I am using MicroStation PowerDraft CONNECT V8 edition.
When I open any DGN on the shared server after someone else has been using it, all file paths for references will be lost (it will show up red in the reference box) I will re-attach each reference file path, but then when I close the drawing down and it is re-opened by any other computer in the office, all reference file paths will then be lost for that computer. I can open and close the drawings myself and the file path for the references will remain linked, but only when somebody else needs to use the same drawing, goes in and re-attaches each file path reference for themselves, then when I next open the drawing the file path for the references will be lost.
Can anyone tell me how I can change the default of my computer to be the same as everyone else, so that we don@t have to keep doing this every time we need to use the same drawing?
The only difference between my computer and others in the office (that I can think of) is that my computer has only EVER run with "MicroStation PowerDraft CONNECT edition" and others have only recently started using it since using an older version of MicroStation,
Many thanks.
Do you use the full exact paths or relative paths?
I suspect from what happens that your computers don't use the same exact paths. If you'd use relative paths (there's a tick box in the reference dialog) this shouldn't happen as long as the references aren't moved within the folders.
I always check this box, and it will be applied if I open and close the drawing. But the issue is when somebody else opens the drawing or if I open anyone else's drawings, if someone has connected file path for reference in DGN, it will just defaults to opposite settings for me.
now that's weird...
Is it right, that you are the only one in the office who is using POWERDRAFT and the others are using "normal" MicroStation?
Does the issue also happen when two of you colleagues open the file after one another, without you opening it in between?
Have you checked/compared the different configurations for POWERDRAFT and MicroStation? Especially the MS_RFDIR, as Jon Summers mentioned in his first reply? Maybe also check the default reference settings of your colleagues (Config-Variable: MS_REF_DEFAULTSETTINGS)
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Currently using:
OpenPlant Modeler - Version: 10.09.00.74
[MicroStation - Version: 10.14.02.01]
are you using a workspace cfg to set the project files locations and are the others using the same file / settings.?
I also use a set of project configs pcf files to force where each project looks for its related xrefs that belong only to that project..
This gets published to all users via the config and network setup...
Do you have a microstation cad manager person or some one who set up the workspace to talk to?
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