Product(s):	MicroStation
	Version(s):	08.11.09.829
	Environment:	N\A
	Area:	Interchange
	Subarea:	SHP

Problem Description

MicroStation allows you to open .shp file format directly in MicroStation or  attach it in a DGN file  but MicroStation is a design product, NO GIS software, so it will only import geometry, not import database attributes, labels, etc.

Steps to Resolve

1. Open MicroStation
2. In the Open file dialog look under Files of type: Shapefiles (*shp)

 

or

3.Otherwise open a new file in MicroStation and use the Reference Administrator  dialog to attach the .shp file

Note: MicroStation is not a GIS tool.

Bentley Map provides this GIS functionality. To work with GIS data is recommended to use Bentley Map or any Civil products with Map tool activated.

Bentley Map is needed to export .dgn files to .SHP files.

Here is the description from the MicroStation HELP file:

 

Shapefiles (*.shp) require at least three files in the same directory, with the same name and with the following extensions:

• SHP (shape format; describe the feature geometry such as points, polylines, and polygons)
• SHX (shape index format; a positional index of the feature geometry to allow seeking forwards and backwards quickly)
• and .DBF (attribute format; columnar attributes for each shape, in dBase III format).

In addition to the three mandatory files listed above, you can include the following optional files.

 

File Extension	Description
.prj	Project format; contains the coordinate system and projection information, a plain text file describing the projection using well-known text format.
.sbn and .sbx	A spatial index of the features.
.fbn and .fbx	A spatial index of the features for shapefiles that are read-only.
.ain and .aih	An attribute index of the active fields in a table or a theme's attribute table.
.ixs	A geocoding index for read-write shapefiles.
.mxs	A geocoding index for read-write shapefiles (ODB format).
.atx	An attribute index for the .dbf file in the form of shapefile.columnname.atx (ArcGIS 8 and later).
.shp.xml	Metadata in XML format.
.cpg	Used to specify the code page (only for .dbf) for identifying the character encoding that will be used.

 

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Original Author:

Maria Munoz