What is the best procedure for loading a client's workspace in CONNECT?

Just received configuration files and design information from a new client.  It's been a while since I've had to handle this task.  I'm early in the process, but I'm wondering the basic procedure for loading a new workspace. 

Not having any luck stumbling through the menus and dropdowns myself.

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  • That depends on what they gave you. In the default configuration of MicroStation there are 3 basic areas you can put standards (the reality is more complicated, but this is what most workspaces I've seen use).

    • WorkSet - This is your lowest level of standards. Most companies treat worksets as individual projects. Standards here only apply to the one single workset
    • WorkSpaces - Worksets can be grouped together into WorkSpaces. Standards at the WorkSpace level apply to all worksets in that WorkSpace.
    • Organization - Organization standards apply to all WorkSpaces, and all worksets in those workspaces

    You'll note there is a "WorkSpaces" which conflicts with the old V8i concept of a workspace, in Connect the overall set of Organization, WorkSpaces, and WorkSets are called a configuration. And yes you can have multiple configurations (that's where the complexity starts to creep in)

    For microstation only configurations most client workspaces I've seen are give as a WorkSpace configuration. Some are Organization but that's been fairly rare.

    If they gave you a WorkSpace configuration and your fine with having your WorkSpaces grouped by client then it's pretty easy.

    I find it's easier to set this stuff up by hand rather than using the dialogs in MicoStation so I do:

    Go to C:\ProgramData\Bentley\MicroStation CONNECT Edition\Configuration\WorkSpaces and create a folder for your client. Create a cfg file with the same name as the folder you created. Your client probably gave you a cfg file for this, you can just rename that cfg to match the folder name.

    If the client gave you a workspace you can probably just copy what they gave you into the Client folder your created. There should be a Standards and a WorkSets folder immediately under the Client folder (and maybe a Roles folder) so copy those from your client delivery into that folder.

    In worksets create a folder for a project and a config file with the same name as the folder.

    When you open MicroStation now you should see the new client workspace in the workspace drop down and, after picking the client workspace, your first workset in the workset drop down.

    The actual contents of the cfg files may need some tweaking but that's a bit much for a general forum post, you can ask about specific issues when you've gotten the basics down.

    A picture might help:

    C:\ProgramData\Bentley\MicroStation CONNECT Edition\Configuration
    ├───Organization
    │   └───YOUR COMPANY STANDARDS
    └───WorkSpaces
        └───Client WorkSpace
            ├───Standards
            │   └─── STANDARDS FROM CLIENT
            └───WorkSets
                └───Client Project 1
                    ├───DGN
                    ├───out
                    └───Standards
                        └─── PROJECT SPECIFIC STANDARDS
    

     

  • Thanks Kevin.
    It turned out we just needed to change some of the language in the .ucf & .pcf files that the client provided.  Once we made some basic changes to where we were wanting these files to be stored and pulled from, everything eventually fell into place.

    Thanks for such a detail response though.  I'm storing some of info for future reference.

    Answer Verified By: William Spagnoli 

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