Drainage and Utilities Workflow in OpenRoads

Hi Andrew

Can you specify which commands/functionalities related to "Drainage and Utilities" are missing in OpenRoads? Also, which version of OpenRoads are you using?

Could you please direct us to which workflow contains those commands/functions? Since we have to navigate through many workflows to find all the tools because there is no longer a unified interface, it would be quite helpful just to tell us where to find them, instead of asking which ones we can't find. It's possible we can't find ANY of them because they are hidden in some unintuitive separate workflow.

Maybe I'm a little confused about how workflows function in OpenRoads. Are workflows simply an arrangement of the ribbon to emphasize frequently used functions based on what design work is being done? Or are they external settings or downloads that provide new/additional functions? Apologies, I'm new to OpenRoads/Bentley and still am unsure of how the software works.

In the video the instructor is utilizing the "Drainage and Utilities" workflow. That one does not show up on my dropdown list of workflows. Since it's not there I am not sure if I will be able to complete the tasks shown in the examples. I.e., where do I find these functions if they are not on the ribbon/workflow? If that workflow is not shown on my list, am I still able to access/use all of the functions that are shown on the ribbon? 

Thanks 

Ok, it seems we've misunderstood your use of the term "workflow", which is often used in its original meaning of going through a set of commands to achieve something.

The name "Drainage and Utilities" has been introduced in the 2020 Release 1 version, previously it was known as "Subsurface utilities". Do you have the "Subsurface utilities" workflow available in the dropdown in the Quick Access Toolbar in the left upper corner?

it is also possible to build your own workflows in a DGNLIB you make part of your workspace configuration. There are some nuances to the process that I have not found a detailed resource that covers all of them. You really want to copy ribbon pieces from other workflows into yours so that if you want to remove part of the copy, it does not remove it from the original workflows. Been there, done that.   

Bentley introduced that "alternate" usage of workflow as a collection of tools visible under only certain conditions with your introduction of a ribbon. We are using YOUR terminology to describe the convoluted process of figuring out which WORKFLOW we need to have activated through the "quick access" (HAH!) toolbar to find the tools we are looking for. Since we no longer have "quick access" to ALL the tools through a single interface we need to know the proper WORKFLOW to find everything.

Bentley set it up this way, and that is the word YOUR COMPANY uses for the way your interface is set up. You got confused? imagine how we feel?!

Good point, Mary. Still, I would defend the division of the available commands (and there are a lot of them) into logical configurations of the ribbon, which makes work easier for a particular phase of the project.

Also, note that using the search field will produce results from all of the workflows, irrespective of which one is currently loaded.

Good point, Mary. Still, I would defend the division of the available commands (and there are a lot of them) into logical configurations of the ribbon, which makes work easier for a particular phase of the project.

Also, note that using the search field will produce results from all of the workflows, irrespective of which one is currently loaded.