Format
MicroStation Base File
Summary
- Name
- MicroStation Base File
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/1358
- Format type
- Image (Vector)
- Description
- These files, which always end with the file extension .bse, consist of the line drawing layer in Microstation from c.2000. MicroStation CAD software was developed and sold by Bentley Systems and which is used for 2D and 3D design, and is mainly used in the architectural and engineering industries.
- Note
- https://www.bentley.com/en/products/product-line/modeling-and-visualization-software/microstation
- File extensions
-
bse - Source
- The Canadian Centre for Architecture / The Canadian Centre for Architecture
Relationships
- Has priority over
Internal signatures
MicroStation Base File
- Note
- Absolute from BOF offset 824- 3616, magic bytes: 'HPT_DD_IGDS:FONTLIB'.{32600-33200}DGN-Titles
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 824
- Max offset
- 2792
- Byte Sequence
4850545F44445F494744533A464F4E544C4942{32600-33200}44474E2D5469746C6573- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Updated in V115
- Release date
- 15 November 2023
MicroStation Base File: Max-offset modified for the BOF signature to allow for more exact signature identification. Submitted by Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK).
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Updated in V103
- Release date
- 11 March 2022
MicroStation Base File: Added byte sequence to signature. Added priority over Bentley Microstation Hidden Line File. Submitted by Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK).
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Added in V97
- Release date
- 1 October 2020
MicroStation Base File: Signature developed and samples provided by The Centre of Canadian Architecture.
MicroStation Base File: Full entry added. Submitted by The Canadian Centre for Architecture.