CIVIL_XIN_FILE configuration

Consider adding -debug to the end of the command line that you use to open PowerCivil. This will create a file, the path to which is provided in the last line after loading everything. Open that file. Look for all instances of CIVIL_XIN_FILE to see how it is specified.

That should reveal to you how that variable is set, and should get you closer to finding out why it might be reset.

Derek, I got debug report. what's next?

6036.msdebug.txt

Derek, I got debug report. what's next?

6036.msdebug.txt

Judging from the write-up of your problem, it sounded to me like the file Microstation was reading wasn't the file you (or your workspace manager) were expecting. In light of that, it was worth working out exactly where the value of CIVIL_XIN_FILE is being defined.

Looking at it, I see that in line 808 CIVIL_XIN_FILE is defined at the application level.

In line 981, it is defined at the user level, and (in this case) at line 975 you have the name of the file that defines it.

At line 1365, the final value is reported. Of course CIVIL_XIN_FILE hadn't been redefined since then, so it's the same as the definition from line 981.

The only thing I was suggesting to look at is that final value, to confirm that it is the right file that you expect it to be. I hope that helps, though I don't necessarily expect it to. Beyond that, I can't help on this.

Edit: Having re-read your problem, it sounds like this may indeed be part of a workaround without necessarily being a solution. (When you redefine a variable, it should be saved, but apparently it's not. Therefore, you need a workaround.) Locating exactly where CIVIL_XIN_FILE is defined, you will be able to define it to whatever it needs to be in the source file where it is defined now.