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Create many files from one seed file in Projectwise

A user wanted to create a serious of files using the same seed file in Projectwise. Each file would be sequential i.e. file1.dgn, file2.dgn and so on.
You can create many files from one seed using the PW Export\Import tool

First, create a folder in PW Explorer where the files we be placed, then add your seed file to the folder
Next (using the tool) create an excel template with the information you want to export\import (by default the file name, document name, and description are part of the spread sheet but through the wizard you can add attribute data as well)
Next, (using the tool) export the seed file using the template. This will create another excel file
Open the new excel file and edit the data so that the name, descriptions and document file names are to your desire, but point the “FileName” column to the same seed file.

Example of what the excel file would look like

Description	Document File Name	File Name	Folder Id	Folder Name	Name	Object Id	Version	Attribute_1
plant	plant.dgn	C:\export\plant.dgn	90	myPWfolder	plant.dgn	8		original
plant1	plant1.dgn	C:\export\plant.dgn	90	myPWfolder	plant1.dgn			one
plant2	plant2.dgn	C:\export\plant.dgn	90	myPWfolder	plant2.dgn			two
plant3	plant3.dgn	C:\export\plant.dgn	90	myPWfolder	plant3.dgn			three
plant4	plant4.dgn	C:\export\plant.dgn	90	myPWfolder	plant4.dgn			four

Finally (using the tool) import using the edited excel file. The tool will import the one seed file for each row in your excel sheet but it will rename the file, and update the data according to what was entered in the excel sheet.

HINT: always use the tool to create the excel template and excel import file as it adds extra bits that the tool uses to identfy information in the datasource.

This tool is an add on to ProjectWise explorer and requires a license
You can read about this tool here
http://docs.bentley.com/product.php?prod=82&

And you can download the tool through the select downloads
http://selectservices.bentley.com/en-US/