New to MIcrostation, need help developing/understanding LIB

The following may be a good start for dgn libraries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb1mG0h0qGc

A DGNLIB is basically a DGN FIle, as in, you can create one by creating a regular DGN file from your normal seed file and just give it a DGNLIB extension.

DGNLIBs can hold a lot of data that you want to standardize over your organization. I prefer to break them up into

Levels
Text and dimension styles
Civil Features (These can also be broken out to Terrain, Drainage, Roadway, etc.)
Interface

The DGNLIB file can be added (with path) to the MS_DGNLIBLIST configuration variable (which accepts multiple values). At that point, it will show up in the background, ready to use, every time you open your software using that configuration. It's a great way to push out your standard levels and other settings to everybody else as part of your workspace.

Linestyles can be saved into DGNLIB files, but they can't be edited there. At this point, I am still using RSC files for my linestyles. Those can be included in a workspace through the MS_SYMBRSRC configuration variable.

There is more in the Help file, and Mark's video is a nice introduction.

Ss10 is a hybrid platform. It uses some portions of a "Native" platform and some portions of its own - Open Roads.

Survey, in particular, requires a link to a native style file in addition to element templates stored in a DGNLIB. And, Ss10 also permits processing surveys in the Native program or in the Open Roads portion of the program. I used to work with users of PowerSurvey, but it originally was offered in two versions - A GEOPAK and an InRoads version. Depending upon if that is still the case, you need the correct Native style file to contain certain settings for survey.