I am using OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition - 2020 Release 2 Update 8 - Version 10.08.01.33.
When using the Drawing Production tools to generate plan sheets, it seems that the nesting depth parameter of the resulting Drawing model and Sheet model are arbitrarily hard-coded to a value of 99. I would have expected that the nesting depth value should have been "passed through" from the DGNLIB that is being used to generate the sheets. Here are some screen grab images.
The left side image is from the DGNLIB and the right image is from the resulting plan drawing model.
The left side image is from the DGNLIB and the right image is from the resulting plan sheet model.
Can someone please confirm that no matter what value is used in the DGNLIB file that the resulting drawing model and sheet model will always have a value of 99? Is there something special about this value of 99 that is being used?
If the nesting depth value cannot be controlled in the DGNLIB file, then is there perhaps a Configuration Variable setting that dictates the value in the resulting drawing model and sheet model files?
So far, the only work-around I have been able to come up with is to create a VBA macro to post-process the cut sheet files to adjust the nesting depth values in the drawing model and sheet model to values of 1 and 2. This macro is pretty sluggish, but I might try to revise it to run in a background thread of MicroStation as opposed to having to open each DGN file and model.
Yes. Default nesting of 99 files does indeed slow down file opening times.
Why would the DGNLIB file allow us to set a nesting level if that level is going to be ignored?
Do the programmers have ANY real-world experience USING the software? Do they KNOW anyone who uses the software? Do they consult with anyone who uses the software?
There is getting to be a critical disconnect with the way the software is being written, and the needs of real-world engineering production teams.
MaryB
Power GeoPak 08.11.09.918Power InRoads 08.11.09.918OpenRoads Designer 2021 R2
you want to look at the MS_REF_DEFAULTSETTINGS variable.
I am assuming this is not currently set for you.
In your case you want it set to Depth=2
IE: MS_REF_DEFAULTSETTINGS = depth=2
also don't forget to enable live nesting as well (nestmode=live)
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Nope, we have default nest depth=0, and still generating sheets with the Named Boundary drawing and sheet views are created with a nested depth of 99.
If I use the reference tools for attachment, the product follows the default configuration settings, but if I use the sheet creation (sections, etc...) , this process does not honor the default settings.
Not sure is this works as designed, or it is a bug.
Bentley will need to inform us as to how it is intended to work.
Sounds like a bug to me...