MicroStation CONNECT Edition SDK Overview

MicroStation CONNECT Edition SDK Training

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 Sunand Sandurkar

Senior Director of Product Development

PowerPlatform, MicroStation and LumenRT Team

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 Architecture and Core Concepts DgnFile
Dictionary Model
Levels Table Styles
• MicroStation Architecture
• DGN Concepts Models
Model1
• Structure of DGN File Elements

Model2

Commercial ISV Apps User Customization Apps

MicroStation
OpenBuildings
Designer
OpenRoads
Designer
OpenPlant Suite OpenCities Map …

PowerPlatform

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 Elements

• Working with Elements

• Element Symbology
• Levels
• Styles and Templates

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 Core Concepts

• Units and Coordinate Systems

• Document Management
• Configuration Management

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 Implementing Custom Tools for MicroStation

• Implementing Custom Tools for MicroStation in Native C++

• Implementing Custom Tools for MicroStation in C++/CLI or C#
Pan, Zoom, Rotate… Place Line, ellipse etc.
Suspend active tool No element
No modification! locate/modify

DgnTool

DgnViewTool DgnPrimitiveTool

DgnElementSetTool
Drop, Delete, Modify…
Process selected
elements
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 EC Framework

• EC Framework
• DgnEC APIs
• Item Types Applications

Other Platform Libraries

Components
• Reports ECControls

ECObjects
ECServices
(Repository-independent API for objects and files)

ECXML
ECPlugins
(Adapters for specific types of ECRepositories like DgnECPlugin)

Repository-specific APIs DgnECManager (native)

ECObjects
DGN File

Native
ECRepositories

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 Annotations

• Text Elements
• Dimension Elements
• Tables
• Annotation Scale

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 Geometry Elements

• Working with Curves

• Working with Meshes
• 3D Modeling
• Parametric Modeling
• Constraints

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 Drawing Composition

• Drawing Composition Workflow Overview

• Named Views 3D
Design
• Drawing and Sheet Models
• Clip Volumes and Named Boundaries
Arch Arch
Arch
Demolition Life Safety
Floor Seed
Seed Seed

• Sheet Index
• Design Links Arch Arch Arch
Demolition Floor Life Safety
Drawings Drawings Drawings

2D
2D 2D
2D 2D
2D
2D 2D 2D
Sheet
Sheet
Sheet Sheet
Sheet Sheet
Sheets Sheets Sheets

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 Imagery and Mapping

• Raster and Imagery

• Maps and Geocoordinate Systems
• Rendering and Visualization

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 For more information

• Developer Portal
– Developer.Bentley.com
• Programming Community
– Communities.Bentley.com/products/programming
• MicroStation Programming Community
– https://communities.bentley.com/products/programming/microstation_programming/
• MicroStation Programming Blog
– https://communities.bentley.com/products/programming/microstation_programming/b/weblog
• MicroStation SDK Help in installed location
– C:\Program Files\Bentley\MicroStationCONNECTSDK\Documentation

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 Connect with Bentley

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