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Hi All We have recently been getting queries into the help desk asking how to bring certain surveys into MX that aren't listed in MX>File>Import. The tool to use for this is the Data Acquisition tool. Data Acquisition compiles information from the following sources: Field Data Formats: InRoads Text Import Wizard (.tiw) InRoads Intermediate (.fwd) GEOPAK (.obs) Tripod Data Systems (.rw5 & .raw) Leitz-Sokkia SDR33 (.sdr) Trimble Link ...

What is New & Changed in LEAP Bridge Enterprise V8i (SELECTseries 3) Release 11.00.00, November 2011 CONTENTS LEAP Bridge v11.00.00 LEAP CONSPAN v11.00.00 LEAP CONBOX v11.00.00 LEAP RC-PIER v11.00.00 LEAP GEOMATH v11.00.00 Upgrade Instructions LEAP Bridge V8i Enterprise is a consolidation of all configurations of LEAP Bridge (i.e. LB Suite, LB Precast and LB Cast-in-Place). This single executable integrates CONSPAN, RC-PIER, CONBOX and GEOMATH...

Hi All. First Post of the New Year. This post will explain the process of applying hatching to cut and fill areas of a design for plans and longsections using input files. The images below show what will be achieved. For this process I’ll be using an example design included in the attached genio file ( EXAMPLE GENIO.txt ). The models used are detailed below. Design model – DESIGN UG Ground model – GROUND UG Plan Cut and Fill Hatching...

If you read my blog about Cascading Attributes and found that useful, here’s another way to do something similar, but a bit more complicated. Recently I was asked, “How do I create a SELECT statement to do this?” I have two Project Properties: @"PROJECT_Project_Number" and @"PROJECT_Billing_Type" Here is the logic I want to use: If @"PROJECT_Project_Number" is a NULL then @"PROJECT_Billing_Type"...

Four Hypermodel videos are on Bentley's YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xAfZEK7hrY&context=C3659722ADOEgsToPDskJtsThIZxjLPm_r7ZYWQpni http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZptfxZfyWfc&context=C3a8b769ADOEgsToPDskIJHvspA8uxXOYZQEVVa_iM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqLDk8gO1Yw&context=C3ee320bADOEgsToPDskLM3cDSEF5I798PyyloUG2I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYUHMT-gTR8&context=C35915f2ADOEgsToPDskJh-_ac9f0U0X7Mseu3rMVO

A common question I get asked about the ProjectWise V8i SDK training is: “How much programming experience does someone really need to take the class?” The course description has the following requirements and recommendations:” Recently a ProjectWise Administrator asked me this familiar question, but with a new twist: “Someone told me that they had ZERO programming experience, went to the PW SDK class and started developing...

Augmented reality (AR) is a hot subject. Every day, we see more applications of that technology. At the moment, AR finds applications mostly in marketing, tourism, and wayfinding. However, progressively we see research and industrial groups being interested in other, more complex applications of AR, such as medicine and engineering. In those demanding areas, accuracy is important. For instance, decisions taken by engineers often have a major impact...

According to this article Adobe is no longer going to focus on Flash for mobile devices . It is exciting to see the software community using open standards. Now if only all the browsers would conform to those standards so developers didn't have to worry about quirks mode.

All, For those who turned up to the E-Seminar last week, many apologies. Some unforseen circumstances caused us to postpone. Anyway, the E-seminar will now be this Thursday at 14.30. Here is a reminder of the new date and subject: Thursday the 17 th of November at 2.30pm Data Import, Data Acquisition and Data Export The agenda for the session: Data Import ASCII Files including Genio, Text Files, LandXML , LIDAR DWG / DGN / DXF OS Point Cloud Data...

OVERVIEW This document is intended to provide technical verification for the analysis and design results within the RAM Concrete Shear Wall design module. This example utilizes RAM Structural System v8i, SELECTseries4, Release 14.04.02.00, which is available for download on Bentley SELECT. The scope of this document is limited to providing sufficient technical background so that the user may reproduce the design results and calculations performed...

Hello All We've completed the recordings of the last e-seminar, well to be honest all the hard work has been done by my esteemed colleague Mr Dean Rickwood. So many thanks to Dean. The live session was attended by over 50 users, so thanks to those who did. If you didn't catch it, you can view the recordings. Dean has split the recording up in to two chunks to make it more manageable for you to deal with I've had a few problems trying to...

Hi All, We get asked about how a Style Set is going to look, or how to specify a survey and how to get it to look how you want it to. The start of this is really your Survey Style Set. This dicatates string naming and the colours and styles that its going to produce. Sometimes we get asked this question from the other direction. I've been sent a style set, but I've no idea what its going to produce. To resolve all these problems with how a...

