Hi everyone. I am brand new to this community, so forgive me if my question is better suited for another community. I work for a consultant in Atlanta and most of our projects are GDOT projects. GDOT recently made the switch from InRoads to OpenRoads Designer Connect and are requiring that all new projects be done in OpenRoads Designer Connect. Up to this point, we have been working in InRoads V8i, but we recently started a GDOT project that must conform to GDOT's OpenRoads Standards / Guidelines. I have used ORD before and am familiar with openroads technology, but it was on a project that already had the workspace and files setup.
Currently GDOT has no learning material for the software and how they want things done (workspace setup, file separation, etc). This will be our office's first OpenRoads Designer GDOT project and I have been tasked with installing ORD on everyone's computer and setting up the workspace/files on the server. I would like to setup the GDOT ORD workspace on our server and have everyone pull from the workspace from that. Have any of you done any GDOT projects in OpenRoads Designer? If so, do you have any tips/suggestions for me (us) on how to start out the correct way? For example, how do you separate your design components in different DGN files? Do you have separate files for proposed geometry, corridors, superelevation lines, etc? Thanks in advance.
Jake Mitchell
While I don't work with GDOT, I did find a link to the downloadable standards at http://www.dot.ga.gov/PS/DesignSoftware/OpenRoads
It even includes Install Instructions.
I hope that helps!
MaryB
Microstation 08.11.09.919Power GeoPak 08.11.09.918Power InRoads 08.11.09.918
Thanks MaryB. I already have that, but they don't really tell you how to set things up.
Jake Mitchell Senior Engineer jake.mitchell@loweengineers.com LOWE ENGINEERS Office 678.742.5506 Cell 404.861.6872 990 Hammond Drive, Suite 900 Atlanta, GA 30328 loweengineers.com
Hey Jake, Although rather difficult to navigate, I went through the Bentley learn videos until I understood how ORD was programed to function like. https://learn.bentley.com/app/Public/ViewLearningPathDetails?lpId=111346 There are also a few helpful community blogs, like "Looking Under the Bonnet" By Marc Thomas https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/peer_blogs/b/marc_thomass_blog/posts/connect-edition---custom-configuration---part-1-initial-creation-steps that were helpful in that process. Every server situation can be different, but knowing how it should work and then reviewing a DOT's workspace can help to understand a bit more regarding their intentions. If there isn't an installer for GDOT's workspace, I imagine their files should fit into Bentley's original folder/file structure. You'll most likely need to change some variables and understand how they work to move where each Workset and Workspace looks for standards and working project dgns. Again, that will start to make more sense once you really understand the logic and language behind Bentley's core workspace setup. Even with DOT's like FDOT in my case, I still needed to read between the lines to make their workspace work with our company project server and standards directory. Here's another useful resource link if you haven't seen it already https://www.bentley.com/en/perspectives-and-viewpoints/topics/campaign/microstation-connect-adoption
colliersengineering.com
I found the "Install Instructions" PDF on that website to be fairly straightforward. I can see where those instructions might not work for certain customized configurations (I'd have to play with it to make it work here) but the basic set up is fairly simple.
Are you running on a network, or do you have your configurations locally?
As Shawn Cooke mentioned, you have to figure out how the fit the GDOT (or an other DOT) configuration into your environment. To do that you need a good understanding of the whole Configuration, WorkSpace, WorkSet structure. Then you can dissect the GDOT configuration and set up to fit the way you want to work.
This post will give you some questions you will need to consider as you figure that out.https://envisioncad.com/configurations-and-workspaces-and-worksets-oh-my/
The good news is that most of the DOT's follow the same Bentley template for their ORD configurations. Once you get one of them figured out, adding more is not that difficult.
Rod WingSenior Systems Analyst