{
 "id": "microstation-base-file",
 "name": "MicroStation Base File",
 "category": "vector-image",
 "identifiers": {
  "extensions": [
   "bse"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/1358"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q99844768"
  ],
  "signatures": [
   {
    "name": "MicroStation Base File",
    "sequences": [
     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 824,
      "max_offset": 2792,
      "pattern": "4850545f44445f494744533a464f4e544c4942{32600-33200}44474e2d5469746c6573"
     }
    ]
   }
  ],
  "priority_over": [
   "fmt/1549"
  ]
 },
 "status": "unknown",
 "summary": "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.",
 "tools": [
  {
   "name": "MicroStation",
   "url": "https://www.bentley.com/en/products/brands/microstation/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true
  }
 ],
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/1358",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/1358",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q99844768",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99844768",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-20",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}