Is it possible to set PBS directly similar as PBA without setting many criteria with a lot value pairs?
Just a note, there are Industry solutions Bentley provides for different industry platforms ( Electric, Gas, Substation, Comms, Conduit, etc. ) that take into account the needs of the respective industries.
These solutions provide tools outside of the GSA to configure the system for criteria, PBS, PBA, connectivity, additional standard placements and forms generation that do not require extensive editing of the XFM schema file used by the GSA. The tools actually generate the XFM schema used by the GSA, that can then be used to generate the workspace needed.
All of these solutions use Bentley Map as the base technology.
If you have not already done so, maybe looking into these solutions would be worth your time.
First of all, thanks to each of you for your input, much appreciated. Next as mentioned below, for a future Bentley Map release, we are considering adding the ability to use expressions (including use of custom functions) when defining symbology key values. Your input on this matter has been invaluable.
Regards,
Jeff Bielefeld [Bentley]
I realize I'm a bit late to the conversation, but just wanted to throw my support behind this as well (better late than never, right?)
In building a schema for our organization we're encountering the same situation described by Gerald and Matti (criteria and symbology definitions spiraling out of control), which has forced us into trying other less-desirable solutions to manage this - pre-processing our files using FME workbench, etc. Development of PBS or "FBS" would be a HUGE help here.
Jerry's suggestion is minimally useful to us (and likely others who would benefit from PBS) since we - a Federal mapping agency - don't fit into one of the Industry "boxes".
So, glad to hear you're considering this for future development. Any ideas yet of a timeline for release?
And about Jeff's questions....
1) Frequently!
2) Mainly MDL and look-up tables, also experimenting with FME to run some more complex queries.
Janice,
Never too late, thank you for your input. WRT a potential timeline, this capability will not be included in the forthcoming Bentley Map V8i (SELECTseries 3) 08.11.09 release. This new capability along with many additional customer requests are being evaluated for possible inclusion in subsequent Bentley Map product releases later this year.
Finally, I will add that everyone's feedback on this particular issue has definitely been helpful.
Janice;
You indicate you are a federal mapping agency. If youya re based in the US, and conform to the SDSFIE standard, I believe there is a SDSFIE XFM schema posted for users to use ?