HI,
where in my workspace/workset should i be placing my Conduit Engineering LIbrary.xml for my prototypes?
In Conduits.dgnlib I have my prototype diameters as a dropdown option on the element selection feature definition window (when i go to place a conduit as a test), but when I load up a new drawing (eg New.dgn in that same workset those same conduit feature definitions are available but do not offer the prototype diameters dropdown in the element selection window. In the same New.dgn, properties of Conduits.dgnlib conduit feature definitions when right-clicked in Project Explorer (ie Standards-->Libraries-->Conduits.dgnlib) say 'prototypes unavailable' in the element properties box (shown below). where should the engineering library xml reside? is this the issue?
EDIT: If I go to the Conduit Catalogue after creating New.dgn and the hydraulic model, my library has little red x's against each entry (as below left). If i go to connect to my Engineering library (as below right) the library is then synced and i can add them back into any conduit feature def I bring in. what is preventing this sync? is this why my f defs won't show prototypes?
Mark - you need to look at the DGNLib that the SUDA_SEED_FILE and SUDA_SEED_MODEL config variable are pointing at. This is the file and model that all of the Subsurface Utilities settings should be stored in - including the prototypes. Open this file, create the prototypes in it, and associate them to the feature definitions. When you then create a new DGN, you should be OK.
Answer Verified By: Mark Harris
Hi Jon, that's how i set them up but still no dice. It may not have been clear but my suda seed is NOT my conduits.dgnlib. in addition, SUDA Seed.dgnlib sits in:
C:\ProgramData\Bentley\OpenRoads Designer CE\Configuration\Organization-Civil\Corporate Standards\Dgnlib\Feature Definitions
and conduits.dgnlib sits in:
C:\ProgramData\Bentley\OpenRoads Designer CE\Configuration\WorkSpaces\Corporation Projects\WorkSets\Projects Drainage\Standards\Dgnlib\Feature Definitions
Corporate Stanards.cfg sits in
C:\ProgramData\Bentley\OpenRoads Designer CE\Configuration\Organization-Civil
and in that cfg it points the SUDA Seed to:
C:\ProgramData\Bentley\OpenRoads Designer CE\Configuration\Organization-Civil\Corporate Standards\Dgnlib\Feature Definitions\SUDA Seed.dgnlib
would this config be the culprit?
Jon, after further testing I've made my conduits.dgnlib my SUDA seed. This seems to work. It's not the preferred way i'd like my setup but if that's the way Bentley intended use then I'll have to live with it. Thanks for your help