101

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Measuring

Back to the basics with this invaluable overview of the measurement tools...

31st of August 2012

Creating user-defined content in ABD

This guide takes you through the stages of creating a user-defined DataGroup Catalog Item in a robust and consistent manner...

31st of August 2012

Creating a new catalog item

If you want to add custom DataGroup data to existing MicroStation elements or cells, it may be that the Catalog Type you need does not already exist. For example, let’s say you want to report on or quantify an old MicroStation 3D cladding model, there is no “Cladding” DataGroup Type. Here’s how you would create it...

13th of July 2012

Project Explorer Configuration Variable Expressions

In MicroStation V8i SELECTseries 1, Project Explorer configurations now support wildcards and filters...

20th of September 2011

Summarising schedules in Excel

You can export MicroStation Tag reports or Bentley Architecture DataGroup data to Excel. This means you can use the raw data to produce reports and summaries that are not easily possible otherwise. If you are going to use any of Excel’s capabilities, you need to make sure that you have set your templates up in a certain way. This article uses an example to highlight one approach to using Excel effectively...

8th of July 2011

Tags 101 V8i - Doors and Windows

Continuing the Tag 101 V8i series read about Tags in relation to Door and Window reports.

31st of May 2011

Tags 101 V8i - Areas

Continuing the Tag 101 V8i series read about Tags in relation to Area reports.

4th of April 2011

Tags 101 V8i

An update to the Tags 101 XM article. Read about tags but still confused? See them in files but never extracted data from them? without the what?? factor, get the full story here.

16th of March 2011

Lighting 101: Global Lighting

Lighting is important to clearly illuminate your renderings in MicroStation V8i. At first sight, the dialog boxes can be daunting, but with a few simple rules you can achieve good results without too many headaches...

11th of November 2010

Rendering Materials 301: managing materials

Materials are now stored in dgnlibs, or your active dgn. This article reviews how to manage them effectively for your projects...

15th of October 2010

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