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Session |
Presenter | Description |
| Batch Plotting in MicroStation | Paul Hentsch, TranSystems | Learn how to set up a batchplot job with a script file. Then learn to batch plot all you files into a .pdf format |
| Beginning Horizontal & Vertical Alignment Design | Tawn Nugent, GBA | This session will introduce new GEOPAK users to the available tools for storing horizontal and vertical alignments. The basics of COGO and Graphical COGO will be addressed, as well as more advanced tools within the Horizontal Alignment Generator. The two available methods of storing a vertical alignment will be discussed: Vertical Alignment Generator and the Component Based Vertical Alignment tools. An example project will be used showing how to store an alignment based on given information and also how to store an alignment with no given parameters. |
| Bentley Engineering Configs: How do I get these things anyway? | Bentley | Description to be provided |
| Case Study: TriState Engineering Project | Troy Dunlap & Jeff Asher, TriState Engineering | This session will be geared towards new users of MicroStation & GEOPAK as we step through the processes and problems of a 9-mile widening and relocation of an existing two lane rural highway. |
| Change Management Using Design History | Shawn Foster, 3MT | "Hey Joe. Remember where that wall was 6 months ago? Well, we need it back there." Has this ever happened to you? And what do you do...find a backup, or an old print with the info? Not any more! Come to this session where you can learn about Design History, MicroStatation V8's tool to track changes through the life cycle of a design from WITHIN the DGN file. |
| Creating and Using Custom Line Styles | Steve Herrick, KDOT | Do you still use linear patterning? Then you are not taking advantage of MicroStation Custom Line Styles. This session will cover the creation and usage of custom line styles. Learn the different properties of line styles and how they can be used to change the appearance of the line style. How by using line styles, when a change is made to them the elements drawn with that style dynamically change. And once you have a style made how to distribute them. |
| D&C Manager on V8 | Chris Collins, Bentley Civil | Discuss the issues surrounding feature management and how D&C Manager will utilize the new functionalities within V8. See how changes in standardization will impact a GEOPAK user. |
| Descartes in a Working Environment | Bentley | Description to be provided |
| Digital InterPlot | Dawn Dooley, 3MT | Learn about what Bentley's Digital InterPlot has to offer for fast, hardcopy plot production, Digital Plot Archiving and Publishing of your plots to the web. Also hear about what is to come with Portable Plan Set distribution, Digital Differences, PDF format and ProjectWise Integration. |
| Dimensioning Changes | Bentley | Description to be provided |
| Engineering Links | Steve Herrick, KDOT | Ever needed more time on a project? Linking Excel spreadsheets into MicroStation can be an important process to help save time in your design. Join this session to learn how this process can best work for you and your project. |
| From Survey to DTM | Paul Boenisch, MoDOT | Now that I have my DTM, what do I do with it? This presentation looks at GEOPAK's tools for working with terrain models. Topics include editing triangles, displaying features, triangle vs. lattice models, reports, analysis tools, and utilities. |
| GEOPAK on V8 | Chris Collins, Bentley Civil | See the impacts of implementing GEOPAK for the next generation of MicroStation. Get an insight on customization issues as well as how to take advantage of the new features offered in V8 from the GEOPAK design point of view. |
| GEOPAK on V8 | Chris Collins, Bentley Civil | See the impacts of implementing GEOPAK for the next generation of MicroStation. Get an insight on customization issues as well as how to take advantage of the new features offered in V8 from the GEOPAK design point of view. |
| I/RAS B | Bentley | Description to be provided |
| Image or Raster Manager - What's the Diff? | Bentley | Description to be provided |
| InRoads Based Modeling | Kevin O'Connor, HNTB | Come see for yourself the advantages of using Templates with Feature based models. See how grading an intersection becomes a simple process rather than a frustrating battle with contours and spot elevations. Become familiar with the real power of designing a proposed surface in a 3D world. And you don't have to be a programmer to do it! |
| Introduction to MicroStation VBA for MicroStation V8 | Bentley | MicroStation users who are VBA programmers will benefit from this course overview on using VBA in MicroStation V8. After glancing over MicroStation VBA, the course will explore a sample MicroStation VBA project. Topics may include: scanning files, building a user interface, handling events and locating and creating elements depending on what the class would like to do. |
| Is Your Hardware Optimized? (Workstations & Networks) | LeLand Rowse, 3MT | How can I utilize my hardware and bandwidth costs to corporate heads. We will be discussing how in today's world Hardware can become obsolete the day you buy it. So how can I make the most out of my purchase without a lot of extra costs. |
