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  • CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips: Search in the Configuration Dialog

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas

    The new Configuration Dialog makes life a lot easier.

    It can be resized, no more scrolling through a long list that only shows 6 lines at a time!

    Always use the search bar to find the right variable. Note that as well as the actual variable name, the…

    • over 5 years ago
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  • CONNECT Edition - DGNLIBs

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas

    This is an updated version of an earlier V8i 101 article.

    A DGNLIB is a DGN file used for the storage and distribution of shared resources. Its internal structure is identical, only the file extension is different. Files with the .dgnlib extension are treated…

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  • Configuration Tips - Manage Configuration Utility

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas

    MicroStation Update 17 includes the new Manage Configuration utility. This enables MicroStation to switch between multiple configurations allowing further control and separation of standards for organizations working with serial clients or on major projects…

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  • CONNECT Edition - Deploying or Updating ConfigurationSetup.cfg

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas

    When you create a Deployment Image for MicroStation CONNECT Edition or AECOsim Building Designer CONNECT Edition, the configuration stage of the installation enables the location of the Custom Configuration to be selected in the same way as a manual installation…

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  • CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips: - Edit WorkSet CFG in the Configuration Variables dialog

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas

    The CONNECT Edition Configuration variables dialog is considerably more user friendly than its V8i predecessor, offering more space, column sorting and other improvements. However, one apparent limitation is that any changes made are saved to the current…

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  • CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips : Switch to local configuration (for home working)

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas

    Previous articles have described how to use ConfigurationSetup.cfg to redirect your applications to a networked configuration.

    Another common question asks how to use our applications when out of the office or working at home (obviously pertinent to the…

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  • Comment on CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips : Switch to local configuration (for home working)

    Jovan Djukanovic
    Jovan Djukanovic

    Good article, and timely. Most organisations have a tool to remotely connect to a VPN and reconnect your network drives (we use Cisco Secure Mobility Client). However, even if you have that, it's good to have a setup such as this available not only as…

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  • CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips: Add the Configuration Dialog to the Quick Access Toolbar

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas

    The new Configuration Dialog is a huge improvement over the V8i equivalent. If you use it frequently, add it to the Quick Access Toolbar above the Ribbon:

    Translated German Wiki article:
    CONNECT Edition - Konfigurationstipps: Hinzufügen des Konfigurationsdialogs…

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  • CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips : Reference file variables

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas

    The following tips are valid for V8i applications, the variables mentioned have not changed in CONNECT Edition.

    From MicroStation help:

    When MicroStation opens a DGN file, it searches for DGN files that contain attached references as follows:

    1. If the…
    • over 4 years ago
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  • CONNECT Edition - Edit WorkSet CFG in Configuration UI

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas

    The CONNECT Edition Configuration variables dialog is considerably more user friendly than its V8i predecessor, offering more space, column sorting and other improvements. However, one apparent limitation is that any changes made are saved to the current…

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  • CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips: ProjectWise Integration

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas

    Once the ProjectWise Explorer client application is installed on a PC, integration between it and most other Bentley applications will be enabled by default.

    Obviously in many situations ProjectWise is used all of the time and integration is essential…

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  • Comment on MicroStation Startup - configuration file map.

    DavidG
    DavidG

    I think they made a modification to something in.  

    .../ProgramData/Bentley/CONNECT Edition/Configuration/

    I don't recall the specific though.

    Current job has me working with SS3 so I haven't had a chance to review all the changes.

    This blog may…

    • over 3 years ago
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  • CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips : Should I edit ConfigurationSetup.cfg?

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas

    [Updated 31 March 2022]

    We discourage manual editing of this file as it is written to by CONNECT Edition applications during active sessions, updating the value of _USTN_CONFIGURATION (in the [Set Configuration] section of the file) to correspond to the…

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  • CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips: What does _USTN_USER_CONFIGURATION do?

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas

    Updated version of this article, which was originally posted on 18 Aug 2017

    In CONNECT Edition - Custom Configuration - Part 1 : Initial Creation Steps I described how the installer can be used to specify the location of your Custom Configuration by setting…

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  • Configuration Tips - Using Command Line Arguments

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas

    For administrators or others working with multiple configurations, or perhaps needed to launch MicroStation from another application, Command Line Arguments can be used to specify a number of starting criteria.

    These arguments, often referred to as switches…

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  • Configuring AECOsim Building Designer V8i - Index to posts

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas

    Note added 11 August 2018.

    For advice regarding CONNECT Edition, please see CONNECT Edition - Configuration : Customization Guides.

    Updated 11 August 2014.

    For convenience here is a list of my posts about configuring AECOsim Building Designer V8i:

    • Configuring…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • CONNECT Edition - Custom Configuration - Part 3 : Standards CFG Files

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas

    Standards can be configured by files at all configuration levels.

    Organization

    The Standards.cfg is the primary configuration file for setting organization wide standards.

    This is the organization baseline for: locations and names of shared resources; configurable…

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  • CONNECT Edition - Custom Configuration - Part 1 : Initial Creation Steps

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas

    This article is based in the MicroStation CONNECT Edition installation process. The process for other applications is similar but will generally have some additional steps to cover application specific requirements, AECOsim Building Designer (ABD) datasets…

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  • Comment on CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips: What does _USTN_USER_CONFIGURATION do?

    Duncan Gammie
    Duncan Gammie

    Marc, 

    If I define _USTN_USER_CONFIGURATION it overrides my custom configuration, what do I need to do to get the workspace drop down to display the 3 configurations as you show above, or evne jut custom and user? 

    I used to have this but seems that in…

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  • CONNECT Edition - Custom Configuration - Part 4 : Standards CFG File Contents

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas

    As discussed in Part 3, Standards can be applied at all configuration levels.

    As delivered Standards content is configured:

    At the Organization level by:

    C:\ProgramData\Bentley\MicroStation CONNECT Edition\Configuration\Organization\standards.cfg

    At the…

    • over 4 years ago
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  • Theme Links

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas

    For convenience here are links to search results for several of the themes on this blog:

    SMB - lists articles particularly relevant to smaller users in the SMB/SME sectors

    OpenBuildings Designer

    Setting Up in the Real World

    Using it!

    CONNECT Edition -…

    • 4 months ago
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  • CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips: Use of Windows Environment variables

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas

    It is possible to set Configuration variables as Windows Environment Variables. This can be useful in some cases. They should generally be set at the User level, not System level. Use of this method is usually applicable to administrators, but may also…

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  • Comment on CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips: What does _USTN_USER_CONFIGURATION do?

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas

    Hi Duncan, the behaviour originally described was a defect, the behaviour that you have found is the intended behaviour, I have updated the article to reflect this.

    • over 2 years ago
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  • Comment on CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips : Should I edit ConfigurationSetup.cfg?

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas

    Robert, sorry not to have replied to this comment earlier, two edits should be made as highlighted above (I've added highlighting to make this clearer).

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  • CONNECT Edition - Custom Configuration - Part 2 : Standards Folders

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas

    The process in Part 1 created the functional structure of the Organization with the first WorkSpace and WorkSet and the essential configuration files needed for it to operate.

    It did not create any of the resources that contain and deliver the Organization…

    • over 4 years ago
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