<s>
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
CAD	B-Application
software	I-Application
platform	O
for	O
two	O
-	O
and	O
three-dimensional	O
design	O
and	O
drafting	O
,	O
developed	O
and	O
sold	O
by	O
Bentley	O
Systems	O
and	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
architectural	O
and	O
engineering	O
industries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
generates	O
2D/3D	O
vector	O
graphics	O
objects	O
and	O
elements	O
and	O
includes	O
building	B-Architecture
information	I-Architecture
modeling	I-Architecture
(	O
BIM	B-Architecture
)	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
is	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
CONNECT	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
was	O
initially	O
developed	O
by	O
3	O
Individual	O
developers	O
and	O
sold	O
and	O
supported	O
by	O
Intergraph	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
are	O
released	O
solely	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
but	O
historically	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
was	O
available	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
platforms	O
and	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
its	O
inception	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
was	O
designed	O
as	O
an	O
IGDS	O
(	O
Interactive	O
Graphics	O
Design	O
System	O
)	O
file	O
editor	O
for	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
initial	O
development	O
was	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
developers	O
experience	O
developing	O
PseudoStation	O
released	O
in	O
1984	O
,	O
a	O
program	O
designed	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
proprietary	B-Application
Intergraph	O
graphic	O
workstations	O
to	O
edit	O
DGN	O
files	O
by	O
substituting	O
the	O
much	O
less	O
expensive	O
Tektronix	O
compatible	O
graphics	O
terminals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PseudoStation	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Intergraph	O
's	O
IGDS	O
program	O
ran	O
on	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
Digital	O
Equipment	O
Corporation	O
's	O
VAX	B-Device
super-mini	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1985	O
,	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
DGN	O
file	O
read-only	O
and	O
plot	O
program	O
designed	O
to	O
run	O
exclusively	O
on	O
the	O
IBM	B-Operating_System
PC-AT	I-Operating_System
personal	I-Operating_System
computer	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1987	O
,	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
to	O
read	O
and	O
write	O
DGN	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Almost	O
two	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
3.0	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
which	O
took	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
increasing	O
processing	O
power	O
of	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
,	O
particularly	O
with	O
respect	O
to	O
dynamics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intergraph	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
4.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
late	O
1990	O
and	O
added	O
many	O
features	O
:	O
reference	O
file	O
clipping	O
and	O
masking	O
,	O
a	O
DWG	O
translator	O
,	O
fence	O
modes	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
name	O
levels	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
GUI	B-Application
enhancements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1992	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
4	O
introduced	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
write	O
applications	O
using	O
the	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
Development	O
Language	O
(	O
MDL	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	O
,	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
5.0	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
V5	O
for	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
provided	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
tool	O
set	O
for	O
both	O
2-D	O
and	O
3-D	O
CAD	B-Application
...	O
with	O
added	O
several	O
truly	O
useful	O
features	O
...	O
the	O
high-end	O
PowerPC	O
-	O
native	O
CAD	B-Application
package	O
runs	O
on	O
steroids.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
to	O
be	O
supported	O
in	O
Unix	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
was	O
branded	O
both	O
Intergraph	O
(	O
on	O
)	O
and	O
Bentley	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
(	O
on	O
PC	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
platforms	O
other	O
than	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
used	O
32-bit	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bentley	O
soon	O
followed	O
with	O
a	O
release	O
of	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
for	O
that	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
being	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
to	O
not	O
include	O
the	O
version	O
number	O
in	O
its	O
name	O
(	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
95	O
was	O
actually	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
v5.5	O
)	O
,	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
95	O
included	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
be	O
mostly	O
driven	O
by	O
graphic	O
icon	O
buttons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
introduced	O
a	O
host	O
of	O
new	O
features	O
:	O
Accudraw	O
,	O
dockable	O
dialogs	O
,	O
Smartline	O
,	O
revised	O
view	O
controls	O
,	O
movie	O
generation	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
use	O
two	O
application	O
windows	O
(	O
similar	O
to	O
previous	O
Unix	B-Application
driven	O
Intergraph	O
