Site Standards #00 - The Standards.cfg file

Out of the box we deliver C:\ProgramData\Bentley\<applicationName>\WorkSpace\Standards\standards.cfg.

This file lists a series of configuration variables that add paths to some of the sub-folders of ...\Workspace\Standards\

The list is fairly short and does not include some crucial items such as the site DGNLIB location.

In practice quite a lot needs to be added to this file.

Suggestions will be made in the subsequent posts.

The first thing to add is a well structured header.

You need to keep track of any changes once a configuration is in production. You can do this in external files or just add revision notes to the file header.

A table of contents is also useful, it's only a text file so not smart linking, but even so knowing that a particular section is near the end of the file helps when scrolling through.

Here is an example:

#----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Company Bentley V8i standards.cfg - 29 July 2013
# v 1.2 Minor updates 24 Sept 2013
# v 1.1 $(MSDIR)mdlsys/textures/ commented out paths removed, the defaults point to this location. 17 Sept 2013
# v 1.0 Issued for production - 08 August 2013
# v 0.1 Initial Wip for testing in new workspace
#
# Contents:
# Custom variables
# User Settings
# Spelling
# Site Resource Files, Settings and Data Files
# Operational Settings
# Output
# Reference Settings
# Raster settings
# Seed Files
# Libraries
# Levels
# VBA and MDL Applications
# Cells
# Design History
# Printing
#  Rendering
#  DWG
#----------------------------------------------------------------------