Sheet borders in tutorials display message "Reference display off"

Hello,

I am completely new to MicroStation, with several years experience in AutoCAD. I have been working through several tutorials here. I have worked through "Civil Design Using Micro Station" and "AccuDraw Compass and Micro Station". I am currently working through "QuickStart for Roadway Designers Using Micro Station". I am in the "Producing Project Deliverables" portion wherein I am creating cut sheets. In this workset, just as in a previous one, the seed file for the Civil RDWY QuickStart SHEETSEED.dgn displays only the sheet outline. There are no title blocks or border lines. I can open the seed file itself and can see all of the linework for the border, just as it appears in the tutorial, except without the Bentley Institute logo. I can Identify the levels on which the linework appears in the seed file, and these levels appear in my working drawing, but are unused even after referencing the model in. When I go to the level display tool in my drawing, the "Civil RDWY QuickStart border.dgn appears in red text and if I left click on it it says "Reference Display is Off". If i right click on it and choose "Open Dialog" all of the information in the box appears in red text. when i mouse over the red text it says "File not found". I've made sure that all of the levels on which the border linework should appear are turned on. I skipped over it in the previous workset, thinking that it was just a problem with the file, and that all I was really missing out on was some text placement. But now that it is doing the same thing in a completely different workset, I'm afraid maybe I'm doing something wrong or overlooking some setting. I would like to be able to work completely through the tutorials.

Thank you,

Jude

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  • A red reference file with a message "File not found" means exactly that. Microstation does not know where the file is located. When that happens, Microstation cannot display the file and turns the display off automatically.

    There are a few ways to help MicroStation "find" a reference file. The quickest for a "one off" situation is just to go into the reference dialog and right click the attachment in question so you can open the Settings for that file. There you will have the option to browse to the correct location. Make sure that you check the little box for "Save Relative Path" so that the appropriate portion of the path will be saved and Microstation can find the file in the future. A more robust method is to edit your configuration. Find the variable MS_RFDIR and append that to include the directory where your reference files will be stored. This is also something that can (down the line) be set on a Workspace/Workset basis for each project. You probably will need to restart Microstation after making configuration changes.

    Once the file has been "found" you should be able to turn the display setting for that reference back on.

    MaryB

    Power GeoPak 08.11.09.918
    Power InRoads 08.11.09.918
    OpenRoads Designer 2021 R2

        

    Answer Verified By: Jude Walker 

  • Thank you for your response. I have tried the first method. The file name no longer displays in red text, but the linework is still not displayed. all of the levels show up under the file name, but none are shown as being used. I will have to try the second method editing my configuration when I get a chance to get back to the tutorials.

    Thank you,

    Jude

    MicroStation 08.11.09.459

    AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018

  • Is MicroStation CONNECT a different version that V8i?

    The current version of MicroStation is MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 16, which is a 64-bit app.  It looks like you are using MicroStation V8i SS4, which is the penultimate version of the last (32-bit) generation.

    "Unable to use all of the memory in your system because current user does not have "Lock Pages in Memory" privilege

    That should have no effect when using MicroStation V8i with the tutorial data sets.

    As a 32-bit application, MicroStation V8i can use only 4GByte memory, irrespective of the physical memory available on your computer.  For many users, that is more than sufficient.  For users who were pushing the memory limits of MicroStation V8i, it is possible to footle with the way that Windows 64-bit allocates memory: that's what Lock Pages in Memory is about.

    As a 64-bit application, MicroStation CONNECT can see all the available memory on Windows 64-bit.  Lock Pages in Memory is irrelevant.

     
    Regards, Jon Summers
    LA Solutions

  • Thank you Jon, that clears some things up for me. it looks like I will not be able to participate in the User Accreditation for Civil Designers, since that is for MicroStation CONNECT. We are supposed to be moving to Open Roads in the near future. I have been working through these tutorials just so I can become familiar with how MicroStation works and feels.

    MicroStation 08.11.09.459

    AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018

  • Aha! I finally got around to MaryB's suggestion to edit my configurations: "A more robust method is to edit your configuration. Find the variable MS_RFDIR and append that to include the directory where your reference files will be stored. "  This did the trick. I'm attaching another zip file. See the .dgn file "RDWY_Proposed_revised.dgn". Thanks to all for your help.

    3718.QuickStart for Roadway Designers Using MicroStation.zip

    MicroStation 08.11.09.459

    AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018

  • "Connect Edition" (CE) is the current version. It has a ribbon UI. So it has a complete different look.  If there are no specific issues/requirements Bentley recommends to use the "new" version. (It is been around for several years) The "V8i" is not developed further.

    There is still a substantial number of users I reckon that is still resistant to the new version. I do not look back though.

  • There is still a substantial number of users I reckon that is still resistant to the new version. I do not look back though.

    I serve at the whim of my masters.

    MicroStation 08.11.09.459

    AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018

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