It looks like I am being forced into migrating to CE and windows 10. Neither are my favorite.
I find ce to be non productive but it’s time to teach this old dog new tricks. But forget they keyboard shortcuts not interested
im a one man shop I don’t need micro stations workspace to be as difficult as it is. I want the same setting for each project
I only need folders set up for each project just like v8 .less is more. I’m sure I’ll change my mind but for now I want it easy.
next I need to simplify the menu
1 they take up way to much screen space
2 there are too many mouse clicks or keystrokes.
I customized my main menu bar in v8ss and would like to implement these customizations and collapse the new ribbon.
My customizations were like the old bar menu.ma
how do I get these into ce
i also customized my shift tentative and right click button menus I need to import these
Hey brother "Resist the devil and he will flee...James 4:7"
I too have been tortured into submission but only for a joint venture project and in PWise.. but for my other jobs its V8iss10..then main reason apart from PWise partner requirement is we have a new datum MGA2020 which V8i doesnt recognise .. so cant use bing, and cant reproject data form others in wrong datum.. only connect has this datum and can transform... and bentley wont give a fix for v8i... the fix is use CE ... not what I want to hear...
and for you production stuff still use v8i.. your DGN files are compatible with both versions.
So don't migrate have both and slowly get to learn the ins and outs of CE then figure out how to migrate what you need to migrate and what you have to rebuild.
But totally agree with all your comments it took me 5 x s longer to do the project in CE then in my customised v8iss10 environment... but we have no say in the matter as you say its being forced upon us...
Lorys
Started msnt work 1990 - Retired Nov 2022 ( oh boy am I old )
But was long time user V8iss10 (8.11.09.919) dabbler CE update 16 (10.16.00.80)
MicroStation user since 1990 Melbourne Australia.click link to PM me
(This assumes you're using MicroStation CONNECT with the default installation)
On the workspace, copy your v8i workspace components into the appropriate folders in:
C:\ProgramData\Bentley\MicroStation CONNECT Edition\Configuration\Organization
Put your variables in the standards.cfg file in that folder.
You can not copy from your v8i config:
In the folder C:\ProgramData\Bentley\MicroStation CONNECT Edition\Configuration\WorkSpaces
create a folder (call it Kirk or whatever). Create a text file Kirk.cfg (as long as the cfg file has the same base name as the folder). This file can be empty but must exist.
Create a Worksets folder inside the Workspace folder you created. Create a folder inside the Worksets called AllProjects. Create an AllProjects.cfg (again, base name must match the folder). And again, this file can also be empty.
(So something like C:\ProgramData\Bentley\MicroStation CONNECT Edition\Configuration\WorkSpaces\Kirk\Worksets\AllProject)
Now all your standards are in the Organization level, you have a Kirk Workspace and an AllProjects workset that do nothing.
Caveat: If you're planning on using the DGNWS file for things like like the sheet index and sheet number/titling, this probably isn't what you want. You'll want multiple worksets for that, but this will let you do that and still let you have all your standards in one place for all projects.
EDITED: clarified the folders inside the workspaces a bit.
Bar menus won't work in Connect. If your complaint is just that ribbon takes up too much room, on the far-right of the ribbon is a ^ icon. Click that to minimize the ribbon to a menu bar. The ribbon then shows up when you click a menu option and disappears when you're done.
Lorys lol tell me how you really feel.
Kirk
I Wish Cadland was Reality
Thanks for the help. I did see how someone was able to kind of implement a old bar menu.