Rules of the AutoPLANT
AutoPLANT runs on Autodesk AutoCAD
Autodesk AutoCAD is installed first
AutoCAD must be opened 1 time after install
AutoPLANT requires Admin rights to install properly
The user requires Admin rights to use AutoPLANT properly
Don't use SAMPLE_XXXXX projects for production
Make new projects not based off of SAMPLE_XXXXX projects
Access is a single user database
Access based projects can have about 5 uses before problems occur
Compact and Repair database is Access's best friend
SpecGen is your buddy
Specs are your friend and a Catalogs is where your friends keeps all his stuff
Friends don't edit Specs or Catalogs in Access
See rule 10 after editing a Spec/Catalog in Access then see the backup
Stand alone mode is bad (in 2004)
http://communities.bentley.com/
Project Packager packages the whole project
Export Packager packages documents
Sometimes Project Packager fixes the problem
Upgrading its a one way street 2004>XM>V8i
Backups every one needs to
Upgrade the project in Project Administrator
Upgrade the drawings in RelationShip Manager
Repair drawings in Relation Ship Manager (this works a lot of the time)
AutoCAD Command AUDIT
AutoCAD Command PURGE
AutoCAD Command RECOVERALL
Moving, Deleting, Renaming or copying AutoPLANT drawings in Windows Explore will mess stuff up
Moving, Deleting, or Renaming in RelationShip Manager is how its done
If you can do it in an AutoPLANT tool do it with an AutoPLANT tool
Isogen has lots of options to make it just the way you want it
Feel free to suggest some more.