• Set custom Keyboard shortcuts at Workspace/Workset level [BuildingDesigner/PowerDraft Connect edition- update 5]

    I'm handling the migration from v8i to connect (Building designer 10.01.0036 & Powerdraft 10.05.0043) and am attempting to try and implement a set of custom keyboard shortcuts at a networked Workspace/Workset level. Is this possible or do I need to manually…
  • RE: Missing phantom fonts on startup

    Hi Thomas, Please try Compressing the file and let us know if that helps, if you need background on Conpress options and behaviour everything I found out about Compressing files is linked from this index post: Compress Options, Configuration and Use…
  • Cross-pollination & locking down seed DGN's effectively

    Is there an effective way to define in the PCF which seed files are the "project approved seeds", and then prevent a user from using any other? I have used the MS_DESIGNSEED, MS_DRAWINGSEED & MS_SHEETSEED variables to set these in the PCF, but individual…
  • RE: DGNLIb - how to integrate separate DGN's into one file

    Hi Michel, Open the appropriate configuration file in a text editor (I use Notepad++, see Supporting Techniques- Making Configuration Files Legible in Notepad++) . You can either edit standards.cfg adding entries that you need or add a new file called…
  • %if exists expressions in .pcf files

    I am trying to create an expression in a .pcf file which looks to see if a folder exists and if it does, sets the project data variable to it. If it fails to find the folder, th eproject data variable should be set to another folder. I am using the…
  • Configuration variables, how do you UNLOCK them.

    If a configuration variable is locked at an upper level, E.G. Site, using %lock And one needs to un-lock it at a lower level to reset it for a specific project "HOW" There isn't an %unlock and %undef does not work either.
  • server/ microstation hang issues

    Hi, We have just recently upgraded our infrastructure at two sites within the organization. Both site have two servers replicating on a dfs solution and configured exactly the same at each site. At one site everything runs smoothly, at the other site…
  • RE: Named Expressions - Want to Show and Hide Menus Based upon Starting Characters of Active File Name

    Another example: I have a custom menu that includes some AECOsim tools that I don't want to see when I use the menu in either ABD's MicroStation Mode or vanilla MicroStation. ABD has a whole set of Named Expressions prefixed BD_. They don't appear…
  • Re: An empty Workspace?

    Hi Tom, Unknown said: So what is the difference between a dgnlib and a seed file? dgnlibs are libraries that store things that you only want to create once and reuse or share. The list of things that dgnlibs store has become longer, search…