[OpenRoads Designer CONNECT] Obsolete civil data found in design file

RE: [OpenRoads Designer CONNECT] Obsolete civil data found in design file

Chris Key — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 13:59:36 GMT

I think I skipped over the first part of your problem. DGN files are not forward and backward compatible between SS3/SS4 and ORD CONNECT. I think the ultimate answer is you cannot open an SS3 or SS4 dgn file which contains any civil data in OpenRoads Designer.

What I assumed was you were more focused with the seed file or other files in general from older products to open in ORD. So I provided an option to get the seed file or older files available to be opened in ORD by clearing the civil model. You do not want to do this to files which would contain design information in SS4 as it will clear all the civil model.

RE: [OpenRoads Designer CONNECT] Obsolete civil data found in design file

Benzi Papo — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 08:23:47 GMT

Hi Chris,

I followed your suggestion and installed Geopak SELECTseries 4.

Then I ran the following from the keyin browser:

mdl load Bentley.Civil.Model.Tools.3.1.dll
civil clean

All the civil data was removed and the file loads successfully in OpenRoads CONNECT.

This procedure is not available in Geopak SELECTseries 3.

Several of my colleagues are concerned that erasing this civil data will have a negative impact

on their workflow and may render the design file unusable in the future.

Are you aware of any possible ramifications of this CIVIL CLEAN procedure?

Regards,

Benzi

RE: [OpenRoads Designer CONNECT] Obsolete civil data found in design file

Chris Key — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 18:41:54 GMT

There may be something in the seed file you are using to create the new DGN which has some civil model data. There is a workflow for deleting all civil model data from a DGN, but this may be specific to SS4. You can try it in SS3, but I don't know if these key-ins and mdl operations will work.

To Remove Civil attributes/schema from file:

Use MDL to load the DLL:

Mdl load Bentley.Civil.Model.Tools.3.1.dll

Key in the cleanup command:

CIVIL CLEAN