MicroStation developer sources and links
Last modified by Jan Šlegr on 2019/03/18 06:43
For MicroStation applications developers, especially for beginners, it's often complicated to find enough information how to start development, about specific topics etc. Lack of materials is long term issue, but it does not mean that the materials do not exist. Unfortunately, they are spread over different web pages.
There is a selection of links I found useful:
Forums
Forums are roughly divided by products, but an overall structure of communities is a bit confusing:
Link | Content |
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Developers and Programming | Accordingly to communities structure it seems to be "root" community and forum, but in fact it should be used as a forum for "everything else", when product forum does not exist. |
MicroStation Programming | MicroStation, PowerDraft |
Geospatial Programming | Bentley Map (OpenCities), Geo Web Publiher |
Civil Programming | InRoads, MX, GEOPAK, OpenRoads Designer |
ProjectWise Programming | ProjectWise products and modules |
BDN | Should be used to discuss BDN-specific issues (administrative etc.), not software development questions. But people place such questions here also, in my opinion the response is not as good as when the same question is placed to MicroStation Programming forum. |
Wiki
There are not many useful wikis, but some exists:
Link | Content |
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BDN community wiki | Old BDN news are archived here. |
Developers and programming Wiki |
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ProjectWise Programming Wiki | Only a few articles here |
Blogs
Link | Content |
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MicroStation Programming Blog | Not updated extremely often, but some really interesting blogs here related to CE development. |
BDN community blog | Some blogs here also, but my feeling is that the activity has moved to MicroStation Programming Blog. |
Videos
Not too many (up to date) videos about MicroStation development available:
Link | Content |
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Bentley LEARN Server | MicroStation Programming Learning Path |
BDN@YouTube | Just a few videos |