What’s new in MicroStation SELECTseries 3

1. What’s new inMicroStation SELECTseries 3 Frank DeSimone – Bentley Systems, Inc.

2. Frank DeSimone - Senior Application Engineer • Located in northern New Jersey • Bentley employee for over 6 years • Over thirty years of design/CADD experience using and supporting Bentley &Intergraph products. • CADDManager for a very large engineering firm in New Jersey. • Email frank.desimone@Bentley.com

3. What’s New?

4. Enhancements… • Bentley DGN Reader for Windows 7 • Project Explorer File Tab • Markers and Mini Toolbars • Thematic Display Styles • Terrain Models • Item Sets • Shape Files and Element Templates • New Tool Functionality • Hypermodels

5. Bentley DGN Reader/Preview Handler for Windows 7 Search • Search, find, and view DGN data in Windows Explorer, Outlook • Find text in DGN files and title blocks • Preview models and drawings • Installed with MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 3) • View controls are used to Pan View, Rotate View, Zoom, Window Area, and Fit View. • Hover over elements to see information such as level, type, etc. Hide or Show the Preview Pane Thumbnails Preview • Note:The Bentley DGN Preview Handler does not work on Windows XP.

6. Managing Links in Project Explorer • Opening a link on an element • Position pointer on element • Click the link icon • Selecting elements with links • Tools > Project Navigation > Links > Open as Toolbox • Click the Select Elements with Links tool /IOWA User Group/Seminars/Whats new in MSTN SS3/Learning.dgn

7. The Project Explorer File Tab • Displays content of the active file • Displays detailed content of the active model • Other model names visible • Details only for the active model • What is it used for? • Double click category = Open related settings dialog • Double click item within a category = Open or activate the item • Right click category or item = Pop-up menu to perform various actions • Drag and Drop a model into a view window to attach it as a reference /IOWA User Group/Seminars/Whats new in MSTN SS3/Learning.dgn

8. Project Explorer Dialog - Properties • Settings > Project Explorer • Right-click on Project Explorer icon and select Settings • Properties • Visibility of the File and Links tabs • Contents of the File tab • Tabbed or panel layout

9. Modifying Saved Views • Two methods to update a saved view: • Change the display properties in a view and thenupdate the saved view using the Update Saved View Settings tool in the Saved Views dialog. • Right-click the saved view in the Saved Views dialog or in Project Explorer and select Properties, to modify the saved view properties in the Element Information dialog • Properties shown on different tabs C:/Bentley Training/MicroStation Update/BE-Hands on SS3 Dataset/Solids.dgn

10. Using display styles • Thematic display style: • Displays a model with focuson aparticular property or ‘theme’. • Thematic displays are generated by special applications called DisplayStyle Handlers. (These handlers can be created by applications to meet discipline specific needs) • Several thematic options are available: • Height – Color is derived from the height (elevation) of the geometry. • Slope – Color is derived from either slope angleor percentage (rise/run). • Aspect Angle – Color is derived from the slope aspect angle. (a measure of the direction of the slope) • Element Range – Element geometry is replaced by its range box. • HillShade • Four thematic display styles are delivered with MicroStation V8i by default. You can change their settings in the Display Styles dialog. C:/Bentley Training/MicroStation Update/BE-Hands on SS3 Dataset/Graphics Display.dgn>KohlerModel

11. Civil Terrain Model and Support • Visualize and Analyze Terrain Models based on thematicproperties • Annotate and display terrain models based on project standards using Element Templates • Import LandXML files

12. Terrain Models and Element Templates • The imported data will use the active element attributes unless a template is assigned. • The Features are imported with the XML file (right click > select Add > Terrain Model) C:/Bentley Training/MicroStation Update/BE-Hands on SS3 Dataset/Terrain/TerrainModel.dgn

13. Terrain Model Task • Import LandXML Terrain Model • Label Terrain Contours • Label Terrain Spots C:/Bentley Training/MicroStation Update/BE-Hands on SS3 Dataset/Terrain/TerrainModel.dgn

14. Item Sets Dialog • The item sets feature has been added to improve the design review process. (Named Groups) • An item set allows you to group elements based on user-defined criteria. (create a query) • The entire set can then be manipulated. (ex. Changing the color) C:/IDDEA/Seminars/Whats new in MSTN SS3/Data Interoperability/dgn/Office Building.dgn

