MicroStation Reviews & Product Details

MicroStation Product Details

MicroStation is a specialized computer-aided design (CAD) software solution tailored specifically for infrastructure design. It is designed to assist architects and engineers in transforming their creative visions into tangible projects, enabling them to present their designs effectively to clients and deliver high-quality results to the community. By providing a comprehensive suite of tools that are integrated into the platform, MicroStation allows users to work efficiently and flexibly, streamlining the design process without the need for additional add-ons. Targeted primarily at professionals in architecture and engineering, MicroStation serves a diverse range of industries, including transportation, utilities, and urban planning. Its capabilities cater to users who require robust design and documentation tools to handle complex infrastructure projects. As project demands grow in complexity and scale, MicroStation equips users with the necessary resources to manage these challenges effectively, ensuring timely and budget-conscious delivery of designs. One of the key features of MicroStation is its ability to facilitate the design, documentation, and visualization of infrastructure models in both 2D and 3D formats. This versatility allows users to create detailed and accurate representations of their projects, enhancing communication with stakeholders and clients. The software supports collaborative workflows, enabling seamless interaction among team members and external parties, which is essential for successful project execution. MicroStation also emphasizes risk minimization and automation acceleration. By providing advanced tools for modeling and analysis, users can identify potential issues early in the design process, reducing the likelihood of costly revisions later on. The software’s automation features streamline repetitive tasks, allowing professionals to focus on more strategic aspects of their projects. This efficiency not only helps in meeting deadlines but also enhances the overall quality of the work produced.

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Seller

Bentley Systems

Discussions

MicroStation Community

Languages Supported

Czech, German, English, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Chinese (Simplified)

Product Description

MicroStation is a modeling environment explicitly for the architecture, engineering, construction, and operation of all infrastructure types including utility systems, roads and rail, bridges, buildings, communications networks, water and wastewater networks, process plants, mining, and more. MicroStation can be used either as a software application or as a technology platform.

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Amanda Brewer

Pricing

Pricing provided by MicroStation.

MicroStation 12-month Subscription

$2,135.00

Per Year

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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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Verified User in Civil Engineering

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/23/2025

"Hotkeys Speed Up Workflow, Great Compatibility with AutoCAD Files"

5/5

What do you like best about MicroStation?

I like the hot button keys that make it very fast and quick to switch between drafting tools and make updates. The compatibility with other drawing file types like AutoCAD make it easier to provide edits for clients in a format they prefer. The reference attachment feature is also very nice to have where you can have a main base file and reference it into multiple drawings rather than recreating it and if anything changes in the base file, it will automatically get updated in the drawings wherever it is referenced. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

It can be difficult sometimes understanding how certain tools or preference work, especially when it comes to dimension and scaling of units. Also the disassociation tool when breaking up continuous dimension lines should have an option to break it into singular lines. Also sometimes it is difficult to use the angle dimension when you want the arrows inside or outside the dimension no matter what and have the text either rotated horizontally or vertically no matter the angle at which the dimension text leader is being pulled out at from the angle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Elisa B.

Project Administrator

10/23/2025

"Solid Performance but Costly"

4/5

What do you like best about MicroStation?

I have found MicroStation to be highly beneficial for my work, particularly in ensuring continued success with our products and meeting project requirements. The software allows us to easily perform necessary tasks and ensures timely submission of projects. I appreciate the functionality of editing drawings extensively, which is crucial for my workflow. Additionally, the capability to convert drawings into other file types is incredibly useful for meeting varying project needs. Using MicroStation alongside Adobe Acrobat for PDF conversion and editing complements my workflow well. The expert support received during the setup process was particularly helpful, especially in navigating the different software sections and assisting with sample uploads and editing drawings. These aspects make MicroStation an invaluable tool for my professional needs, allowing for efficient project management and task completion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

The cost of MicroStation is pretty prohibitive. It's very high. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UC

Verified User in Civil Engineering

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/27/2019

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Best and easy CADD Drafting Software "

5/5

What do you like best about MicroStation?

Out of my 8 hours of daily work I use this software for atleast 6 hours a day. Its a very portable easy to learn drafting software when compare to any other CADD softwares I used before. I started CADD by autoCAD first, The best part of the software is its settings, one click of setting for scale, for annotations, for reference attachments, level managements, its compatibility with other softwares import or exporting is easy. Its automatically saves everytime you work on it unlike other CADD drafting software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

I have to think hard to write any dislikes of this Drafting software. ONly one thing I dont like it is sometimes attached references turn red on you means its detached by itself and I have to reattach them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Vasu S.

Sr. Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/23/2025

"Smooth Setup and Support, but Transition from AutoCad Is Challenging"

4/5

What do you like best about MicroStation?

The setup process is simple, and the support team is very helpful. Once you get used to the features, they prove to be quite good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

We switched from AutoCad to Microstations because our client required it. The transition has been challenging; although I realize it's a different platform, the interface is completely different, which makes the adjustment even harder. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Douglas C.

Architectural Designer

Architecture & Planning

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/1/2025

"Helpful Constructon Drawings Easy Management Tool."

4.5/5

What do you like best about MicroStation?

-Civil drawing tool and the 3D modeling functionalities are excellent and easy to edit Engineering drawings is easy.

-AllEngineering project information management and collaboration through the platform is amazing and to implement the tool is very simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

No issues at all on this system, easy training and manipulation is also very easy task. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Saurabh D.

Civil and structural Designer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/8/2025

"Nice and easy to learn."

4.5/5

What do you like best about MicroStation?

Auto save and easy to use. Graphics also have good presentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

All commands are not in hand. Sometimes need to search on google. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UM

Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/23/2025

"Simple 3D Modeling, But Needs Better View Controls"

3.5/5

What do you like best about MicroStation?

I enjoy the simplicity of the program compared to other 3D modeling software in the market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

I wish it had more features for controlling 3D views. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CC

Verified User in Civil Engineering

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/23/2025

"Rock-Solid Stability, But UI Needs Major Improvement"

2.5/5

What do you like best about MicroStation?

It is very stable and a reliable software with very low probability of file corruption and unstable behavior. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

The UI and commands are very user unfriendly. Like Autodesk Autocad, if the shortcuts to the basic drawing functions were letter keys on the keyboard, it would have been much more effective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Luis M.

CEO

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/8/2025

"Unparalleled user experience"

5/5

What do you like best about MicroStation?

The whole set of tools that are present in the user interface undoubtedly provide functionalities that lighten the development of professional activities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

The documentation of the features should be much more accessible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Ankush A.

Independent Consultant, freelance tech writer

Writing and Editing

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/4/2024

"Bentley MicroStation - the pioneered pltform for ACE world."

4/5

What do you like best about MicroStation?

Drawing-friendly rendering and modeling tools in 2/3D enhance optimized design workflows. Also, clear collaboration and elevated project visibility help distinguish the product platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

DGN legacy challenges interoperability, especially in the DWG base form. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MicroStation solving and how is that benefiting you?

I was an internal tech writer for the "Building" domain products suite for users. As routine tasks of writing help documentation, I worked on Buillding domain applications, rather, I had to use the platform features prominant in MicroStation. Over to the base features, such as floor builder, for example, the building-specific floor design made the product intelligence helping to energy calculations and allied computing including material planning even indicating them in cut views. The intern structure made significant using the specialty feature named extracted views inherited from MS. Every building feature of drawings was tapped through the MicroStation features to bring domain-specific attributes to the BuildingDesigner application. This helped me to work on a sample drawing and case study and examples to be documented Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.