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Random Elements Become Unselectable

kcaitch — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 18:30:03 GMT

It seems as though several of us in the office have been experiencing an odd issue where we will be working in a file and move a small text element (it could be almost any type of element) and right after it gets moved, the element will disappear. If you change the zoom level, it will reappear, but you won't be able to select it or manipulate it until you exit the design file and get back into it. Any ideas?

MS V08.11.09.578

GPK SS2 Draw Cross Sections from Surfaces

kcaitch — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 12:49:54 GMT

Good morning all,

I am having an issue with GPK drawing my surfaces that I produced from Roadway Designer. When I am in RD, I can flip through the stations and the existing surface and proposed surfaces and information look good. I will then use the Create Surface tool within Roadway Designer and create the proposed DTM file while also displaying the features and components. When I look at the 3D features and components that are created, everything looks good and it covers the full limits of my project. When I go to the Draw Cross Sections from Surfaces tool within Corridor Modeler, I setup both my existing DTM and my new proposed DTM to be drawn. Once it draws these two surfaces, the existing surface is drawn through the end of the project, but the proposed doesn't show up on the last 4 or 5 sections. Any idea why this would be happening?

Thanks,
Ken

Cross Section Labeling Error

kcaitch — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 16:25:48 GMT

I am trying to use the Cross Section Labeling tool within the Geopak Corridor Modeling tool, but as soon as I press the button, I get this error:

After I click the buttons, it obviously won't work. I think this error may somehow be related to installing Geopak SS3. Before I installed that, the tool was working. I am trying to use this tool while in MS 8.11.09.397 and GPK 8.11.07.566.

I didn't think installing GPK SS3 next to (different installation folders) would cause issues, but I can't think what else it would be. I have tried using the tool with different workspaces with no luck. There are others in the office that can use the tool, but they don't have GPK SS3 installed.

Any ideas how to remedy this? I prefer not to have to uninstall GPK SS3, but if I am unable to use the tool in SS2, I will have to.

Thanks,

Ken

Benefits of LEARN Server

kcaitch — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 14:10:21 GMT

Could someone enlighten me about the benefits of LEARN server? I don't think I fully understand. Is it just a method to manage user training (see who has taken what courses and schedule courses for users)? Does it open any additional courses that you would not normally have access to if you didn't subscribe to the LEARN server?

Thanks for the help,

Ken

MicroStation License

kcaitch — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 18:19:53 GMT

In trying to keep the number of licenses we use under control, I was wondering if opening two (or three) instances of the same version of MicroStation on one machine would use more than one license. I thought I heard before that you can open as many as you like one one machine and it would still only use one license, but I wanted to verify this.

Thanks,

Ken

Unable to Edit User GeoCoordinate Library (.DTY)

kcaitch — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:14:21 GMT

We are using the MS_GEOCOORDINATE_USERLIBRARIES variable to point to our .dty file on the server. We have had success on the first few times we have used this to copy one of the entries, rename it, and then modifying it to build our custom library. I tried to do the same thing this morning, but I am unable to copy or edit the entries. When I right-click on one of my custom entries, I only have the options to "copy" or "move to favorites". When I select copy, it doesn't do anything and I have no way of pasting it into the folder. Any reason this library would become uneditable? I am fairly new to dealing with the geolocated files, so I there is a good chance I have done something wrong in the process.

Thanks,

Ken

PowerGeopak SS2 (also had the same issue with PowerInRoads SS3)

Draw Cross Section from Surface - Missing Lines

kcaitch — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 17:01:11 GMT

Not a good day for me and Roadway Designer...

I created a model from Corridor Modeler and created a DTM from it. When I use the "Draw Cross Sections from Surface" tool, for some reason it doesn't draw a certain line. This line happens to be the back slope after a paved side ditch. The odd thing is that point label is drawn where that line would connect to the existing ground, but it just isn't drawing the line. The back slope line is drawn on the section before and after without any issues and the station is a nice even station.

Any ideas what is happening with this? I have had a similar issue on a much longer job several months ago, but I just worked around it due to time constraints. That was with an older version of Windows, MS, and GPK.

My current versions are as follows: MS - v8.11.09.397, Geopak - v8.11.07.536, Windows 7 SP1

Thanks.

Geopak SS2 RD Draw XS From Surfaces - Missing Linework

kcaitch — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 14:20:33 GMT

Not sure how to explain this issue, but here it goes. I have Roadway Designer setup with multiple corridors (mainline, intersecting roadways, culvert with ditch). When I draw surfaces and have it display the features and components, everything looks pretty good. All the corridors show up and they are all clipping like I want. When displaying the surfaces, I have it put all that information in one DTM file. When I go to draw sections from surfaces, I have it draw from the Existing Ground DTM and the Proposed DTM that I just created. Once it is finished, I can see that almost all of my mainline corridor looks good, but on a lot of the driveway and intersecting roadway corridors, I can see the point marker labels, but no line work connecting it. On culvert corridor that crosses the mainline, I don't see the point markers or linework. Attached is an example of the error at a drive.

