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I checked with one of our experts on this. Here was his answer:
"PowerDraft has limitations for 3D, purposely designed so that 3D people have to buy MicroStation. Technically, it may be possible to get some 3D .ma files (perhaps even a required .dll amd .msl) but there are no guarantees that this will work. There are no alternatives, as far as I know."
Here is a link to a PDF comparison between PD and Ustn:
For some reason Bentley does not include tools for projecting solids in their Powerdraft XM Academic version. I am trying to make a 3d model of a chemical plant. I can create pipe with the cylinder tool and lofted solids with the cone tool ( and stretch). but I can't access tools like extrude along path (even key-in). I really need to be able to make pipe elbows. Are there any other tools that will allow me to do this?
Are there any other academic versions available? I sure don't see any on the Bentley site
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For some reason Bentley does not include tools for projecting solids in their Powerdraft XM Academic version. I am trying to make a 3d model of a chemical plant. I can create pipe with the cylinder tool and lofted solids with the cone tool ( and stretch). but I can't access tools like extrude along path (even key-in). I really need to be able to make pipe elbows. Are there any other tools that will allow me to do this?
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