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Item Type Expression

DshannonNTM — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 12:48:08 GMT

Hello,

We are starting to transition to Connect from SS2.I am setting up Item Types (we used to use tags)

Is there a way to report a station or station range of a line or shape? I cannot find anything logical in the syntax expressions that could do this.

If this COULD be done, it would be a game changer.

It would help with detail tables and quantities.

Thanks

SS2 to SS4 linestyle .rsc scale issue

DshannonNTM — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 19:45:46 GMT

Hi,

We are in the process of upgrading from SS2 to SS4 and ran into a werid issue. I have 2 independent workspaces set up for each version. I copied the linestyle .rsc files from the SS2 workspace to the SS4 workspace.

For certain linestyles, when opened in SS4, they appear HUGE. When i close and reopen with a SS2 platform, they appear normal.

The linestyle is drawn at 1-scale and then is changed by modifying the model properties global linescale to 300 (1"=25') in SS2....it appears SS4 looks correct when I change the model properties global linescale to 25 (1:25). Why would it be doing this?

Thanks

Dylan Shannon

assistance on setting up new company workspace

DshannonNTM — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 19:17:11 GMT

Hello all,

I am an engineer who has been tasked with upgrading our workspace to newer times. With all new computers shipping with Windows 10 and SS2 no longer being supported, out hand has been forced in upgrading...

I have high design skills but only intermediate knowledge of how MicroStation "innards" works.

We have been using SS2 (MicroStation and PowerDraft) for over 10 years. The workspace/cfg was piece mealed to work from a previous companies set up. In short, it is a mess and > 10 years of chaos....

Current products / setup:

We have 30 or so cadd users. all profiles on the server.

MicroStation SS2 (with InRoads), Power Draft SS2, and PowerInRoads SS2.

All run by changing the MSLocal.cfg to point to a workspace on our "F" drive for the workspace and "P" drive for the actual cadd files

EVERYTHING is stored here.

What we need:

Access to standards (Cells, plot drivers, dgnlibs, macros, seed file, text rsc files, color tables) on server so we can make changes in one spot
1. Have 3 "sets of standards" from different clients
A way to differentiate between clients for projects. I assume this can be easily done in the .pcf in the project folder.
1. I envision the following where A is loaded, and either B and C is depending on which "project" is selected.
  1. company wide standards
  2. Client 1 standards
  3. client 2 standards

What I know (and don't):

I know that the UPF on the server is the likely cause of speed issues.

I've done some research and have come up with a few paths to follow....I know number 1 is "frowned upon" based on my reading of the Bentley community forums but may be "easiest" to do.

copy entire workspace to server "F drive" again, change mslocal.cfg, add pertinent cells, dgnlibs, etc to the proper location.
1. With this set up, not sure how to move the UPF to the local drives
2. This doesn't "future proof" us...
Bentley LEARN. "Manage Project Configurations" - says to add a line of code in the "standards.cfg" that points to the server for a "global.cfg" and "userdata.cfg" Allows us to utilize the server for project related items.
1. The learning center mentions using the "global.cfg" and "userdata.cfg" files they provide as needed, and modify to fit. I cant find/download these files.
2. Not sure exactly what sort of code these need as I havnt seen the examples
Via "Bears" blogs. Add a .cfg to the "appl" directory. His blogs are very technical and almost seem "more than we need" but I am not sure.
1. Same as above. Im not sure

Thanks,

Dylan

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Display Style (Wireframe Display) vs Wireframe

DshannonNTM — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 13:15:53 GMT

Hi,

I will go into a file, hit ctrl+b and change the display style to "wireframe". This sets the drawing order to show the proposed linework above the existing.

The next day, another engineer or I will go into the same sheet and the file will not look correct. Upon hitting ctrl+B, the display style is (wireframe display).

Is there a way to:

A. default to wireframe instead of (wireframe display)

B. Get rid of (wireframe display) in general.

We are using MicrosStation V8i SS2 Version 08.11.07.443

Thanks

Dylan

combine shapes and combine attributes

DshannonNTM — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:24:37 GMT

Hi,

My firm routinely develops hydrology calculations for linear highway projects. Our general process is to manually delineate land uses from survey/aerial, then pull in soils shapefiles and refill those previous shapes to differentiate difference hydrology soil groups (HSG). We then tag those shapes with the "Land use" , "POI" and HSG. The process after pulling the tags, is streamlined in excel.

This requires someone to check that everything was input correctly.

Is there a way, like in arcGIS, to combine multiple shapes (Land use, HSG, POI) and pull there applicable attributes? This is pretty easy to accomplish in ArcGIS but we have 2 licenses...

Thanks

Dylan Shannon