MicroStation Review
January 31, 2019
MicroStation Review
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with MicroStation
MicroStation is being used by the transportation design team when completing projects for clientele.
- Microstation is simply set up with both drop-down lists of tools as well as button arrays.
- Microstation handles large amounts of data decently well.
- Microstation works well even when many files are referenced together.
- MicroStation's graphic interface appears data in comparison to other CAD software.
- MicroStation has a tendency to crash if not managed properly during design.
- MicroStation's transportation design component is separated from the main system which causes occasional complications.
- MicroStation usage is primarily necessitated by our major client who also uses the program.
- Without using MicroStation there would be many times where we would not be able to provide our clients with what they need.
- Therefore, MicroStation has had an incredibly positive impact on the business I work for as its usage has continued to secure contracts.
In my opinion, I would recommend AutoCAD Civil 3D over Microstation V8i unless you/your company benefit from using MicroStation due to your contracts requiring you to submit a digital design in MicroStation file type (.dgn). Otherwise, I feel that AutoCAD Civil 3D is actually a better transportation design software in the majority of cases.