| Learn how to Increase your GEOPAK Productivity (New Users) | Need some help getting off the ground with GEOPAK? This session will begin with the basics on Project Manager and how to navigate through the organizational design chart. In addition, instructions on how to use the Plan View Labeler, the Design and Computation Manager and the DP/Station offset tool will be provided. Navigation and efficient use of the COGO options will also be covered. Other tools will be discussed if time allows. | |
| Legal Description Editor | Gary Cox, KDOT | How to write a legal with GEOPAK Legal Editor and how to make GEOPAK write a legal for you. Information for the user writing legals and for configuring the Legal Editor for users. If you use the Legal Editor tell us how you use it, I will use the KDOT configuration as an example. Each legal is unique and the writers are also but many statements and styles are common and can be saved and used again as a shared resource. |
| Linking Excel Spreadsheet To MicroStation | Kimberly Jackson, Delich, Roth and Goodwillie | Ever needed more time on a project? Linking Excel spreadsheets into MicroStation can be an important process to help save time in your design. Join this session to learn how this process can best work for you and your project. |
| Make Adherence to Standards Actually Happen | GDM Software | Most CADD companies would like to produce design files which are all totally consistent with each other, and with the CADD Standard. Standardized files are easier to read, plot, and understand not to mention the importance of correctness to costing estimates, additions and the possible legal ramifications some errors may present. |
| Managing your support via SELECT Services | Bentley | Description to be provided |
| MicroStation Redline Tools | Shawn Foster, 3MT | This session will introduce Bentley's V8-Generation, MicroStation-based viewing products: Bentley View and Bentley Redline. Freely available to Bentley SELECT subscribers and their invited project team members, Bentley View is designed for casual users and enables the native viewing of both DGN and DWG drawings and models. Bentley Redline is a separate product that combines the viewing capabilities of Bentley View with easy-to-use mark up tools and enables nondesigners to make comments on engineering project data, enhancing project collaboration and communication. This session will give an overview of the functionality of both products. (Note: This is a 30-minute session.) |
| Migrating Your Workspaces to V8 | Greg Roberts, TranSystems | Do you have custom V7 workspaces? Are you wondering what it will take to run them in V8? This session will answer your questions. Come learn what you need to know about migrating your existing V7 workspaces to run with MicroStation V8. Some of the things, which will be discussed, are MDL programs, New Configurations, Existing Data (What will work as is and what needs to be converted). Greg will also share how TranSystems is dealing with workspaces for V8. |
| New Plan & Profile Sheet Clip Tool | Chris Collins, Bentley Civil | This presentation will focus on the new and improved application for automatic sheet layout and clipping. We will review new "PORT" technology and the added capabilities to this tool for easier adjustments and modifications to your final plan and profile sheets. |
| New Quantity Manager | Chris Collins, Bentley Civil | Get a peak at the latest development of GEOPAK's Quantity Manager and how it works. We will discuss automated quantity calculations and custom reporting from the new database driven application. Also see the functionality of manually entered pay items and funding partitions for paying participants. |
| Open Technology Questions Forum | Scott Komarek, Shawn Foster, Marty Price | Bring your questions to "Stump the experts". We will stack our panel with end users who know MicroStation, Plotting, translations and other topics. |
| Options in Plotting Rasters | Bentley | Description to be provided |
| Pipe Pac 2000 | Anne Hogsett, MOKAN Concrete Pipe | Pipe Installation Design, Cost Analysis of the Pipe Envelope and Life Cycle Costing of the Installing. Training seminar on the Pipe Pac 2000 software package. Pipe Pac is a simulation package written by the American Concrete Pipe Association and the Ontario Concrete Pipe Association for the designing a pipe installation. The simulation can be used for any type of pipe that the engineer has pricing for and includes a cost analysis of the pipe envelope and a life cycle cost analysis. |
| Plot Drivers & Pen Tables | Ed Reyes, Larken Group | This session will cover the basics of plot configuration files. Configuring MicroStation's plot configuration files for plotters and printers will be discussed. Tips on determining plotter pen assignments, covering the basics of the different configuration files and different plotting methods will be covered. |
| Plotting | Drexal Technologies, Inc. | See the latest in scanning and plotting technology. High quality digital plotting and image files will be available along with PDF formatting and batch plot files. |
| ProjectWise | LeLand Rowse, 3MT | Bentley ProjectWise is the content management solution for the engineering office. Users can consolidate decentralized engineering content into a single presentation to ensure that all project team members have access to the right data when they need it. ProjectWise is designed to handle both MicroStation V8 DGN and AutoCAD2002 DWG files as well as other business file formats. |