terminals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
95	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
for	O
a	O
PC	B-Device
platform	O
to	O
use	O
32-bit	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
multi-platform	O
release	O
,	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
SE	O
(	O
SE	O
standing	O
for	O
special	O
edition	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
actually	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
5.7	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
late	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
release	O
to	O
include	O
color	O
button	O
icons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
icons	O
could	O
also	O
be	O
made	O
borderless	O
,	O
just	O
like	O
in	O
Office	B-Application
97	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
of	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
also	O
included	O
several	O
features	O
to	O
enable	O
more	O
work	O
over	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
also	O
introduced	O
enhanced	O
precision	O
and	O
a	O
very	O
commonly	O
used	O
tool	O
in	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
-	O
PowerSelector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MicroStation/J	O
(	O
a.k.a.	O
</s>
<s>
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
7.0	O
,	O
a.k.a.	O
</s>
<s>
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
V7	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
almost	O
a	O
year	O
after	O
SE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
J	O
in	O
the	O
software	O
title	O
stood	O
for	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
as	O
this	O
version	O
introduced	O
a	O
Java-enhanced	O
version	O
of	O
MDL	O
,	O
called	O
JMDL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MicroStation/J	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
to	O
be	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
IGDS	O
file	O
format	O
;	O
since	O
MicroStation/J	O
was	O
actually	O
Version	O
7	O
,	O
the	O
file	O
format	O
became	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
V7	O
DGN	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
V8	O
in	O
2001	O
came	O
a	O
new	O
IEEE-754	O
based	O
64-bit	B-Device
file	O
format	O
,	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
V8	O
DGN	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
features	O
that	O
were	O
added	O
were	O
:	O
Accusnap	O
,	O
Design	O
History	O
,	O
models	O
,	O
unlimited	O
undo	O
,	O
VBA	B-Language
programming	O
,	O
.Net	B-Application
interoperability	O
,	O
True	O
Scale	O
,	O
and	O
standard	O
definitions	O
for	O
working	O
units	O
(	O
as	O
the	O
new	O
file	O
format	O
stored	O
everything	O
internally	O
in	O
meters	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
recognize	O
rational	O
unit	O
conversions	O
so	O
that	O
it	O
can	O
know	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
geometry	O
)	O
(	O
some	O
of	O
these	O
features	O
were	O
also	O
available	O
in	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
95	O
to	O
MicroStation/J	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
V8	O
2004	O
Edition	O
(	O
V8.5	O
)	O
followed	O
nearly	O
three	O
years	O
later	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
newer	O
DWG	O
releases	O
,	O
Multi-snaps	O
,	O
PDF	B-Application
creation	O
,	O
the	O
Standards	O
Checker	O
and	O
Feature	O
modeling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
V8	O
XM	O
Edition	O
(	O
V8.9	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
XM	O
edition	O
includes	O
a	O
completely	O
revised	O
Direct3d-based	O
graphics	O
subsystem	O
,	O
PDF	B-Application
References	O
,	O
task	O
navigation	O
,	O
element	O
templates	O
,	O
color	O
books	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
PANTONE	O
and	O
RAL	O
color	O
systems	O
and	O
keyboard	O
mapping	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
V8i	O
(	O
V8.11	O
)	O
the	O
task	O
navigation	O
was	O
overhauled	O
and	O
the	O
then	O
newest	O
DWG	O
format	O
was	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
now	O
contains	O
a	O
module	O
for	O
GPS	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
is	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
CONNECT	O
Edition	O
(	O
V10	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
updated	O
the	O
application	O
architecture	O
to	O
64-bit	B-Device
and	O
changed	O
to	O
a	O
Ribbon	O
Interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
native	O
format	O
is	O
the	O
DGN	O
format	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
can	O
also	O
read	O
and	O
write	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
standard	O
CAD	B-Application
formats	O
including	O
DWG	O
,	O
DXF	O
,	O
SKP	B-Application
and	O
OBJ	O
and	O
produce	O
media	O
output	O
in	O
such	O
forms	O
as	O
rendered	O
images	O
(	O
JPEG	O
and	O
BMP	B-Device
)	O
,	O
animations	O
(	O
AVI	O
)	O
,	O
3D	O
web	O
pages	O
in	O
Virtual	B-Application
Reality	I-Application
Modeling	I-Application
Language	I-Application
(	O
VRML	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
PDF	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
its	O
inception	O
,	O
MicroStation	B-Algorithm
was	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
engineering	O
and	O
architecture	O
fields	O
primarily	O
for	O
creating	O
construction	O
drawings	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
evolved	O
through	O
its	O
various	O
versions	O
to	O
include	O
advanced	O
parametric	O
modeling	O
and	O
rendering	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
Boolean	O
solids	O
,	O
VUE	O
Rendering	O
,	O
raytracing	B-Algorithm
,	O
pathtracing	O
,	O
PBR	O
Materials	O
,	O
and	O
keyframe	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
