These include Triforma for intelligent architectural components, Geographics for geographic data handling, Civilpak for civil and transport engineers, Plantspace for configuring schematic applications and Modeler offering parametric 3D solid modelling for manufacturing. The core Microstation incorporates Smart Solids, allowing non parametric primitives to be generated and edited plus all the previous productivity aids such as the Accudraw input method. Modeler offers full parametric solid modelling plus integrated surface modelling based on the Parasolid kernel. Blends include options for multiple radii at specified points that can be subsequently modified. Individual faces can be removed for local operations and surfaces can be thickened into solids.
Draft is applied to faces at a point referencing the current construction plane.
Failed operations give a simple 'could not build message' rather than any debugging assistance. The original Microstation joint system has now been replaced by a fully parametric system based on the integrated motion analysis tools. Constraints appear in the assembly feature manager. Once constrained, dragging components dynamically actuates the full mechanism. Sub assemblies can be locked.