| Pushing the Limits with AccuDraw | Steve Herrick, KDOT | This session will bring the three most powerful tools together and show how you to use them to save time and mouse clicks in your day to day detailing. This will explain how to set up your AccuDraw shortcuts, Using SmartLine, and utilizing AccuDraws popup calculator. |
| Site Plans Production with GEOPAK Site | Michael Gillham, Bentley Civil | The workshop will cover Site tools that can be used to facilitate and enhance the site plan production process. We will look at creating 3D graphics, exporting data to COGO points and profiles for stake out and annotation purposes, drawing Profiles and cross sections and annotating them. |
| Site, Drainage & Sanitary on V8 | Michael Gilham, Bentley Civil | This session will be an overview of the tools provided with the current version of GEOPAK and their changes in GEOPAK V8. We will display the functions that are available with the MicroStation V8 tools that will enhance the way you work with the GEOPAK products. |
| SITE: Zona Rosa Case Study | Mark Plummer, TranSystems | Zona Rosa is a new urbanist site development in Kansas City, Missouri. This phased project includes approximately 1.5 miles of public street with a roundabout, 1.5 miles of private streets, 120 acres of site development, including retail site pads, parking, creek improvement, water and sewer lines, public parks and trail and extensive water shed improvements. By utilizing the GEOPAK Site tools, TranSystems Corporation was able to handle this multi-phased design with ease. |
| Superelevation - PowerPoint Presentation | Paul Boenisch, MoDOT | What are shapes? How are they created? How can I edit and modify existing shapes. How can I get information from my shapes? These and other questions will be answered in this look at GEOPAK's Superelevation and Shape Manager tools: Automated Superelevation / Calculate Superelevation, Autoshape Builder, Shape Maker, Shape Analyst, Shape Profiler, Shape Editor, Shape Selector, and Shape Properties. |
| Text Updates | Bentley | Description to be provided |
| Tips & Tricks of InterPlot Pen Tables | Kevin van Haaren, HNTB | Learn some new tips and tricks for changing your plot appearance with InterPlot Pen Tables. |
| Tips, Tricks and Other Stuff | Shawn Foster | This session, always a favorite at the Forum, will be a "half and half". Shawn Foster, our resident MicroStation evangelist, will spend half of the session going through tips and tricks for both MicroStation/J and V8. He'll then ask you, the audience, to come up and show YOUR best tips, trick or cool thing. |
| Tom Anderson Sessions | Tom Anderson, Bentley | This roundtable, featuring Tom Anderson, Vice President of Product Marketing, is an opportunity for you and your project managers or CIO's can discuss the direction of Bentley technology. This is a great change for your higher level management to talk about the issues facing your company, as well as discuss the successes you've had in using MicroStation and its rich applications in your daily workflow. |
| Ultimate Impact: A Case Study of a High Impact, Browser-Based MicroStation Solution | Joe Panther, Browersoft Inc. | "Ultimate Impact" This session presents an actual Case Study of a high impact, browser-based MicroStation solution developed for the corporate intranet of a major transportation company. The solution uses database integration to fully automate all processes for updating, creating and presenting thousands of MicroStation drawings to users throughout North America. |
| Using InterPlot to Create Adobe PDF Files | Kevin van Haaren, HNTB | Integrate InterPlot with Adobe's Distiller to automate PDF file creation. |
| Using Working Units to Your Advantage in V8 | 3MT | Detailing and dimensioning at different scales just became easier with MicroStation V8. MicroStation's working unit subsystem has been redesigned in V8 to work harder for you and your project teams. Understand how to bootstrap new drawings and projects and simplify projects that must be delivered with dual dimensions (imperial and metric). |
| Weakest Link | Shawn Foster, 3MT | Don't be the weakest link! |
| What's New in Plotting for V8 | Carl Marko, 3MT | Plotting in MicroStation V8 has changed from what you know in V7. Come to this session to see the new interface, the new pentables capabilities, and what a RIP driver can do to spruce up your image plotting. |
| Working with DWG Content | Jan Cella, Bentley Corp | An in-depth look at how MicroStation V8 works with DWG files. This includes referencing DWG files, working in DWG Workmode, and strategies on how to deliver 100% compliant DWG files to your customers |
| XS Sheet Layout on V8 | Alex Mabrich, Bentley Civil | In this session we will demonstrate the new and improved cross section sheet layout providing new capabilities for controlling cross-sections. See the new "PORT" or referencing technology applied to cross-sections and how it can benefit the designer in final plans production. |
| XS Sheet Layout on V8 | Chris Collins, Bentley Civil | In this session we will demonstrate the new and improved cross section sheet layout providing new capabilities for controlling cross-sections. See the new "PORT" or referencing technology applied to cross-sections and how it can benefit the designer in final plans production. |