Is there a way to have 2 Microstation shortcuts on my monitor

Dbl J D said:

I would like to pick one icon when I want to open an autocad file and one when I open a dgn. I have one ucf for autocad and one for Microstatio

You can have as many shortcuts as you want.  Make each unique by modifying the command-line switch that starts MicroStation.

Here's an article that discusses shortcuts & switches (see Windows Shortcuts and MicroStation).

Interesting question... but why.  What do you plan to do with the 2 icons.  what will vary between the 2?

Ian 

I could see the benefit if working with two very different standards setups. While navigating between the two can be done with regular MicroStation configurations, sometimes that visual reminder can be helpful. I've done it before for different client configs; it helped to keep unwanted resources from "bleeding over" accidentally. nothing is foolproof, and it wasn't something that couldn't be accomplished another way, but it was useful.

Yes, you can have multiple MicroStation shortcuts, I usually have about 15 of them on my desktop at any given time. Like Mary said, it helps keeping different client configurations separate.

If all you are doing is specifying a different ucf file then add something like this at the end of the Target field of the shortcuts

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries)\MicroStation\ustation.exe" -ws_USTN_USERNAME=AutoCAD

or

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries)\MicroStation\ustation.exe" -ws_USTN_USERNAME=MicroStation

where the _USTN_USERNAME value is the name of your .ucf file.

For CONNECT I sometimes have different icons that set a variable to define different ROLE configurations.

I don't think you need the _USTN_USERNAME=. You just need -wsAutoCAD or -wsMicrostation.

That's how we use it.