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DGN Elements
Title	Link	Comments
Get Line Vertices	Get Line Vertices	Use `CurvePrimitive` to get element data
Get Line String Vertices	Get Line-String Vertices	Get element data from DGN element internal structure
Get Zero-Length Lines	Get Zero-Length Lines	Shows how to build a list of elements with a list comprehension
Get Element at Offset	Get Element at Offset
Count Elements by Type	Count Elements by Type
Count Elements by Level	Count Elements on Level
ChildElemIter	Enumerate the contents of a complex element
PointElementInfo class	PointElementInfo	Data class used to convey point element information (e.g. Text origin, Cell origin)
Element Range	Element Range	`element_range` class used to compare one range (e.g. element range) with another range (e.g. fence range)
Place Cells along Line	Place Cells along Line	A tool with user interface to Place Cells along a Line
Create Centre Line	Create Centre Line	A tool with user interface to Create Centre Line Between Two Lines
Grouped Holes	Find Grouped Holes	How to find & examine grouped holes in a DGN model. Demonstrates mensuration and numeric formatting
Zoom	Zoom to Element	How to get an element's range and adjust a view to fit around that range
Drop Element	Drop Element	How to use `DisplayHandler.Drop()` to drop an element to its components

DGN Text
Title	Link	Comments
Text and TextBlocks	Text, Text Nodes and TextBlocks	TextBlocks are a class designed to help query, modify and create DGN text and text node elements
TextFields	TextField Management Overview	Overview of TextFields

Geometry
Title	Link	Comments
Curve Vector	CurveVector	A curve vector is a pure geometrical abstraction of a DGN element
CurveVector.WireCentroid	CurveVector.WireCentroid()	Clarification of method `CurveVector.WireCentroid()` return `tuple`
CurveLocationDetail	CurveLocationDetail	CurveLocationDetail provides information about a point on a line or curve
Associative Point	AssociativePoint	AssociativePoint stores a point and additional information that associates that point with another DGN object

DGN Element Mensuration
Title	Link	Comments
DGN Element Mensuration	Measuring DGN Elements	Linear, Shapes and Solids can be measured using mensuration idioms
DGN Element Mensuration using Engineering Content	Measuring DGN Elements using EC	Linear, Shapes and Solids can be measured using their Engineering Content (EC) properties
Formatting Lengths, Areas and Distances	Formatting Values	Format floating-point values resulting from 1D, 2D and 3D measurements

To see a full list of the modules delivered with MicroStation …

Open a Windows command window
Change to the Python folder, which is probably
C:\ProgramData\Bentley\PowerPlatformPython\python
Key-in python -m pydoc modules