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[Archived] Project Review Forum Projectwise/Bentley Navigator and PW
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    Projectwise/Bentley Navigator and PW

    danny-cooley
    Offline danny-cooley over 9 years ago

    Hello

    At work we are using Bentley Mech, Arch, Structural, ..... SS2 with the project models/files hosted on Projectwise (can't immediately remember which version, but it is the correct one for BB Suite we are using)

    We have some 'co-ordination' files that we are using for clash detection. These files are empty and are just used to reference in the relevant design files.

    We then open these in Projectwise Navigator SS3. All the reference files are there, and the clash detection routines work fine.

    On issue though, we can't open the Reference files directly from within Projectwise Navigator. Meaning that when you select a Ref file in the Ref Manager, or by right clicking on it in the View Window, it does not give you the option to exchange to that file, or 'open in a new session'

    Is that normal?I can't find a Setting anywhere that allows you to activate this capability.

    Projectwise Navigator does seem to 'presume' that you will be using it with i-models. Does that have anything to do with it? (we haven't got around to using i-models yet)

    Is there a config somewhere that we have to set to enable PW Navigator to 'link-up' better with PW

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    • Junaid Khan
      0 Offline Junaid Khan Tue, May 6 2014 2:31 AM

      Hi Danny,

      Reference Exchange is i guess disabled in Navigator, as if you key-in "Reference Exchange" it doesn't ask you to select the DGN file from View for exchange unlike MicroStation. You will find the same behavior with i-model as well. Since Navigator Ss4, Desktop integration with ProjectWise Explorer is enabled automatically. For versions prior to that, you can add PW.cfg file from MicroStation's  to Navigator's config folder to automatically enable it from Desktop. After placing the file, you will know that ProjectWise integration is enabled if you see the ProjectWise Log in dialog when you launch the application, prompting you to select a ProjectWise datasource before you are prompted to select a file to open.

      Regards,

      Junaid


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    • Junaid Khan
      0 Offline Junaid Khan Tue, May 6 2014 2:33 AM in reply to Junaid Khan

      Required path for the CFG file for Navigator

      C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\Navigator V8i\Navigator\config\appl\pw.cfg


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      0 Offline Junaid Khan Tue, May 6 2014 2:33 AM in reply to Junaid Khan

      Required path for the CFG file for Navigator

      C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\Navigator V8i\Navigator\config\appl\pw.cfg


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