Microstation V8i Cloud Tool

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Youused to also be able to draw a smartline in Microstation v8i and convert it to a cloud using the cloud tool, you could also change the radius of the cloud, invert the cloud, etc. all in one place.

CPU

Faster processor will speed up tool processing time. TopoDOT for MicroStation Connect will utilize multiple cores; therefore, the number of cores, faster clock speeds, and current architecture will all directly affect TopoDOT performance. Processor recommendation would be a current-generation Intel i7 or i9.

RAM

When loading data into TopoDOT to display / process, the data is loaded into RAM. MicroStation Connect is 64-bit, so the amount of point cloud data that can be loaded will depend on the amount of RAM available on the system*. Faster memory clock speeds will provide TopoDOT tools faster access to the point cloud data; thus improving performance**. 16GB will allow for roughly 500 million points, 32GB would allow roughly 1 billion points.

TopoDOT does not utilize any sort of GPU processing for any if its tools. Thus, shoot for maximum compatibility with Bentley MicroStation or maximum performance for additional processing suites in your workflow.

TopoDOT software includes all of the point cloud tools you need to maximize the value of your survey data. Try a free demo to see how TopoDOT can help your organization improve productivity and increase revenue.

In this particular case, you could use the remapping features of the Batch Converter to do what you want. For example to change all color 1 elements to weight 1, you would use the Weight mapping table. Put %unmapped in the Weight column, and 1 in the V8OutputWeight column. Click on the "Show Optional Columns" checkbox, and enter 1 in the color. That tells it to set the weight of all color 1 elements to 1.

In the Points toolbox is a tool that will let you place a cell (or point or text) at a given length along a line, as well as a given number of cells equally spaced along a line. If you want to place a repeating cell along a line at a set distance, you will need the Celltools.ma MDL downloadable from Bentley.

There are multiple add-on tools [MDL Applications] available on the web for download that will assist you in drawing revision clouds while in MicroStation-v8. Take a gander at AskInga Website and if you have not already signed up to access the site, do so it is a great site for resources. Once you have Logged on to the site; See Link

An alternate solution is to autoscale the object for plotting with Scale Manager. This "must have" utility for V8 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. =180

TerraScan is the main application in the Terrasolid Software family for managing and processing all types of point clouds. It offers import and project structuring tools for handling the massive number of points of a laser scanning campaign as well as the corresponding trajectory information. Various classification routines enable the automatic filtering of the point cloud.

Point cloud management, processing and visualization is only one part of TerraScan. In addition, the software provides automated tools for creating 3D vector data based on the laser points. Users can produce 3D vector models of buildings (up to LOD2) automatically over nationwide areas, vectorize power lines, run corridor analysis reporting danger objects or analyze road surface condition or detect paint lines and curb stones. The results from the fully automatic classification can be refined by using half-automatic and manual classification tools in combination with versatile 3D point cloud visualization options.

Most of the automatic classification routines can be combined in macros for batch processing. In combination with batch processing macros can be executed outside TerraScan and MicroStation, even on other workstations over a LAN.

Automatic classification routines can be combined in macros for batch processing. Using TerraBatch macros can be executed outside TerraScan even on other workstations over a LAN. License to run TerraBatch on the same computer than TerraScan is included giving you the ability to utilize your computer 247.

TerraScan is known to all professionals working with LiDAR data. It is a real multipurpose tool enabling our customers work in both producing the data and getting deliverables for different industries. Deliverables include high quality classified point cloud data or vector data to be used in various engineering and maintenance applications.

Urban planning Architectural and historical site documentation Asset visualization and management Emergency response, security and defense Noise, flood, solar, shadow, visibility, lightning and wind analysis Accident and catastrophe risk assessment Virtual reality Marketing Visualization for communication of information to citizen Radio-wave propagation Fly-through animations etc.

Point cloud management, processing and visualization is only one part of TerraScan. In addition, the software provides tools for creating 3D vector data based on the laser points. There is also the opportunity to produce 3D vector models of buildings (up to LOD2) automatically over large areas. Toolsets for checking and modifying the building models manually enable the creation of more accurate and higher-quality building models. For the application field of power line processing, TerraScan contains tools for the automatic vectorization of power line wires, manual placement of tower models as well as labeling, reporting and danger object analysis tools.

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Hello, I was wondering if anyone has experience importing a microstation file (or scraping the data from the microstation file) into Mathematica. I do a lot of finite element math in Mathematica, and more specifically, a lot of bridge truss analysis. The process involves gathering nodal coordinates (Node Number, x coord, y coord, z coord) and element connectivity (node 1 and node 2 connect, node 2 and node 3 connect, etc.). As of now, I type in nodal coords and element connectivity manually into Mathematica and it takes some time. I was hoping there was a way to streamline the process and have Mathematica scrape the needed data from a 3D or 2D microstation "stick model" file. That way, all I need to do is draw the truss in microstation and my Mathematica script will read and solve the rest. Thanks in advance!

Let me first explain my interest. Now in semi-retirement, I explore various technologies and continue developing ideas. I came across Wolfram (although I am no mathematician) and I have some longer term ideas on how Wolfram might be integrated into a technology stack I am developing.

I explored MicroStation further, browsing the site, and saw the product as an ideal test case to try out ideas to integrate MicroStation with a cohort of open source tools .. and tools such as Wolfram Engine and others.

As I followed Bentley YouTube tutorials I realised how inefficient is this process of transferring knowledge. Readers have to follow screenshots which are difficult to read, let alone follow at the pace of the narrator. Narratives are distracting.

Exploring the MicroStation UI (I do not have a licence and so I can only follow manuals) I spotted SVG as an export option. Now here we do have an XML format which can be parsed by external tools and scripts.

The number of nodes depends on size of truss and if I'm about toundergo a 3D truss problem or a 2D truss problem. A simple 2D modelmight have as few as 3 nodal coordinates. But I'm working on a 3Dcontinuous rail bridge truss (total length is 1575') right now thatrequires intense load demand computations. For that model, I have over1000 nodes. It would take too long to manually input all the nodenumbers into my mathematica truss solving script, so I'm usingcommercial FEA software instead.

XML editor The ultimate power tool of Inkscape is the XML editor(Shift+Ctrl+X). It displays the entire XML tree of the document,always reflecting its current state. You can edit your drawing andwatch the corresponding changes in the XML tree. Moreover, you canedit any text, element, or attribute nodes in the XML editor and seethe result on your canvas. This is the best tool imaginable forlearning SVG interactively, and it allows you to do tricks that wouldbe impossible with regular editing tools.

At this point I would use an automation script to actually "autodrive" the Inkscape GUI and enter data automatically from a file. Note: We could also automate data entry into Wolfram / Jupyter Notebook

But the question then arises, how to import the edited SVG back into MicroStation?I have found no such import SVG feature. Therefore, in this case, I would use the same automation methods I have tested to automate data entry directly into a MicroStation window. That is, transferring from Inkscape to MicroStation.

This final part I cannot test because I do not have a MicroStation licence.However I would be willing to send a script which does this, just as a collaborative experiment.You could bind Inkscape output to Mathematica, as a first thought.

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