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Recent Articles
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March 31st, 2008
The User Preference File (UPF)
Nearly everything you ever wanted to know about the User Preference File...what it is, where it is, and configuration variables to help monitor it's condition.
2004-03-24 Original posting date.
2006-07-05 Updated to include the variable for always creating a new UPF at startup.
2008-03-31 Updated for MicroStation V8 XM Edition
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March 26th, 2008
AutoScale elements for plotting with Scale Manager 
Well, Michael Briggs has done it again with Scale Manager! This "must have" utility for V8 and X allows you to control the scale of text, cells, and custom line styles for plotting. It eliminates the costs associated with repetitively modifying data and the redundancy of storing multiple copies of the same data to be presented at varying scales.
2004-02-13 Original post date
2005-05-20 Updated - Improved interaction with references and corrected minor issues with line style scales.
2006-06-06 Version 8.5.7 posted. Bug fixes and new feature - rescales tag elements associated with cells that have been rescaled.
2006-10-06 Version 8.5.8 posted. Bug fix on filtering elements by level in.references.
2006-11-20 Version 8.5.9 posted. Bug fix when dealing with text nodes.
2007-03-15 Version 8.5.10 posted. Bug fix when scaling custom linestyles in nested reference files.
2008-03-26 Version 8.5.12 for V8 and Version 8.9.0 for XM posted
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March 26th, 2008
Engineering Links #3 - UstnKeyin protocol
A really cool component of MicroStation and the Internet, is the ability to send MicroStation commands from an HTML document directly to your design session. This is achieved through the use of HREF tag and two special protocols: ustnkeyin and ustnform. In this article we'll look at the ustnkeyin protocol.
2004-03-18 Original posting date
2008-03-26 Updated
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March 10th, 2008
Decompose a design file with SDT Parts
With thanks to Alexander Molotov for creating this application called SDT Parts which enables users to easily decompose a design file.
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November 13, 2007
Set your tentative (snap) point readout mode
Ever wonder how to change your tentative (snap) readouts? If so, then keep reading. This article is for you.
2001-02-02 Original posting date.
2004-03-16 Edited for clarity.
2007-11-13 Added information regarding MicroStation V8 XM Edition (Thank you Artur!)
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November 13, 2007
SuperscriptText and SubscriptText
This article was inspired by posts in the Bentley newsgroups and explores a variety of options for placing superscriptText and subscriptText in both V8 and V7 files.
2003-06-18 Original posting date.
2004-03-17 Include subscript capability for V7 files.
2007-11-13 Add note regarding tool settings.
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