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Ability to work directly on rpt files present in PW

As of the time of writing when we edit a rpt file on a managed configuration on ProjectWise. For saving those modifications we must export it via a save as and then re-import it on the PW document. It would be much easier if the save button saved ...
5 months ago in Substation / Reporting 0 Future consideration

Customisable Earth grid/grounding grid conductor to show in 3D

Currently the earth grid/ grounding grid shows as a 3d line with 3d modelled connection points and 3d modelled earthing stakes. I would like to see the ability to be able to assign a 3D symbol of the earthing conductor whether it be a cable or a c...
18 days ago in Substation / Other 0 Needs review

Add Cable Label

Hi, We are hoping to label a cable and its cores at both ends of the cable (mostly across different drawing pages/sets). Currently the software is built for cables to be shown just once - at one end only. We can see that the cable can be duplicate...
8 months ago in Substation / Schematic Diagrams 0 Future consideration

Undo/redo button for placing smartobjects

Need undo / redo button for smartobjects placed by openutilities smartools such as equipment, cables, grids ect.
9 months ago in Substation / Other 2 Planned

Thematic manager working with PW

Today thematic manager tool does not work with PW create renditions, which is a problem when creating PDF's that require PW attributes. My idea is to make that tool work properly with PW.
about 1 month ago in Substation / Engineering Design 0 Needs review

Thematic Manager as project configuration

Today the thematic manager is an user configuration, which is not great because when you configure it you want everyone to have the same patterns to print the designs correctly. My idea is to make it a project configuration, making it accessible t...
about 1 month ago in Substation / Engineering Design 0 Needs review

UNDO does NOT Work in Substation. Need UNDO in Substation

Undoing actions in Substation does NOT behave as expected. We are told by Bentley Substation Support that the Undo is a MicroStation command and the Undo is not supported in Substation since more operations can be hidden (like e.g. a database acti...
9 months ago in Substation / Engineering Design 1 Planned

Supress Device ID - ON/OFF toggle

A quick toggle ON/OFF button for 'Supress Device ID' would be handy and more efficient than having to enter the Device Properties dialog box each time. Thanks Jess - Essential Energy
8 months ago in Substation / Other 0 Future consideration

Cloud by points/element Tool Default settings

In Microstation we have the ability to set the default settings of the Cloud by point/element tool to an arc radius of 5. I've been advise through a service ticket that the cloud by element/points tool resets every time OUS is started. Therefore h...
7 months ago in Substation / Other 2 Will not implement

More than one file open at a time

Hi, I believe we cannot open more than one file in Substation due to our integration with ProjectWise. This results in great loss of productivity and ease. Instead, we have to open a file/s in read-only from ProjectWise in a different application ...
10 months ago in Substation 3 Will not implement