Kate Severson's Activities

Template Editor Ss2 Old Bug is Back in Point List Dialog Box

caddcop — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 15:29:49 GMT

Many versions ago, I reported a bug in the Point List Dialog Box. For a while, I believe it was fixed. But recently, I noticed it has returned.

Sometimes, when opened, the Point List Dialog Box opens taller than will fit on the screen. If one attempts to resize it by grabbing one of its edges, the dialog box will vanish and then, all future attempts at any type of input, mouse operation, etc. results in an error beep. One might think the only solution now is the Task Manager. However, the truth is, that the dialog box is still open but just not visible. The simple solution is to press the Exc key as this presses the Close Button on the dialog box. Now, if one reopens the dialog box, it appears normal sized and can be resized via the mouse.

InRoads V8i Overlay and Stripping Components; Overlay Tools

Kate Severson — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 11:32:41 GMT

Is there any training or documentation for the new Overlay tools and components in InRoads V8i? Thanks in advance!

Report Browser Config File

Kate Severson — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 19:48:08 GMT

InRoads SS2

Is there a way to point to a default generic stylesheet in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\InRoads Group V8.11\bin\ReportBrowser.exe.config file? This file sets the pointers to Style Sheet Help reports in the Bentley Civil Report Browser. If there isn’t a default report set, or when you open the Tools > View XML Reports command, the report browser goes to the top folder on the list and displays irrelevant raw XML. To shield my users from this confusing display, I’d like to point them to a specific stylesheet.

Would I do this in the ReportBrowser.exe.config file or is there another method? I tried pre-pending the name of the file or folder with zeroes so that it would open at the top of the report display, but this doesn’t work because the stylesheet isn’t tied to anything. Ideas? TIA...

Chinesse characters

Gerald Piotrowski — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 20:18:31 GMT

When I logged into the communities for the first time since it was update, I get chinesse character appearing (see image). How do I fix this?

Thanks,

Gerald Piotrowski

IR SS3 722

Kate Severson — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:54:56 GMT

I uninstalled and reinstalled MicroStation and InRoads SS3 per Chris's instructions (http://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/16604.version-08-11-09-722-microstation-selectseries-3-08-11-09-608-prerequisite-installation.aspx) and even tapped my heels together a few times. I finally was able to load MS SS3 608 and IR SS3 722.

But. Now I get a persistent MicroStation text window: "MDL Loader: Could not load application Haestad.SUE.CP"

I tried to load the SUE folder to the primary search folder in MicroStation, but still get this message on the MicroStation launch. I can't even close the dialog. Any ideas? TIA!

InRoads Extended Descriptions

Kate Severson — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:23:37 GMT

IR 8.11.7.615

What’s the secret to getting cogo point extended descriptions to work? I can set an extended description for a cogo point, view that description in an XML report, save the ALG file, close it, reopen it, and the extended description is nowhere to be found. Any ideas? TIA…

Import alignment into InRoads SS2

Kate Severson — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:10:20 GMT

How can I import a horizontal alignment into InRoads SS2? I need to export a set of alignments, change their style and description attributes, then import them back into InRoads. I’ve tried using SDK options. I tried using the report browser to export horizontal alignments to ASCII then use the Alignment To ASCII macro, but that doesn’t import the header info (like name, style, etc.).

LandXML works, but it would be handier if I could update the small amount of fields that I need in a user-friendly interface like Excel (instead of searching and replacing data in Notepad++). Unfortunately I haven’t been able to successfully map the LandXML schema in Excel.

Are there any other InRoads reports or tricks for importing alignments, including the header data? TIA for your ideas!

Erroneous Fill Volumes

Kate Severson — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 00:25:08 GMT

IR V8i SS2

I have a user who is placing a guardrail with a widening template. The GR features are all flagged to exclude from triangulation, and indeed they don’t appear to be triangulated in the finished surface. But when we generate volumes, we get erroneous fill volumes that tie from existing ground up the face of the GR. I’ve flagged the GR component to be ignored in the cross sections End Area Classifications tab, and while InRoads is ignoring that component, it’s drawing a weird fill shape. Any ideas? TIA!

IR Annotatable Symbology

Kate Severson — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 18:44:11 GMT

MS & IR V8i SS2

We are setting up a MicroStation drawing annotation scale process and have a question about applying this to InRoads. Can we get InRoads to place linestyles, text labels and cells that are annotatable or that will honor the MicroStation drawing scale? Can InRoads use annotatable cells for the station tics? Any ideas or experience with this? Thanks!

XIN

Kate Severson — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:26:07 GMT

IR V8i SS2

What’s your best practice for XINs? Do you load the XIN in the RWK file or point to it in Project Defaults? Our corporate XIN is 6 mg, and I got it into my head that it’s better to point to it rather than have that file rolling around in RAM. Any thoughts?