XFM Features in Microstation

RE: XFM Features in Microstation

Dan Weston — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 13:13:05 GMT

You can remove the XFM attributes from the elements by using the Export to MicroStation Elements command in the Map Manager. To do this, initialize Bentley Map, open the Map Manager, then right-click on the Layer that you need to change. Select the Export... option and make your selections on the dialog box.

RE: XFM Features in Microstation

alt52497 — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:01:04 GMT

Thanks for the input. I'm going to assume I activated Map and that's what caused the issue.

RE: XFM Features in Microstation

Jan Šlegr — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 05:45:59 GMT

Hi,

[quote user="alt52497"]I am using MicroStation V8i 08.11.09.608.[/quote]

This MicroStation build was not released as an official standalone product, but as the prerequisite for several later released civil products and also for Bentley Descartes. Can you confirm how / in what configuration / as a basement for what product do you use MicroStation?

[quote user="alt52497"] it identifies the reference file elements as XFM features, which they are not.[/quote]

There are two reasons why the elements could be identified as XFM elements:

As Sebastien noted, you can work in XFM environment (can happen e.g. in a civil product if Bentley Map engine is active), so existing MicroStation elements are recognized as XFM objects using Dynamic Feature Scoring. If you see this behaviour at one reference file only, I guess it's probably not this case.
The design file content was created as XFM objects or MicroStation elements were promoted (converted) to be XFM objects.

Can you post the file you mentioned?

With regards,

Jan

RE: XFM Features in Microstation

sebastien.cote — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 19:33:39 GMT

What is the shortcut you run ? Or how you open your working session ? What is the workspace user loaded ?

RE: XFM Features in Microstation

alt52497 — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:54:06 GMT

It's a very slim possibility. The only thing we use Bentley Map for is to import ESRI shapefiles but I've only done that a few times.

RE: XFM Features in Microstation

DavidFradley — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:42:33 GMT

Are you sure you didn't maybe accidentally hit the "Activate Map" button? There's no reason XFM data should exist in your project unless it's been interacted with by Map or Descartes, IIRC.

RE: XFM Features in Microstation

alt52497 — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:56:13 GMT

Sorry, but I did not activate Bentley Map and so should not have been in an xfm environment. This should not have happened. I can't find this variable and when I try to type it in, I get an "Unknown key-in or command" message.

RE: XFM Features in Microstation

sebastien.cote — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:12:49 GMT

Hello,
This is Dynamic Feature Scoring. If you are in a xfm environment, Bentley Map will temporary "convert" everything in something that it can handle. However, you can disable this using the variable MS_GEOXFM_NO_DYNAMICSCOREDFEATURES = 1.

MS_GEOXFM_NO_DYNAMICSCOREDFEATURES - If set to any value, disables the "Dynamic Feature Scoring" (DFS) engine process
which infers feature classes from standard MicroStation elements.

Regards