Where did my Detailing Symbol Styles go?

Kevin McDonald — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 15:33:23 GMT

Current Revision posted to OpenRoads | OpenSite Wiki by Kevin McDonald on 8/19/2021 3:33:23 PM

Product(s):	OpenRoads Designer, OpenRail Designer, OpenSite Designer
Version(s):	10.00+
Area:	General

Question:

I have Detailing Symbol Styles created in a DGNLIB and have specified that DGNLIB correctly in MS_DGNLIBLIST, but when launch OpenRoads and attempt to use a Detailing Symbol Style, the list is blank.

Answer:

The best way to guarantee that your desired Detailing Symbol Styles are available in your workspace is to use the MS_DGNLIBLIST_DETAILINGSYMBOLSTYLES to specifically define the DGNLIB which contains your Detailing Symbol Styles.

The unexpected blank list of Detailing Symbol Styles can be caused if there are any DGNLIBs defined in the MS_DGNLIBLIST_DRAWINGSEEDS variable.

Here is the process that the program uses to load Detailing Symbol Styles:

If MS_DGNLIBLIST_DETAILINGSYMBOLSTYLES is set then it takes Detailing Symbol Styles from this config variable.
If that is not set then it looks for MS_DGNLIBLIST_DRAWINGSEEDS variable and if it is set it takes Detailing Symbol Styles from this.
If both are not set then it looks to the MS_DGNLIBLIST.

Since the program checks for DGNLIBs in the MS_DGNLIBLIST_DRAWINGSEEDS variable before the MS_DGNLIBLIST variable when loading Detailing Symbol Styles, it will present an empty list of Detailing Symbol Styles if there are none defined in the MS_DGNLIBLIST_DRAWINGSEEDS libraries.