VIEW DGN FILES

BENTLEY FREE VIEWER

http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Products/Bentley+View/

Format Support

• RealDWG 2014

• Supports point-cloud streaming

• LandXML and Bentley civil terrain models

• JT format

• IFC

• Rhino V5

Advanced Viewing Features

• Dynamically explore models with Clip Volume to slice through models

• Easily navigate using touch screen support in Windows 8

• Analyze models by changing their visual display based on object attributes (i.e., height, slope, aspect angle)

• View and navigate Bentley's groundbreaking hypermodels and their embedded plans, sections, and elevations

USING NEWFORMA

You can view DGN files with having to open them in Microstation by using the Newforma viewer.

To open in Newforma right mouse click over the DGN file, Open with > Newforma Viewer

If you want to be able to double click on a DGN to view it:

mouse click over the DGN file, Open with > Choose default program...

Then select Newforma Viewer, and make sure Always use the selected program to open this kind of file is ticked.

(this shouldn’t interfere with Microstation if you have it installed as you can’t open a file by double clicking on it anyway)

Note the viewer tasks on the left, including Measure, etc.