I am trying to see if and where is the settings for AutoSave and how often and where the files go in order to retrieve these files? I am having NO LUCK and it shouldn't be this hard to find. But for some ungodly horrible day it is not such an easy task to accomplish. I really need your help on this one. TYSM in advance!
Thanks,
Chris
MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 4)
Version 08.11.09.832
I hate to keep asking this and NO offence is intended but in previous replies I mentioned looking at the help under autocad and in the bentley learn server "microstation for autocad users"... have you had a chance to take look it will help you alot with the transition from autocad to microstation the terminologies used are very different for the same things and also the two programs do work quite differently..
Microstation was originally designed for the military and design to run with very big files and loads of rasters ( air photos from satellites where as acad would have crashed with such very large files with very large rasters way back then ) and to be run over a main frame back then , so it does incremental real time saving of it self.. note every time you open a DGN file move the mouse around click on an icon or two but dont actually change anything close the file and look in win explorer and the date time has changed but that doesnt happen in acad without you doing a save...( yes I on occasion I have to use autocad too but I'm a beginner to advanced beginner in Acad)
But please dont stop asking for help here as we all love to contribute and help one another and the majority here are real users and have been thru alot of the same experiences and issues you have and will have...
I make bak files often rather than duplicate a file under superseded folder... to make a bak file you just keyin backup.. its preset to send them to a specific folder but it can be changed in the workspace to send to a prefered folder..
Another handy alternative under the Edit is SET MARK, this will let you put a book mark for undo's back to the book mark.. so youve been working on somethiing for a few hours ad lots of work done now you want to try something your not familiar like a vba or tool you dont wnat it to muck up youre work or settings then use the Edit set mark and as long as you dont close the file or exchange out of the file you can UNDO to Mark exaclty where you left it before you stuffed it up... this is a great comfort when trying something new or doing a what if ... unfortunately if you exit the drawing or close the file it will lose the book mark... but if your happy with trying something you can then reset the book mark by just re running the edit set mark up to that point its alot better than Control Z over and over...
Sorry for getting off topic guys.. but we were all newbies once...
keep on posting Chris ok?
And don't be afraid to contact any of us directly via the PM send personal message ok?
Lorys
Started msnt work 1990 - Retired Nov 2022 ( oh boy am I old )
But was long time user V8iss10 (8.11.09.919) dabbler CE update 16 (10.16.00.80)
MicroStation user since 1990 Melbourne Australia.click link to PM me
From the History of MicroStation:
Bentley System's first product was PseudoStation, which allowed users of Intergraph's VAX systems to use low-cost graphics terminals to view and modify the designs on their Intergraph IGDS (Interactive Graphics Design System) installations. The product greatly expanded access to such designs, which previously could be accessed only through very expensive special purpose workstations. PseudoStation was originated by Keith Bentley while he was working at E.I. duPont in 1983. Keith persuaded duPont to allow him to commercialize the software in exchange for a site license to the resulting improvements.
Lorys said:MicroStation was originally designed for the military
Nothing to do with military use whatsover: DuPont, the first licensed user, was and remains a chemical plant operator.
They were a big user of Intergraph's Plant Design System (PDS). PDS was an app based on the Interactive Graphic Design System (IGDS). PseudoStation was developed to provide a low-cost and lightweight IGDS viewer.
That's not to say that MicroStation isn't used by the military: MicroStation plus a stereo photo digitizer makes a powerful mapping tool.
IGDS was originally designed for mapping by local government. It was certainly used by the military: one of Intergraph's workstations was constrained by the size of the entry hatch into a navy submarine.
Lorys said:MicroStation was originally designed to be run over a main frame
No! Intergraph's early systems were based on mini-computers built by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).
DEC PDP-11 and VAX computers were very successful. In one sense, the VAX was a forerunner of today's PCs: their architecture and virtual-memory management technology preceded what we use every day on our desktops and laptops.
PseudoStation and MicroStation ran on MS-DOS computers. The Bentleys used ingenious tricks to run 32-bit software on a 16-bit PC processor with limited memory. Bentley Systems subsequently ported MicroStation to almost every UNIX machine, the microVAX and the Macintosh, and Windows NT — but never a mainframe.
Nor did IGDS ever run on a mainframe computer, as far as I'm aware.
Regards, Jon Summers LA Solutions
Thank for corrections Jon , I thought the old intergraph workstation was running on a mainframe my bad .. just unix on intragraph workstation ... I was misunderstanding the splash screen something along the lines "... cannot be used for military purposes outside the USA .." and I remember you had to click on agree to use it was the late 80's so I forget.. but I did come across many ex forces personnel who told me they used it and it was mainly the corps of engineers who used it alot.. but yep I remember now about pseudostation..
In Australia ( Victoria) in the late 80s it was used by large government organisations like the Railways, the Water and planning dept ( Board of Works) the local State Government Electric Corp , Telco and the Gas Corp... I work in and with most of these and we all could share files easily as we all used Microstation .... especially when we all eventually moved away from unix and intergraph to PCs and Microstation ...and other bentley software.. but in anycase my point was not the actual history ( which I got wrong .. my bad) but its ability to use large files and large graphics including hires rasters and run 3d from the outset... years ahead of other CAD products....
Lorys said:I was misunderstanding the splash screen something along the lines "... cannot be used for military purposes outside the USA .." it was the late 80's
Intergraph grew fast during the 1980s, as did DEC who supplied their mini computers. Remember, that era was towards the end of the Cold War? The USA was very sensitive about high-performance computer hardware, and who was allowed to use it. DEC computers fell into that area of interest.
I heard, from a man who heard it from a reliable source, that Intergraph Europe sold a VAX minicomputer to a customer somewhere in Western Europe in that time. They were puzzled that the customer did not take out the usual maintenance contract. Subsequent investigations revealed — I don't know how — that the VAX ended up in the Soviet Union.
A consequence of that episode was that the US military and commerce departments paid very close attention to Intergraph's business dealings in Europe for several years afterwards. That attention hampered normal business no end.