"Bad file (.tiw file) opened. Perhaps an I/O error!"

kcaitch — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 18:30:06 GMT

When trying to import an FWD file into a blank DGN, I get the following error:

"Bad file (.tiw file) opened. Perhaps an I/O error!"

It gives me a box to click OK, and then says the FWD failed to import. I am trying to import the FWD by going to File>Power InRoads Import>Survey Data> and then selecting the FWD file.

Any ideas on why I would be getting this notice? I am fairly new with InRoads, so I may have missed a step or something.

Ken

Power InRoads 8.11.09.722

Custom Line Style with Text

kcaitch — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 12:35:55 GMT

I have a few custom line styles that we received from one of our clients, and they seem to behave erratically. They are straight forward utility line styles, so they have a line with a gap and then text that either says "SAN" "E" or "STM". I seem to have occasional issues using these line styles. For whatever reason, the text will come in extremely large on one line style, but the others will behave correctly. The line part of the style is good, the gap for the text is good, but the text itself is huge.

Not sure what needs to be adjusted to get this to work.

The attached picture shows the gas line on top and then the storm line on bottom. The gas is coming it perfectly, but not the storm.

Dealing with Priorities with mixed Files

kcaitch — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 14:11:00 GMT

I have several MicroStation sheet files that contain both MicroStation and AutoCAD reference drawings. I am running into issues when I try to control what displays on top of what, on an elemental level. I can't grab one file and push it to the back or bring it to the front since there are some items in each file that need to be controlled individually. What is the best and most consistent way to deal with this? Should I try to have all my reference files in 3D and control what goes where with elevations? I'm not sure what the best way forward would be.

Thanks!

[V8i] Linked Excel to PDF

kcaitch — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 19:09:28 GMT

Good afternoon,

I have a somewhat similar issue when printing linked Excel spreadsheets, but never this bad. I have an Excel spreadsheet linked in this file, and when I zoom in and out of the view, it will look strange for a second, and then update and will look correct. When I print the sheet however, it is unreadable (see attached). I am using a version of the Bentley PDF printer driver and trying to print a 11x17 sheet model to a 11 x 17 PDF (1:1 scale). Any idea why this is happening? I tried adjusting the raster quality, but it didn't do anything.communities.bentley.com/.../Print-to-PDF.pdf

Import FWD into Geopak Loses Point Notes

kcaitch — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 15:38:29 GMT

We are trying to use survey data that was originally setup with InRoads and bring it into Geopak. We were given an FWD file of the topo, and when I "Load Data" within Geopak SS3, and select the FWD file, it looks like everything work well. Aside from the notes (InRoads) or comments (Geopak). I can see all the points with the "Show Details" tool in Geopak, but none of the points have anything in the description field. But I double-checked the FWD by opening it in a text editor, and several points have the additional notes field with the comment. An example is below with point 1663 not having the note and point 1664 having the note.

POS 1663
FCRD N: 1969715.3834 E: 467622.8613 Z: 842.6631
CODE LE09

POS 1664
FCRD N: 1969717.2237 E: 467623.7630 Z: 843.1930
CODE PPST
NOTES 1664 12" WOOD SUPPORT POST

How can I get the notes or decriptions to be imported along with all the other data?

TIN Shift when Converting DTM

kcaitch — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:35:44 GMT

We received a DTM surface along with the topo DGN. Since we are working in Geopak SS2 mainly, we converted the DTM to a TIN file, but when we display the TIN file, it appears as though it has moved about 4' south of where the topo is. When I visualize the DTM using Geopak SS3, it comes in correctly. Any ideas why the conversion to TIN would cause a shift?

Replace Text with Cell

kcaitch — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 19:40:02 GMT

I have a client that uses Tahoma as their standard font. When we need to use the centerline, flow line, or property line symbol, we have to use a couple of spaces within the text and then go back and add the appropriate cell for that symbol. This is not terribly efficient and causes issues when text has to be moved or otherwise modified (you have to remember to move all of the cells along with it). Is there a good way, either through text substitutions or any other means, to replace the text string "C/L", "P/L", or "F/L" with the appropriate cell? Ideally, I would like to have something that our users can just include the text C/L in the note itself as a placeholder for the cell. That way, if for some reason the substitution doesn't work, you can still tell what the note is trying to say.

I open for any suggestions.

Thanks,

Ken