Beste Bentley Civil Benelux bloglezers, De nieuwe Nederlandse MX V8i SS2 refresh versie (08.11.07. 536 ) is nu op de Bentley Website beschikbaar. Naast verbeteringen in de Nederlandse Country Kit, vooral in de StyleSets, zijn er nog veel details in MX verbeterd en gecorrigeerd. Zie de MX Release Notes: http://selectservices.bentley.com/en-US/Support/Downloads+And+Updates/Readme/MX+Suite+v08.11.07.536.htm Vanuit de SELECTservices website kunt u een...

With ProjectWise SelectSeries3 release, there is an easier way to set Project/Folder and document security. You no longer need to open the folder properties dialog to set its permissions. As you select each folder, its’ permissions are displayed on the ‘Access Control’ tab of the preview pane. You can easily perform the following Identify folder and document permissions (create subfolders, read, write and no access, etc.) If the...

When a user is a member of the Administrator group, he or she will have full access to every node under the datasource (Applications, States, Environments, Users, etc.). Now with ProjectWise SELECTseries 3, each node has a “Granular Security” tab allowing the ProjectWise administrator to define who should have access only to a particular node. There is also a new group called “Restricted Adminstrator” that works along with...

Group and User List Membership Groups and user lists are two different ways of grouping users together in the datasource. Groups are typically created by the administrator as a way to group together users who need the same access rights to folders and documents. Once a group is created, you can then assign that group permission to a folder, rather than assigning each user permission to the folder, one at a time. User lists provide a way to group together...

Is there a way to use Project Properties conditionally in a MicroStation Workspace? There is a technique to do this, simply create a Workspace Variable at the Command Line using the –ws switch. In ProjectWise Admin, edit the MicroStation Application. Modify or create a new Association. In the command line arguments, create a variable with the desired Project Property: Example: -wsCountry=$PROJECT#PROJECT_Country$ The -ws switch creates a Workspace...

ProjectWise Database User requirements ProjectWise can run on both Oracle and Microsoft SQL Servers, it uses a multi-user connection in which the ProjectWise Server has a connection with the database (through ODBC or SQL Native Client). Besides this, users access ProjectWise through their own authorization in ProjectWise. For the Database, there is only one user which is really important and needs to be setup with according specifications. When you...

In all of my ProjectWise deployments, one of the first things I develop is an architecture diagram depicting a structure of the system hardware and ProjectWise components that run on them, showing how the hardware and software components work together. In other words, an architecture diagram should include the hardware for your ProjectWise system; including key specifications such has CPUs, operating system and RAM(memory). The diagram should also...

During ProjectWise training, I am often asked what is the definition of a “Datasource”. In general terms, the name datasource is commonly used when creating a query to the database. More specifically, I define a datasource as a structure that contains specific ProjectWise information, such as users, groups, environments, etc. which is stored in a database. Each PW datasource must be attached to its own database (SQL or Oracle) and contain...

Readme’s have come a long way since the readme.txt files of old. Over the years, table of contents and hyperlinks have been added. The format of the Select Series I readme has a hyperlinked table of contents on the left and the actual contents on the right. Some of the table of contents links are to on-line web pages. Be aware that you can no longer scroll from beginning to end with the format. Nor is there an obvious way to search the readme...

ProjectWise i-model Composer (SELECT Series 1) is a desktop application for generating i-models. An i-model is a read-only container which contains 2D/3D geometry as well as business data. You can publish an i-model which will produce separate i-models for master and reference files or you can publish a package which is a single file containing master and references. With ProjectWise i-model Composer, it requires user intervention to generate i-models...

When working with the ProjectWise Distribution Service, each “job” creates a variety of different files, including a copy of all files selected by the Job (and their Reference Files), any renditions, job history and more. Over time, these files can take up quite a bit of disk space and should be cleaned periodically. If you read the ProjectWise Implementation Guide, it states “It is recommended that you never manually delete files...

by Josh Taylor My prior blog posts have been product-centric: Bentley, RAM, BIM, etc. This post is product agnostic and deals with a much discussed topic and one continually growing in importance: proper use of structural analysis and design software. Over the years I have had the opportunity to interact with hundreds of structural software users and dozens of members of our technical support teams (who have supported thousands of users) across ten...

Hi All, Just wanted to let you know that the first of this seasons E-Seminars is This Thursday 6th October at 2.30 pm. Dean Rickwood will be presenting a seminar on using some of the CAD tools within MX Standalone. They have been around since MX XM, but its still something that come up at User Group meetings, that users don't know what the CAD tools do, and how they can be used day to day. We appreciate that AutoCAD has long been the more prevalent...