15. Shape Files(ESRI/GIS file format which stores primitive geometrical data types of points, lines, and polygons) • Shape files can be attachedas references • The symbology of the shape files can be managed through Element Templates in the reference dialog box. • Shape files can be attached as references with the “intelligent data” available for viewing within the Item Browser. C:/IDDEA/Seminars/Whats new in MSTN SS3/Models and References/ BSI200-D01-Environmental.dgn

16. Trimming, extending, and breaking elements • IntelliTrim has been replaced by new functionality in the enhanced Break and Trim tools. • Three methods added to Trim Multiple (was Trim Element): • Trim and Extend – To trim elements that intersect with the cutting element(s) and simultaneously extend elements to their intersections with the cutting element(s). • Trim – The elements that intersect with the cutting element(s) are trimmed. • Extend – To extend elements to their intersections with the cutting element(s). • Select the cutting elements first. • You can select multiple cutting elements within the Trim Multiple tool by holding the Ctrl key. • Or select multiple elements by dragging a selection line across them. C:/IDDEA/Seminars/Whats new in MSTN SS3/Learning.dgn>Trim Multiple Model

17. Various tools enhancements • Three methods added to Move/Copy Parallel: • Element – Move or copy the entire element parallel. • Segment of Element –Copy a segment of an element parallel. • Portion of Element – Copy the selected portion of an element parallel. Define the portion by entering two data points on the element. C:/IDDEA/Seminars/Whats new in MSTN SS3/Learning.dgn>Copy Parallel Model

18. Trimming, extending, and breaking elements • Enhanced Break Element tool has various methods: • Break by Two Points – To delete part of an element by defining two points. • Break by Point – Breaks the element at a defined point. • Break by Drag Line – Breaks the element(s) by drawing a virtual line that intersects the element(s). • Break by Elements – Breaks the element(s) by one or more intersecting elements. C:/IDDEA/Seminars/Whats new in MSTN SS3/Learning.dgn>Partial Delete Model

19. Reference Presentation • Reference Dialog • Settings > Presentation

20. Hypermodels • Hypermodels: A combination of dynamic views, markers, and mini toolbar features allowing you to visualize all of your project documentation in 3D, at your control, automatically,so that both the drawings in the sheet model, drawing model and the 3D design model are easy to understand, interpret, and update. • Dynamic View: A reference attachment of a 3D model, oriented by a saved view. The clip volume is driven by a clip volume. • A Dynamic View is created with one of the Place Callout tools: Plan, Section, Elevation and Detail.

21. Working with Hypermodels • In prior versions - you could view a model in all of its planes. However, you could not see the dimensions, annotations and other details that were placed on the sheet models. • To view these details, you needed to navigate to the sheet models manually. You could also not place callouts in a 3D design model. • But now you can place callouts in a 3D design model and also view the sheet graphics in a 3D design model, in place, automatically. This capability of MicroStation is called hypermodels. 3D model A section view (sheet graphics) within the 3D model with annotations applied Sheet model

22. Seamless Document Navigation • The combination of a project’s documentation within the 3D model, produces a new medium of communication. • The locations of the document drawings are automatically called out in the 3D model, through the use of markers. • Each marker’s Mini toolbar allows you to display the associated drawing in the context of the 3D model. • Or you can navigate to the drawing or sheet and open it separately. C:/Bentley Training/MicroStation Update/BE-Hands on SS3 Dataset/Hypermodels/House.dgn

23. Callouts and Markers • Markers in all models: • Callouts are replicated in all models in the project, making the models even more interactive and intuitive. • By default, callouts are displayed in other models as markers. • A marker is an icon that is easy to recognize. • To display markers enable the Markers option in the View Attributes dialog. • Toggle the display for all markers as a group or for each type of marker separately. • From left to right: a plan, section, elevation, and detail marker.

24. Benefits of Working with Hypermodels • Benefits of Hypermodels: • The construction documentation (2D drawings) is easier and faster to understand than as stand-alone drawings, because they are contextualized in the model. • The associated information is indicated in 3D automatically, through the use of markers, and can be displayed on demand. • The fusion of document graphics into 3D makes the documents and models richer and more useful than either documents or models alone. • You can tell which locations in the 3D model have been documented and can be relied upon. • All this is being done automatically, with zero user effort or time required to produce it. • All you need to do is: create the 2D drawings using the Place Callout tools.