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CADsmart training handouts

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:10:01 +0100

Evolve provide high-quality training, covering the essentials of AutoCAD or MicroStation in short, sharp, focussed sessions based on the CADsmart assessment software. Evolve’s CADsmart and KnowledgeSmart "PowerDays" are an innovative solution to time consuming and expensive training. Now, to compliment your CADsmart assessments, whether you have undertaken Evolve's productivity training or ...

Book of the Month: September

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:56:18 +0100

Be Ready When The S*** Goes Down Forrest Griffin Yes, fans of puerile, yet disturbingly perceptive, nonsense rejoice, for Forrest Griffin returns this month with a follow-up to his bestselling (I kid you not) “Eden Project. Back at my desk today, sniffling with a sinus c...

Where are the default mouse button assignments?

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:20:28 +0100

QUESTION We have a user who is constantly resetting his mouse button assignments. Could you tell us where the default buttons are configured so we can reset them? ANSWER The default button assignments are stored in WorkSpace\Interfaces\Buttons\default.btnmenu. This is a simple text file that defines the mouse button functions. You can reload the default bu...

Trusting Bentley Structural Quantities

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:44:53 +0100

If you are having problems generating quantity reports inside of Bentley Structural, you may need to check Excel is allowing the spreadsheet macros to run. The best solution, so that you do not have to enable macros each and every time you generate a new report, is to add the location of the spreadsheet as a Trusted Location.

Open Excel and click on the Office icon. From there, cho...

Rationalising Rasters

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:01:14 +0100

Raster files are often essential to producing project designs. They can, unless you are prepared, eat way more system resources than you might expect, reducing performance and in some cases, causing errors or crashes. To optimise your PC’s performance and maximise the effectiveness of MicroStation, it is worthwhile taking time to rationalise the image files first. Here is some advice:

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ClipX helps the Civil Guys

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:38:00 +0100

Hello from Florida, I check regularly with your site and find it has been helpful on a number of fronts. I work in the Civil discipline, roadways plans to be exact. A typical set could include hundreds of sheets with repetitive callouts included in each. A tool, and it’s free, is called ClipX. It is a multi-clipboard program that allows the user to store copied text,...

Project Technology Manager Wanted - BDP

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:03:10 +0100

Office: Central Services Department: Central IT Report To: Senior Project Technology Manager Location: Northern Region – based in Sheffield Hours of Work: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week, flexibility will be required The Company: BDP is a highly successful multi-disciplin...

Export RGB values from a colour table

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:07:30 +0100

There are times when you may need to extract the RGB values from a Colour Table. A Colour Book is easy, you can just export to a .csv, but there is no option for this with a standard Colour Table. It is possible with a short VBA routine, which is explained below:

Sub ExportColourTable()

Dim ActiveColourTable	As ColorTable
Dim ArrayRGBLongs()	As Long
Dim CurrentColour		As Long
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MCMC Annual Conference August 10-11, 2010

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:13:53 +0100

The Mid-Continent MicroStation Community is hosting its annual conference August 10 and 11 at the Overland Park Conference Center in Overland Park, a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. The agenda is now available (in downloads on right) and will be updated as the event approaches. Register before July 23 and save! Visit

Architecture is Dead

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:34:00 +0100

I grew up in the Punk Era. I still recall the long hot summer of ’76: news articles with people frying eggs on the roof of cars and the Sex Pistols shooting to notoriety and infamy. Back in those days you could still hear real music on the mainstream radio channels (OK, there were only two or three) and even now I feel nostalgic when I hear “Ever Fallen In Love With Someone”, “If The Kids Are U...

August 2010

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:11:42 +0100

After Nigel’s editorial last month, Karen kindly offered me the chance to write the August release and I’d like to give my 10 pence worth on the goings on in the world. I’m at the age [Daniel is in his twenties - ED] now where all of my friends I grew up with are beginning to show those customary signs of age. It started with marriage and children, was closely followed by that ever growing w...

3D CAD Manager wanted, London

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:24:43 +0100

3D CAD MANAGER This is an excellent opportunity to be at the leading edge, implementing the CAD strategy for a multi award winning, international practice based in London. With a background using Bentley Systems applications and 3D expertise, you'll need to demonstrate your ability to lead teams, support and mentor CAD / BIM users, establish, monitor and develop standards and protocols. ...

Saved Views 101

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:44:04 +0100

WHAT IS A SAVED VIEW? If you read the MicroStation Help file, it will tell you: “A saved view is a view definition, which includes the level display for both the active model and references, the clip volume, and other view attributes. The saved level display states are view specific (not global level display) and are copied from the source view window that was used to...