In the mid-1990s, the CAD world was divided. On one side stood Autodesk’s AutoCAD, rapidly becoming the ubiquitous standard. On the other stood the high-end, Unix-based systems from Intergraph, IBM, and Computervision. Caught in the middle was Bentley Systems, fighting to keep its flagship product relevant on the rapidly commoditizing Windows platform.
MicroStation SE was a built for engineering precision, not casual drafting. While obsolete today, its influence persists in modern infrastructure workflows. For organizations maintaining legacy SE data, migration to V8 or CONNECT is recommended using Bentley’s Batch Converter utility. microstation se