I am having trouble setting up the workspace and worksets for our company. I moved the configuration folder to our "T" drive but I am having trouble setting up the worksets for each project considering the layout of our drive. We use different folders for each project and I am wondering if there is a way to make a workset for each of these while still using the same "standards" from the workspace. I have attached an image to possibly help with understanding the way our layout is. I have examples of our project folders and then the configuration folder on our "T" drive.
Also when a new workset is created is there any way to make it use the same standards that are already set up in our workspace folder or do they have to be copied for each workset.
_USTN_WORKSETSROOT can be used to define the folder that contains the workset folders and configuration files and it can reside in a location that is separate to the main workspace and configuration folders. The WorkSpaceSetup.cfg is setup to allow users to modify the MY_WORKSET_LOCATION variable to redirect the workset folders but if that is not suitable then you can directly modify _USTN_WORKSETSROOT
When creating new worksets there is an option to select a "template" that is a pick list of the existing workset folders. The chosen template folder and all of its files (including it's cfg file) will be copied to the new name for the workset being created. See https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/b/microstation_blog/posts/configuration-blog-series---dgnws-file-and-workset-template
We only use the DOT's Standards for every project is there any way I can keep from copying all of the folders/files to every single workset? Thank you for mentioning the template selection which would definitely make it easier to copy all of the files if that is the only way.
Here is a list of blog articles that have some useful information about setting up workspaces, worksets and network resources.
There is also an entire forum dedicated to Product Administration that has a lot of additional information.
I have the C:\ProgramData\Bentley\OpenRoads...\Configuration\ directory structure duplicated on my network CAD standards drive.
This means that, as long as I can redirect the root folders, the rest of the paths stay "relative" and essentially unchanged. I have pulled the worksets out to their own directory because of the way we store our data, and the need for the workset DGNWS file to have write-access.
I use a combination of C:\ProgramData\Bentley\OpenRoads...\Configuration\WorkspaceSetup.cfg and ConfigurationSetup.cfg to handle that basic redirection. I still have a few kinks to work through, but it's functional.
Workspaces and configurations are definitely different than they were for decades.
MaryB
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