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Sync and editing Shapes File or GDB

Lucas
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Hi everybody.

I´m new with Bentley map, So there are many things which I dont know.

Fist thing I wanna do, is to edit an shapeFile or geodatabase.
The steps I´m following are:

1-
Open Microstation V8i, (ss3)
User:  geo_example_designer
Project Map Finishing
Interface: None
2-
Create a map.
FIle - Map Manager
3-
Atach shapefile.
4-
Right click in shapefile layer, and select "make active for editing"

But this doesnt work.
So I supose that I forgot something.

Other option I tried.

File -> Open Oracle Spatial.
Connections -> new Esri geodatabase connection.

But I don´t know how to display this on the screen, either modify this.

In addition I saw other tool in webinars  Where they use "Open graphical source NASH". But this option does not  appear

Anyone know how to edit a shapefile or gdb in Bentley Map ?


The target is, use the same shapefiles or GDB between Arcgis and Microstation (map, inroads...) in order to avoid copies.

I will appreciate any comment.

Lucas.




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    Hi Lucas,

    Unknown said:
    there are many things which I dont know.

    Bentley Map is very versatile product, but at the same time I have to say it's a bit "user agressive" (as opposite to "user friendly") in some features and it's not always clear for the first sight how it works and what and how should be configured.

    Unknown said:
    Fist thing I wanna do, is to edit an shapeFile or geodatabase.

    It's not possible to edit SHP file directly, but you can import it into DGN, add, modify and remove content, and to export it back to SHP in a managed way using XFM project.

    ESRI Geodatabase can be edited directly in two different ways:

    • Without XFM project: In such case you have to connect do GDB manually using Interoperability dialog. In my opinion this way should be not used as a standard, because there are no rules applied how data are created and edited, so it's easy to do something wrong.
    • Using XFM project: This way is more complex to configure, but XFM project (Geospatial Administrator has to be used to create the project) defines all metadata about features, so they are displayed in a standard way, edited etc.

    The way how support of spatial data sources (Oracle, SQL Server Spatial, ESRI GDB) is implemented in Bentley Map is similar to other GIS software:

    1. Query data to be loaded into Bentley Map (you can think about the process as about caching the data in DGN file). It allows to query only particular data (only specified features, features can be filtered). At the same time the same datasource can be referenced as read only as a background.
    2. Edit the data
    3. Post data back

    To query and post the data, Data interoperability dialog should be used. Map Manager is not required at this scenario.

    With regards,

      Jan

    Bentley Accredited Developer: iTwin Platform - Associate
    Labyrinth Technology  |  dev.notes()  |  cad.point

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    Hi Lucas,

    Unknown said:
    there are many things which I dont know.

    Bentley Map is very versatile product, but at the same time I have to say it's a bit "user agressive" (as opposite to "user friendly") in some features and it's not always clear for the first sight how it works and what and how should be configured.

    Unknown said:
    Fist thing I wanna do, is to edit an shapeFile or geodatabase.

    It's not possible to edit SHP file directly, but you can import it into DGN, add, modify and remove content, and to export it back to SHP in a managed way using XFM project.

    ESRI Geodatabase can be edited directly in two different ways:

    • Without XFM project: In such case you have to connect do GDB manually using Interoperability dialog. In my opinion this way should be not used as a standard, because there are no rules applied how data are created and edited, so it's easy to do something wrong.
    • Using XFM project: This way is more complex to configure, but XFM project (Geospatial Administrator has to be used to create the project) defines all metadata about features, so they are displayed in a standard way, edited etc.

    The way how support of spatial data sources (Oracle, SQL Server Spatial, ESRI GDB) is implemented in Bentley Map is similar to other GIS software:

    1. Query data to be loaded into Bentley Map (you can think about the process as about caching the data in DGN file). It allows to query only particular data (only specified features, features can be filtered). At the same time the same datasource can be referenced as read only as a background.
    2. Edit the data
    3. Post data back

    To query and post the data, Data interoperability dialog should be used. Map Manager is not required at this scenario.

    With regards,

      Jan

    Bentley Accredited Developer: iTwin Platform - Associate
    Labyrinth Technology  |  dev.notes()  |  cad.point

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