Forum Post: BIM Manager Workshop - Walnut Creek, CA (Bay Area)
I am excited to inform you that the next BIM Manager Workshop for AECOsim Building Designer has just been posted to the LEARNserver. This is a great workshop that allows hands-on exploration and in...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Dynamic views / lineweights and transparency settings
IF that is what is meant - you can't change linestyles down the road easily. If I need to do that I eigher modify the original DV or create a new one as I need ot see it.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Dynamic views / lineweights and transparency settings
I do ALL symbology from parts
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Drawing Models - Scale Issues
I create a New drawing that is Real or 1:1 It was created using the seed that has an ACS of 1/8"=1'-0" (The delivered see file) I draw a box 1'x1' and measure - it measures 1'x1' I dimension the box...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: DG values for HVAC/Plumbing elevations; Top, Bottom,...
Hi Steve, Yeah, it's the fly-over I'm referring to. Â Since they're the same elevation values, I thought I could squeeze it into 'this' SR. Â Repetition is good tho. Â I'll certainly do a separate SR. On...
View ArticleForum Post: Join with Elbow, Tee, Takeoff - What are the Key-in's? ABD 593
In Mechanical, the Join tool offers a tool-settings option to join-with-Elbow, or join-with-Tee(of Takeoff). These two options are both used very frequently, and having to "check-in" with...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Mapping IFC and AECOsim Fields
Totally agree with the need for an example provided by Bentley. We need a yardstick to compare our findings against. I'd like to see what is considered a compliant IFC export, what information is...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: SS5 / crash during stretch & move
I'd expect in the next few weeks, assuming no roadblocks.  There are/were some last-minute fixes we wanted to make, hence the small delay. Edit: Andreas, is software ever really done?    ;-)
View ArticleWiki Page: Reference Drawing Model Back Into The 3D Master Model
Applies To Product(s): AECOsim Building Designer Version(s): 08.11.09.593 Environment: N/A Area: Drawing Views Subarea: Settings Original Author: Gerard Torres, Bentley Technical Support Group...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: AECOsim Building Designer V8i (SELECTseries 5), Release...
Hi Stuart, I honestly don't understand why you might feel that way in regards to priorities, but obviously this is the case. Â So for MicroStation releases it really is best to ask that question on the...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: How to add a Step in an existing Building View?
I have filed an SR for it. 7000129156
View ArticleForum Post: RE: SS5 / crash during stretch & move
Probably, some are that. There was a discussion about Thunderbird some months ago, after they said that they would stop adding new features to it. On the other side I remember a saying... "Either we...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Centerline Width
It would indeed be good if Ctr Ln Use Wall Thickness actually worked. If it did you wouldn't need a seperate part for every insulation thickness with just different Ctr Ln Scales. It's possible it...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Hypermodeling ?
Actually that doesn't really work. When trying to place the reference, one must either choose an insertion point, or click coincidence. Whatever you are using, it won't be at the place where the...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Shadows not showing up in drawings or sheets
I'm trying a simular things as asked in this post. I made a saved view of a shaded elevation view with shadows. When attaching this view (reference) to a 3D Design Model, it is shown as I want (and...
View ArticleComment on Reference Drawing Model Back Into The 3D Master Model
Actually that doesn't really work. When trying to place the reference, one must either choose an insertion point, or click coincidence. Whatever you are using, it won't be at the place where the...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Hypermodeling ?
Not sure... but if you are referring to making DV's mimic the way DEM would produce an extraction in the correct position in 3d space if 'Transpose XY' was not selected... I think this option was...
View ArticleForum Post: limitations of elevations in dynamic views
I think as an architectural office we miss some important possibilities using DVs. Looking through the forum history gives the impression part of this seems to be 'in process' since 2008 (!)... I...
View ArticleForum Post: Determining the color of rendered spaces by using the family and...
I have set this up, supposedly correctly using the family and parts system, cut fill colors have been set and the spaces have been placed, however the documentation does not give any further...
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