• Components Center (Library API, Portal, Docs, Tutorials, Samples, Changelog, Wikis, Blogs, Medium, YouTube, LEARN)
  TIP: Users can access Components Center via the Components Center Portal or Product Addin:
  

• [CONNECT C++] Database API Introduction
• Session Debug and Logging Database Commands

DimensionStyles

• In MicroStation CONNECT call C++ DimensionStyle API in place of mdlDimStyle_xxx() calls.
• Use DimStyleIterator where mdlDimStyle_traverse was previously used.
• The C++ APIs have further DGN Library integration options and improvements
• The MicroStation SDK provides an example to get started: ..\DimensionsExample\DimensionsExampleCreateTool.cpp
• The following code snip shows how to set the active dimension style to none:
  

  // Make style:(none) active.
  BentleyStatus rtc;
  //DimensionStylePtr dimstyle = DimensionStyle::GetActive ();
  DimensionStylePtr settings = DimensionStyle::GetSettings (*ISessionMgr::GetActiveDgnFile());
  settings->SetName (L"");
  rtc = DimensionStyle::SetActive (*settings);

Blogs

• [MSCE U17 C++] Create Report with Calculated Column, Group By, Aggregation, Summary & Show/Hide Column feature (Applies To: Native)
• [MSCE U16 C#] Create custom group for "Include Items" in MicroStation's Report (Applies To: Managed)
• Grouping and Sorting ECProperties in EC property pane (Medium, Applies To: Managed)
• EC Property User Interface Editor-ECPropertyUITypeEditor (Applies To: Managed, Language: Chinese. See Language Tip below)
• [MSCE U14 C++, C#] DgnEC Instance and Relationship Change Events (Medium, Applies To: Native, Managed, MSCE-U14)
• Add new EC Symbol provider with custom symbol sets using Native API's (Medium, Applies To: Native, MSCE-U14)
• Add new EC Symbol provider with custom symbol sets using Managed API's (Medium, Applies To: Managed, MSCE-U14)
• EC CRUD Operations With Native And Managed DgnEC APIs (Medium, Applies To: Native, Managed)
• Working with EC Properties using Native and Managed APIs (Medium, Applies To: Native, Managed)
• Working with ItemType EC Expression using Managed, Native and COM API’s [Upcoming feature in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 14] (Medium, Applies To: Native, Managed, VBA/COM)

Training

• MicroStation CONNECT Developer Training (Topics 11-13: EC Framework, DgnEC APIs and EC ItemTypes)

Tips

Notes

• Learn about Bentley's Base Infrastructure Schemas (BIS) and Engineering Classifications (EC) APIs
  • Take the Accredited iTwin Developer Program (YouTube)
  • BIS Docs (BIS Modeling, EC SQL Tutorial and EC Expressions)
  • MicroStation Blogs (EC CRUD Operations - Native And Managed APIs)
  • MicroStation Docs (Expressions, Expression Types and Syntax Examples)
  • MicroStation SDK
    • Docs: ecobjectsapi.chm, ecobjects.chm, ecplugins.chm, ecservices.chm
    • Examples: ..\examples\DgnEC\*(ECCRUD, ItemTypes, PickLists, PropertyTypes, Report, SymbolProvider)

• EC Expressions (Application Of)
  • Item Types: Expressions, Expression Builder (blog), and Expression Types and Syntax Examples
  • Display Rules and Reports: Condition Editor
  • Named Expressions (Dialog, Report Symbols)
  • Parametric Modeling: Expression Builder

• BIS > Schema: Reference, Customization, Versioning and Validation (Class Editors: EC Class Editor vs Bentley Class Editor)
  
  • To View/Edit Bentley BIS or Custom Schemas requires a “Class Editor” available services/apps:
    
    • Bentley CONNECT Edition Products: OpenPlant Project Administrator or OpenPlant Modeler
    • Bentley iModel Services:
      • iModel Console
      • Validation - ecschema-editing
        
        
  • To View Bentley BIS Schemas use:
    
    • iModel Schema Browser
      • iModel Console
      • iModel Schema Explorer (Steps)

NOTE: Previous versions of “Bentley Class Editor: and “iModel Schema Editor” have been superseded by tools referenced above.

Related

• API Topics: ItemTypes, Picklists, Reports/Tables

• Get/Set Basis Range/Transform
  • Get/Set BasisRange and BasisTransform methods provide a means to store an alternate "basis/home" element range/transform via XAttributes.  If no (application) "basis" is present the range/transform returned will be that directly obtained from the current ElementHandle range/transform. [Ref1]
  • This was implemented to store/return an "element aligned" vs. "axis aligned" box that fits geometry. Similar to the range diagonal for cells/shared cells. A basis range would typically be centered around 0, the basis transform denotes the local to world transform. In practice I haven't found it "generally" useful as it wasn't required to be implemented, meaning you need a fallback for dealing with elements that don't store/return a valid basis range anyway. So, it mostly ends up being useful to applications when dealing with their own elements.[Ref2]

• [[Bentley.GeometryNET]]

• Q: How can I programatically modify the product Ribbon control?
  A: If you currently own an active Telerik development license you can freely consume Telerik APIs and Events published within your (deployed) customizations. If you do not own a Telerik development license you are limited to using the convenient product User/Admin tools and workflows provided within our software. e.g. See: Customizing the Ribbon and Importing and Exporting Ribbon Customizations). Due to our existing Telerik licensing agreement we cannot create/provide (public/published) Bentley APIs that wrap or export this functionality directly.
• Q: What do I need to do to add Tabs to the Ribbon with a custom XML file?
  A: Tabs must be referenced by a Tab Collection which in turn must be referenced by a Workflow. Here is an example.
  communities.bentley.com/.../MyRibbon.xml

• Item Types CRUD Operations with Native, COM and Managed API's (Medium, Applies To: Native, Managed, VBA/COM)

• Q: How can I access color and other attributes from a material name?
  A: Use the DgnPlatform MaterialManager API (Material.h) and MaterialSettings structure (MaterialSettings.h) where all material settings are stored.

• Create a Vertex Colored Mesh (Applies to: Native. Language: Chinese - See Language Tip)

• [[Namespace Naming Conventions]]

• [MSCE U16 C#, C++] Create custom PickListProvider for PickList values (Applies to: Native, Managed)
• PickList API changes (MSCE U15) - (Medium, Applies To: Native, Managed)
• Complete steps to create an SDK example on MicroStation CONNECT Edition with managed Pick List APIs (Medium, Applies To: Managed)
• Basic examples for managed APIs of Pick List (Medium, Applies To: Managed)

• TextTable API changes (MSCE U16) (Applies To: Managed)

• Q: How can I process a Parametric Cell?
  A: Parametric Cell Instances are XGraphics. Use the ElementGraphics ElementGraphicsOutput class to iterate contents.
• Q: How can I validate Operations on Solids that Fail?
  A: To dump the brep topology to a MicroStation text window key-in: modeler debug body
  • MODELER DEBUG BODY CHECK. See: If you just want to check an existing solid/element
  • MODELER DEBUG BODY CONVERT.  See: Can't Convert Solid to SmartSolid and Why can't these two stretched bodies be converted to smart entities?

• [[C API Transforms]]
• [[VBA API Transforms]]

• Add Unit Testing to the MicroStation SDK