RSC files seem like such old technology, is there a programming reason the Bentley is keeping them around. Unless you use them every day or at least once a week, it is difficult at best to get in and edit and create ne linestyles. What are Bentley's plans for phasing them out?
I think it's a less a question of when Bentley plan's on phasing them out and when we users plan on stop using them. RSC files can contain 2 resources, fonts and custom line styles. V8i added support for True Type fonts along with rsc fonts and Connect adds that custom line styles can be stored in dgnlibs instead of rsc files.
I know OpenRoads Designer (and OpenRail and I think OpenBridge) ship a set of custom true type fonts, not sure they can replace all the custom rsc fonts out there but I'd at least look at what they can do. (true type font editors are fairly widely available but I'm not sure how easy/hard they are to use or how much they cost)
Custom line styles from an RSC file can be imported into a dgnlib. I didn't try but based on the help it appears you can now edit custom line styles stored in dgnlibs. I saw a couple of web pages that said that wasn't possible.
Line Style Editor Dialog (bentley.com)
MicroStation Tip: Import Linestyles into a DGN Library – EnvisionCAD
SteveMeyer said:it is difficult at best to get in and edit and create ne linestyles
I suspect this has more to do with the interface for editing linestyles rather than the file format they're stored in. The opening part is improved by using a DGNLib as you just open the dgnlib directly in MicroStation, but as far as I can tell it's the same interface otherwise.
Most of the OpenRoads workspaces I've been setting up (and I setup all our US DOT workspaces) seem to be moving away from rsc files to true type and dgnlib but they still ship the old resources as they probably have finished the transistion yet.
Kevin van Haaren said:when we users plan on stop using them.
We are not using RSC and also using RGB colors but it is headache as there are multiple issues and apparently Bentley still uses RSC and index colors(see delivered examples). Heck even Openroads doesn't support 3D lines styles which are embedded. As resource administration part is still from 90ties then RSC are still used. I do not understand this attitude that CADD managers are left with morally outdated tools just because it backstage and no one sees it.
With the Engineering true type fonts, you can pretty much eliminate RSC files for fonts. For custom line styles they are still required. Yes, you can reference custom line styles from a dgnlib file, but you still need an RSC file to edit them. It's also quite cumbersome to remove custom line styles from a dgnlib file.
RSC files are used for more than just fonts and custom line styles. If you save your selection options in the old Select By Attributes dialog, those are saved to a RSC file. Similarly, selections in the Design File Cleanup tool are saved to RSC files. There may be others, but those are the two that come to mind.
Just a hunch on my part... Due to how ingrained RSC files still appear to be, I would not expect them to be completely phased out until the successor to the CONNECT Edition is introduced.
Rod WingSenior Systems Analyst
Kevin van Haaren said:when we users plan on stop using them
There are still DOT's that are utilizing .rsc fonts.
SteveMeyer said:reason the Bentley is keeping them around
Yes, many of us have legacy projects that are using .rsc fonts. These font resources will remain for a long time so that when older projects are opened the fonts can still be found.
Kevin van Haaren said:Custom line styles from an RSC file can be imported into a dgnlib.
True, but editing is still done in the .rsc file. Line styles are still created in the .rsc file, then exported to the dgnlib. When changes to existing styles are necessary you need to make the changes in the .rsc file and export the changes to the dgnlib. Then you need to open all files using the dgnlib styles and update the files. More hassle than what it is worth in my opinion.
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You CAN eliminate RSC fonts, but that all depends on the client...There are plenty who may stick with "their fonts" for years.
And Bentley would need to significantly improve their game with DGNLIB linestyles before they can do away with RSC files entirely.
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