We're currently fighting with AECOsim on the electrical side trying to edit content in the symbol manager. I can open the symbol manager fine but we'd like to be able to add new content and modify some existing content that we've seen issues with. Our database and other BBES components are stored in a shared network location (writeable). Our main workspace is in a location that is write protected (we're not using ProjectWise). Despite whatever variables I set I'm unable to edit/add content. I've tried using the BBES_DETAILED_CFG variable and it doesn't seem to make much different. I even tried pointing back to my local machine and am getting errors stating I don't have permissions. What are the proper variables to set to allow for editing this content?
Also check read/write permissions to these folders:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\AECOsimBuildingDesigner V8i Ss5\AECOsimBuildingDesigner\ServerApp\bin\
...\WorkSpace\BuildingDatasets\Dataset_US\symLibs\
(this folder is wherever you have located the shared workspace, or on your local machine as mentioned in your testing)
Not every user needs write permissions to the symLibs folder, only users that are editing or creating symbols.
Unknown said:Double checked, everything is set to read/write. No clue what the issue is, followed the documentation in the Electrical Wiki and I have it configured to what I believe is proper. I think BBES hates me :(
Nah... how could Electrical hate someone with that avatar? Hehehe... :)
Do you have the ability to revert to an out of the box configuration without too much effort? If so, perhaps it would be beneficial to start there (assuming that it does provide the expected results) and then move towards your "real" configuration step-by-step to determine where it's failing.
If that is not an option, maybe using Configuration Explorer will help better detail exactly that is pointing where, and help identify any anomalies:
Hi Bob,
Well, it's good to see you were able to find a way to make it work for you! In the end that is the most important thing IMO.
Have you used Configuration Explorer before? It's a great way to investigate the inner workings of a workspace, and in this case could be a way to compare your two shortcuts to see exactly which folders are different, and then with that, checking the permissions levels on those specific folders in both cases (and not necessarily permissions inheritance).