Hi Danny,
ABD and MicroStation are separately licensed products.
You cannot run MicroStation whether V8i or CONNECT Edition on an ABD licence.
You can run ABD in MicroStation mode when you do not need the ABD tools.
ABD CONNECT EAP1 is based on the work in progress builds of MicroStation CONNECT Update 4 so there will be some features in ABD EAP releases that are not yet available as released or technology preview features in MicroStation CONNECT.
MicroStation CONNECT Update 4 will be available soon, watch the MicroStation forum for news of that.
ABD and MicroStation are separately licensed products.
You cannot run MicroStation whether V8i or CONNECT Edition on an ABD licence.
You can run ABD in MicroStation mode when you do not need the ABD tools.
ABD CONNECT EAP1 is based on the work in progress builds of MicroStation CONNECT Update 4 so there will be some features in ABD EAP releases that are not yet available as released or technology preview features in MicroStation CONNECT.
MicroStation CONNECT Update 4 will be available soon, watch the MicroStation forum for news of that.