We have a new update for those working on workspaces for SS3. We made a couple of fundamental changes. First, the material assignments are now done at the element template level and not directly to the MicroStation level itself. This just makes sense and does not force one material per level. Secondly, we made a new category of element templates for the 3D linear features. It is understandable that perhaps in plan view the color assignment for a back of curb maybe the color yellow for example. But in a 3D model that is rendered, the color of the back of curb would need to match the color of the rendered material, in this case grey concrete. So if you study the surface feature properties, you will see we changed the element template for the 3D selection.
The newest version of the workspace can be downloaded here and the link will be good for about two weeks.
ftp.bentley.com/.../SS3Standards_07_10_2013.zip
Please feel free to comment / share on any other workspace ideas you may have and or tried and liked.
Thanks,
Chuck