Working off a networked Workspace for one specific client (we do outsourcing), our current setup is through the mslocal.cfg pointing to the shared workspace.
However in future each new Client is highly likely to have their own Workspace with own standards and Datasets etc.
Editing the mslocal.cfg for each Client Workspace does not seem very practical although for the moment I cannot find any other way....Any suggestions out there?
We do it by setting the Windows variable _USTN_WORKSPACEROOT to the networked workspace.
This is the only thing which is done on the client, the rest is configured on the server.
No need to do anything when a new Microstation is installed on the client either.
I mean i want each user to have the choice of workspace - choose between 4 or 5 diferent workspaces typically...
What do you mean by "Windows" variable anyway?
Thanks for the screenshot Andreas, understand. Interesting way to do, first time I come across that one.
Bear, understand. Hadn't thought about versioning - just simply haven't needed it but can understand your point. It's just that we are also - and primarily one would hope - architects (in my case) and although I like to have a good understanding of the technology I have to draw the line at some point - otherwise I could easily end up spending more time configuring and deciphering Bentley's endless list of variables than designing ;-)
Chris,
I appreciate where you're coming from, it's pretty much how I got into the admin side of CAD coming from a structural design background.
The effort\knowledge difference between the 2 isn't that different, I suppose I'm coming more from which I would call good practise.
I added the _USTN_WORKSPACE variable as mentioned above, and added my adjusted .cfg file
But i still get this message. is there any other varibales to change to get my network workspace configured?!
Thanks in advance
It seems that you have defined the variable not correctly. I assume that you didn't add a slash at the end of the definition.
_USTN_WORKSPACEROOT=D:\Microstation\Workspace\
I solved all problems except the below msg appear whenever I select a new project UPF
That is looking for the value established by MS_DEF. It appears that currently it is set to $(_USTN_PROJECT)$(_USTN_PROJECTNAME)dgn/. If you want the default directory to be the root of the project (in this case D:\Microstation\Workspace\projects\DPCT\ then simply add the following line to one of your configuration files and make sure that MS_DEF isn't set somewhere already in your DPCT.pcf file:
MS_DEF = $(_USTN_PROJECT)$(_USTN_PROJECTNAME)
-Travis