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Snap to quardrants of a pipe?
Hi there. In my company no one knows, how to snap to the quardrants of a pipe i autoplant V8i. I know it is possible in other plant program, but i cant find the command in autoplant? - Can someone help...
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Openplant File Printing Default Name
HI ,I am trying to achieve default file printing name including revision filed from tag set ,Please share in case it might be achievable in Microstation[08.11.09.459] or Openplant...
View ArticleHow can I open Descartes SS6 in Openplant SS6?
Hello, I'm currently trying to work with the advanced pointcloud extraction tools of Descartes in Openplant, to accelerate the modeling process of pipes from specs matching the information from a...
View ArticleOpenPlant Modeler V8i SS5 Database files for Cable Trays
Hello,I'm looking for cable tray database files for the Thomas&Betts catalog. If there are files for other vendors, they would also be helpful. I see that Bentley has these integrated in their...
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OpenPlant Isometric Manager Administration
HI,I'm investigating OpenPlant Isometric Manager for our workflow and at this stage, I have a lot of questions. To start off, it seems OPIM only uses untitled user preferences/interface. Can that be...
View ArticleOPM - Pipe Level Name
Hi,In OPM, how would one go about setting the levels of placed pipe and components? Can I have all pipes placed on a single preset level, all valves on another level, all flanges on yet another level...
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Missing Entries in OPM wiki page
I can't see an option to comment directly on the wiki page so I had put it here.The OPM main wiki page list 55 numbered entires:However, I counted 58 topics listed on the side bar. So obviously there...
View ArticleOpen Plant PID Vessels
Hello to BENTLEY Family!Please help to a rookie :)How can I describe the vessel/tank as a cubic one in OpenPlant PID? Can I create my own database of vessels and how to do it?Waiting for your...
View ArticleAutoplant Piping Ribbon
Hi,I'm an "old fashioned" user of Autoplant and I am trying to get used to the ribbon rather than using a combination of the drop-down menu and buttons. The problem I am facing is I am trying to find...
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OPIM - DGN to DWG - Dimension conversion
When output ISO via OPIM in AutoPLANT, dimension text is broken to poly line. If I output ISO as DGN and convert to DWG manually, dimension in DGN will converted as rotation dimension in DWG and text...
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Error - Duplicate GUID Found
I have an issue with a specific file that I have been using, recently it gave me an error (below).I would like to remove this error from the file. I have made a copy of the file on my c:drive and...
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OpenPlant Modeler & OpenPlant PID
Hello, Bentley!I had been working with OpenPlant Modeler for couple of years. Obviously it's schema is quite customized due my working needs. Recently I've started to use OPPID and there is a lot of...
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OpenPlant Project Administrator / OpenPlant Modeler
Hello to Bentley!I have a problem with autoflange. I set what I need in AutoFlange field in Specification Generator (see below),but the result is following:Please advice, how to solve it and where the...
View ArticleTapered spacer in OPM
Hello All,I'd like to know if OPM support tapered spacer. If supported, how to create it in pipe spec? And does it distinguish one-side tapered spacer and two-side tapered spacer? Thanks a lot!
View ArticleHow to add a new end preparation in OPM
If the end preparation is "FL" (Flanged), the end preparation abbreviation "FL" will be appended to the ISO symbol name. For example, the ISO symbol name of elbow is 90**, for flaned elbow, the ISO...
View ArticleBolt Length cannot be calculated
Hello All,I created a new flanged end prep type, joint type, end prep type ISO map, it works fine in OPM and ISO.The content I created, I copied from standard flange, all contents are almost same as...
View ArticleOPPID - Replace Deleted Inst Bubble
OPPIDWhen a inline instrument's (control valve, flow element) bubble gets deleted, how do you replace it without replacing the instrument?Thank you
View ArticleOPM cannot attach Power ProStructures models
Pure MS V8i can open/attach power prostructure dgn files, no problem.But if attach power prostructure dgn files in OPM, it will incur problem. Does anyone know it? The users just want to attach the...
View Articlebolt issue for wafer type connection
Hello All,For wafer type component, there should be a long bolt. I created a wafer type valve in a spec, and I used same spec mdb file in two different workspace. In a workspace the bolt is OK, only...
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OpenPlant Isometric Manager
Hello!I have a problem with OPM workspace . When I'm trying to load OPIM with my OPM workspace, I get an error (see the screenshot below).Found this topic:but it didn't solve the problem. Hope for your...
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