Hi, I have installed microstation SS3 (.459) but i couldn'y find any civil accudraw and civil geometry tools in it. I have uninstalled and reinstalled a number of times but still with no success. The setup is correct as the same tools could be found in my colleage machine. I have tried with both versions of SS3.
Let me clarify, you can still use the two different shortcuts. The difference is that GEOPAK SS3 is going automatically activate when you launch MicroStation.
So... How do we specify whether to run GEOPAK SS2 vs. GEOPAK SS3? Am I misunderstanding you? We presently have two different shortcuts that either use -wsLoad_GEOPAK_SS2=1 or -wsLoad_GEOPAK_SS3=1 along with pointing to different workspaces.
A word of warning: The command line switch solution will only work in the very first release of SS3. In the recently released refresh (08.11.09.674) this is no longer an option. Please refer to the following article for more information:
communities.bentley.com/.../12618.enabledisable-civil-products-from-within-microstation.aspx
The shortcut used to start MicroStation has to have a configuration variable switch (–ws ) to identify which civil product to load. We use GEOPAK so the shortcut has -wsLoad_GEOPAK_SS2=1. You will have to incorporate the InRoads version of this variable into the method you use to launch.
Thanks for clearing this up. Is this going to be fixed in the future? I have users that cannot use this workaround and am wondering if there is a way to make it work. Has anyone gotten this to work in the mdl? Also if anyone can explain why this workaround works that would be great.