for all of our workgroups, we would like to be able to host InRoads .XIN files on our network, but we cannot find where InRoads points to the XIN file on start up.
We can manually change the XIN after start up, but we are looking for a solution with fewer steps for the users.
[Microstation v8i, selectseries 1 with Inroads v.8.11]
Go to file-project defaults and in the project defaults dialog box browse the path to your xin file. You can set paths to dtm, alg, etc. in this dialog as well. In the bottom part of the dialog you can set the name of your Preferred Preference Name which will be automatically loaded when you start inroads. For more see help for this dialog box.
Petr Civis
Hi Petr,
But that is only user based. Thats a lot of work if you have more than 3 user!
Regards
Frank
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These can be set using a registry script. and they also support configuration variables. I build the full path to all of my InRoads files using configuration variables and define those values in PCF files, so my users get the correct files no matter what, if they select the proper project. The one item that must use a defined folder is the XML Reports root folder - Stylesheet Location.
Charles (Chuck) Rheault CADD Manager
MDOT State Highway Administration
ouch, I have no experience with scripting. So, there isn't a spot in the configuration where the default XIN is called? I know that the system will regenerate a default civil.xin if it is missing, which means we cannot even delete the called for XIN and force it to go looking.
After you setup a project default, you can export it. The export is a Registry Script. You can use it to import the settings into other PC's from a command line. Google Registry scripts and you will find example command line switches which will allow you to import the file and not even receive any prompts. There are other things that can be done with registry scripts, once you learn how and it is worth the small effort to do so.
The alternative is to copy the network XIN to each users InRoads data folder, giving the name of civil.xin.