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MicroStation Demo - Produce lifelike renderings and animations
Turn your models into polished professional presentations to win stakeholder buy-in and speed approvals on your design projects.
MicroStation Demo - Robust parametric constraints and comprehensive 3D modeling
You can ensure your design intent while speeding modeling with extremely powerful and flexible constraints and a range of solid, mesh, surface, and topological modeling tools
MicroStation Demo - Integrate reality meshes, raster, point cloud and 3D drawings and 3D models together
MicroStation's native support for an unmatched range of file formats and data types means you can leverage any data you have to speed drafting and modeling and decision-making
MicroStation Demo - Streamline documentation production with integrated 2D/3D
Produce better documentation, faster, with fully integrated 2D and 3D workflows, creating a single integrated model that allows you to view drawings and other model information directly immersed within the 3D model
MicroStation Demo - Precisely snap geospatial data into place automatically
Supporting hundreds of coordinate systems and dozens of geospatial data types, users can reliably integrate existing data quickly and confidently.
MicroStation Demo - Incorporate common data types and formats
Take advantage of built-in support for 100+ common formats and data types for 2D and 3D raster and vector geometry and associated BIM information, including trusted RealDWG
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Jordan  P.
JP
Project Architect
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Impressive Architectural 3D Design and Collaboration with MicroStation is Perfect."
What do you like best about MicroStation?

Functional 3D drawings creation and Architectural drawings editing and detailing CAD solution and it allows Architect to manage designs and create new 3D models and sketching tools on MicroStation are effective. Collaboration and on various view comparison and landscaping projects data management i like the MicroStation features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

None at all for now because MicroStation is an easy and very friendly CAD platform to implement and on starting no much training is required to kick off with the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Janet E.
JE
Design Manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Design easy Management and its 3D Modeling and Editing MicroStation is Perfect."
What do you like best about MicroStation?

Landscaping project management and the design simulation and also Mechanical Engineering drawing editing and drafting of landscaping drawings is productive.

The design ideas sharing and easy design sharing MicroStation is the master. The CAD options on this 3D modeling platform is amazing and even image editing to floor plan MicroStation provides the best quality services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

Easy to learn as a beginner and the implementation of the entire product is quite simple and no much technical help needed to fully configure MicroStation functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jasmine C.
JC
Project Architect
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Powerful 3D Visualization and Document Editing Software."
What do you like best about MicroStation?

Very powerful Architectural and Engineering design CAD solution with effective 2D and even 3D visualization option and the document editing through this platform is perfect.

Providing clean Engineering document and the creating landscaping designs and drafting various working drawings i really like MicroStation functionalities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

The product is very simple to get used after implementation and all the available features are easy to configure and even its dashboard is very clean and no much technical issues on the first involvement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Fabrizio P.
FP
Landscape Architect
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Creating Professional 3D Landscape Design and Seamless Integration Platform."
What do you like best about MicroStation?

-MicroStation offers effective Landscape designing capabilities.

-Easy to integrate 3D design to drawing.

-Drafting working drawings for landscaping projects.

-Excellent on design visialization and easy 3D files sharing.

-Creating new Engineering design presentations for clients.

-Editing fifferent landscaping drawings is perfect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

I got nothing against Microstation because after short learning, the implementation is very smooth and they also offer learning video tutorials for the learners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PM
CAD Manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great for enterprise CAD standards and file control"
What do you like best about MicroStation?

MicroStation’s strength is enterprise grade file stability and powerful admin tools: the reference system and batch convert utilities make it easy to push updates and convert large sets of files without manual rework. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

License activation and user management can be awkward compared with simpler seat based systems; smaller orgs may find the entitlement workflow confusing at first. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gianna C.
GC
Design Architect
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Effective Annotation and BIM Modeling Tool with Flexible Design Features."
What do you like best about MicroStation?

Annotation tool with great Automatic formatting functions and the BIM modeling through MicroStation is helpful. CAD functionality is on top and 2D visualization and working drawing drafting is quick and i also like the design templates on this designing platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

I got nothing to dislike about this Architectural design platform because even its implementation and design tools setting is very simple task and easy on getting started. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Civil Engineering
UC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Excellent CAD Tool for Civil Engineering, But Occasional Crashes"
What do you like best about MicroStation?

I believe MicroStation is by far one of the best design tools I have used for civil engineering CAD tasks. It is easy to work with. I started with the V8i version and am now using MicroStation 2024. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

The application frequently crashes when I click certain buttons more than once. This issue occurs most often in InRoads/Openroads, but sometimes MicroStation also crashes. Whenever this happens, I usually send out the crash reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Wendy K.
WK
Project Architect
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Stable BIM Modeling and 3D Rendering Platform."
What do you like best about MicroStation?

Effective BIM mdodeling system with multiple designing features and the CAD functionality is perfect. MicroStation has amazing 3D creation and image rendering option which provides professional designs and the drafting of different Engineering drawings is very easy and quick using this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

MicroStation implementation when getting started is an easy operation after simple and short training and no technical guidance required to start manipulating MicroStation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Aviation & Aerospace
UA
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Super Easy to Use and Intuitive"
What do you like best about MicroStation?

It is a excel in complex 3d modeling, high quality rendering and handling massive dataset. And it works with multiple file formats. Also, It is best for: Architecture, mechanical, and electrical design, as well as general 2D drafting and documentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

difficult to learn-especially if they’re transitioning from AutoCAD or Civil 3D. The interface and workflows can feel unintuitive at first.

Limited User Base: Compared to Autodesk products, MicroStation has a smaller user community. This means fewer tutorials, forums, and peer support options Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consulting
UC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Effortless Modeling and User-Friendly Interface"
What do you like best about MicroStation?

Modeling in microstation is very easy and software is very handy to use and understand the concept. Wheather it project browser or the property palet it is clear to use . Massing is quite easy to develop aa compared to other similar softwares Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

It should be more refined for linking different software links or inserting and other comparing data. Coordination with other model should be a platform which can one look into. Also AI facility should be introduced in the software for some older version of microstation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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