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Status Future consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 17, 2026

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Show support number in command file for easier tracking of support changes

Request:

Please add the support reference number/name in the command file output along with the support command. For Example, if a support is defined as S1, S2 or S3 in the support table, the same reference should also appear in the command file where that support is assigned or defined.

Benefit:

This will make it much easier to identify changes made to a particular support, improve checking efficiency and reduce the chance of errors during model review.

Please check attachment too.

it is easy for such big company like Bentley to add such small feature of connection. Kindly look into this.

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  • Admin
    Carlos Aguera
    Aug 7, 2026

    Thank you for posting this idea. This has merit beyond supports, but as a principle could be applied to almost every command that uses an assignment list, such as section properties (shown with a reference in the GUI dialog) , specifications (which currently dont but would make sense to do something similar to be consistent), materials. The challenge with items like Section Properties is that the identifier Ref is a combination of both section profile AND material. Hence in the input file a line entry for a given section profile in the STD file which has been assigned to members 1 to 10, but members 1 to 5 have been assigned one material, say 275 steel and 6 to 10 assigned 355 steel. That means in the UI, there will be two entries in the table R1 and R2, but both refer to the same profile in the STD file. In short, the idea has merit and will be added to the backlog, but the implementation will need careful consideration and not as easy as you might have thought.

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