStation 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…
NEW OpenRoads Webinars & Civil 3D Workshop EnvisionCAD is excited to announce two opportunities to engage with us and enhance your skills. First, we’ve lined up a series of webinars that will get…
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…
OpenRoads 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.…
SUDA Tip: Units Confusion There is a problem in the SUDA tools, which is not widely known, that can lead to issues with units. The problem leads to the units in the SUDA data… Read…
AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: Relative Feature Lines Create feature lines that are relative to surface. Feature line elevations can be obtained from a surface and can also be relative to a surface, so if the…
Unsure about whether to utilize CAD managed services? You may think to yourself: “Gee, our CAD department is functioning and we already have an IT Manager, standardization should be easy within the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: AutoCAD Civil 3D Object Enabler Written by: Bryan Sullivan Although AutoCAD Civil 3D is built on AutoCAD, Civil 3D objects such as surfaces, alignments, profiles, and other objects created…
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…
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…
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…
