Can anyone list the rules and best practices for reference file LOGICAL NAMES in MicroStation? Are there characters that are not allowed or that SHOULD be avoided? Spaces seem to be allowed, but can they cause problems elsewhere? How many characters are allowed? Any other gotchas to be aware of?
I have standardized "BDR" for border attachments; however, everything else is a wild west show for our users.
We are running MicroStation V8i 08.11.09.459 and planning to move to MicroStation CE 10.10.00.23.
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José
About what characters are allowed:
About best practices and conventions:
You are free to choose any name. As users here have already suggested, a short 2-character or 3-character prefix helps with sorting large number of references.
I agree with Bob - I keep my logical names short and simple. Any additional information can be placed into the description.
MaryB
Power GeoPak 08.11.09.918Power InRoads 08.11.09.918OpenRoads Designer 2021 R2
I can't say what the rules are, but I recommend the shortest abbreviation you can think of. They are most useful when you can key them in for ID. I would even use B for border, it's so common. Just so everyone knows what they are, much like file names, you can never get enough description to make them self evident, just distribute a list.
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