Hello,
I am fairly new to the Bentley World and want to set it up properly for my users who haven't used it at all. What I would like to do is setup the standards and DNG templates and other items that the end users will need on the server and have Bentley look there for these items.
Dimension Styles, Layers, Wall Configs, tags and callouts.
What I am lacking is what to look for and where in the configuration would I find the paths to point the others to? Is there a book or a white paper somewhere that I can refer to for this?
Thank you for the help
OK, we are going to have a lot information in this thread, maybe we can parse it all out at a later date (!). There are several ways to do this.
But, here's my take on the first steps to doing a relatively simple networked set-up.
1. Create a folder location on your server for the networked workspace location, e.g., e:\BIM\Workspace\
2. Copy the delivered workspace from the installed location. So, copy all the folders under c:\...\Workspace\ to the newly created network location (in this example e:\BIM\Workspace\ ).
The delivered workspace will probably be on your hard drive in this location: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Bentley\MicroStation\WorkSpace\ Note that 'Appliction Data' is a hidden folder so in Windows Explorer you need to have "Show hidden files and folders" set in Tools->Folder Options->View->Hidden files and folders->Show hidden files and folders
The delivered workspace will probably be on your hard drive in this location: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Bentley\MicroStation\WorkSpace\
Note that 'Appliction Data' is a hidden folder so in Windows Explorer you need to have "Show hidden files and folders" set in Tools->Folder Options->View->Hidden files and folders->Show hidden files and folders
3. Once that is copied over you should have a folder structure like this (note that I have structural and mechancial apps installed so I have extra folders) :
This is the start. Next post will go from here.
<Paul Wagner> wrote in message news:62730@communities.bentley.com... OK, we are going to have a lot information in this thread, maybe we can parse it all out at a later date (!). There are several ways to do this. But, here's my take on the first steps to doing a relatively simple networked set-up. 1. Create a folder location on your server for the networked workspace location, e.g., e:\BIM\Workspace\ 2. Copy the delivered workspace from the installed location. So, copy all the folders under c:\...\Workspace\ to the newly created network location (in this example e:\BIM\Workspace\ ). The delivered workspace will probably be on your hard drive in this location: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Bentley\MicroStation\WorkSpace\ Note that 'Appliction Data' is a hidden folder so in Windows Explorer you need to have "Show hidden files and folders" set in Tools->Folder Options->View->Hidden files and folders->Show hidden files and folders 3. Once that is copied over you should have a folder structure like this (note that I have structural and mechancial apps installed so I have extra folders) : This is the start. Next post will go from here. http://communities.bentley.com/Products/Building/Building_Analysis___Design/f/5917/t/26367.aspx#62730
regards / Thomas Voghera
<tcfonts> wrote in message news:62703@communities.bentley.com...I'm just having a hard time believing it's this complicated - I feel dumber and dumber each passing day. http://communities.bentley.com/Products/Building/Building_Analysis___Design/f/5917/t/26367.aspx#62703
Thomas Voghera: Paul can't use the wiki for this? -- regards / Thomas V Good idea, once done, I will compile the steps from the posts here and create a wiki for it.