Anything you write can become part of MicroStation. Also worth mentioning is the complete set of configuration tools that let you configure all folder path names and preferences of individual users and projects for use in a network situation. We have set it up so that anywhere you log on to the network you get your own interface, regardless of which machine you use. You bet MicroStation TriForma supports Internet URL addresses for any files. An intelligent agent checks automatically to determine if the date in your locally cached file is different from the source, then asks you if you want to update it.
Most users simply use consistently mounted drives on each machine.
Many other Web tools come standard with TriForma. From inside MicroStation you can publish Web pages. Rendering As an inveterate renderer, I think the tools are pretty good. The ray-tracer refracts and reflects and you can animate those values. Procedural renderers handle solids such as marble and wood that have grain running through them.