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

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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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UC

Verified User in Civil Engineering

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/27/2019

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"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.

DC

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.

LM

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.

AK

Ankit K.

Masters Student

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/5/2024

"Great for the beginners and Comprehensive Designing Tool."

5/5

What do you like best about MicroStation?

I loved that it is easy to use, as a beginner and a frequent user I find it too useful and easy to implement. It is compatiable with most of the file formats which help to integrate with different other design tools. It is a highly productive tool and thats why I believe it offers good value for money. It is a reliable and versatile design software that can handle wide variety of tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

A few set of feature are hard to understand as a beginner but I contacted customer support which was super useful and got my queries resolved in less than a day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UC

Verified User in Civil Engineering

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/5/2024

"Great product to use and partner with other CAD platforms!"

3.5/5

What do you like best about MicroStation?

Microstation gives you more control and options for some civil work than other CAD platforms. Plus, the interface with Microstation resembles that of ArcGIS online and Microsoft office products, which is really helpful when learning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

If you learn Microstation after learning another CAD program (Eg, AutoCAD, Civil3D, etc.), there are some challenges that are present. However, I've heard that if it's the other way around (you learn Microstation THEN another platform), you have an advantage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Microstation is still being used by a lot of state agencies, particularly in New York. Getting to know Microstation more is helping our company expand on the types of projects we're able to bid on. Microstation also is designed with a surveyor in mind, rather than having to know AutoCAD, Civil3D, Carlson, this plugin, that add-on, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UC

Verified User in Civil Engineering

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/7/2024

"MicroStation = go-to tool"

4.5/5

What do you like best about MicroStation?

MicroStation is good at what it does and it has quick processing speed. I can easily sketch out plans for contractors to be able to see what they have to build. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

Microstation don't really do a good job with documentation and manuals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

A 3D model helps me build accurate representation of my ideas, which benefits both the designer and the client. The client can see what the project will look like when it is built. By letting the clients view my 3D model from every possible angle, I can speed up the review processes and reduce the risk of misunderstanding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UR

Verified User in Research

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/11/2024

"An intriguing and fun software for CAD modelling indeed"

4/5

What do you like best about MicroStation?

As a grad student who’s been using MicroStation for 6 months, what I love most is how easy it makes 3D modeling and working with different file types. For instance, I had to design a gyroid model for our 3D printing project. MicroStation let me create super detailed 3D models even at a very small scale. Plus, even though my teammates were using different CAD software, we had no problems because MicroStation supports tons of file formats like DWG and DXF. Also, I became an instant fan of the visualization tools that helped me make realistic renderings of the atoms, material constituents and test samples, which were awesome for showing at my poster presentation. Also, being able to customize the interface and automate tasks with simple scripts saved me a ton of time and hassle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

As a student I have a university alloted laptop for my academic work and the software can be quite resources-intensive, which sometimes slows down my computer, especially with bigger rendering models. It was sometimes hard to find specific tools quickly compared to other CAD software I've used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Alexis T.

Consultor

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/18/2024

"Microstation for my self-taught professional development"

5/5

What do you like best about MicroStation?

I like it because it is very intuitive, getting familiar with the software is quick and that helps a lot when starting a project, the first contact is very user-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

The customization of some tools is often difficult to achieve, and at the same time, the commands tend to be somewhat complicated or difficult to understand. Additionally, I think the software can be expensive for an individual user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.