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cfg My Way – How to Configure Your Own Build - Bear's Alternative
Bear
It’s probably the most asked question for any new starter when it comes to playing with cfg files and setting up your own build. As far as many of us are concerned, the golden rule of cfg editing is: ‘ Don’t edit any of the delivered cfg files.…
over 9 years ago
Peer Blogs
Bear's Blog
Site Standards #00 - The Standards.cfg file
Marc Thomas
Out of the box we deliver C:\ProgramData\Bentley\<applicationName>\WorkSpace\Standards\standards.cfg. This file lists a series of configuration variables that add paths to some of the sub-folders of ...\Workspace\Standards\ The list is fairly short…
over 10 years ago
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Screen Menus - AutoCAD Color Table
DavidG
For those who use the AutoCAD color table I have created a screen menu color picker. This menu also includes Grey Scale settings (via RGB values) in the lower right. I use these for "screening". Command to activate this file would be. screenmenu…
AC_ColorTBL.dgnlib
over 8 years ago
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DavidG's Blog
The Ultimate Portable Build - Part 2 - The appl.cfg
Bear
Hard part done. By using the location of CADmanage.hta as a start point, we've now been able to go ahead and set the variables for our critical locations, but what does this mean for the config files we've been using to date? Well the first of these that…
over 11 years ago
Peer Blogs
Bear's Blog
Configuration Tips : Where should I keep my DGNWS files?
Marc Thomas
The DGNWS file, full name DGN WorkSet file, is very important. It contains WorkSet properties, custom properties, WorkSet sheet index, and the WorkSet Link Set. Each of these, other than the sheet index, involves some initial data input. As a project…
over 6 years ago
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ABD SS6 - Adding Company Dataset Folders
Marc Thomas
One of the joys of ABD SS6 is the updated DataGroup interface where you can choose to locate new or copied items in Company or Project locations. Out of the box, new or copied Company items are put in their own files in the delivered dataset in C…
over 8 years ago
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Adding an Error Alert to a Bentley cfg File
Bear
One issue we have with the build we have been looking at is how do we let the user know if they haven't set the hta correctly. The biggest issue I find is that users forget to select the client or project variable. An easy way to add an error in the cfg…
over 11 years ago
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Bear's Blog
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AH May 2015 - Richard Fairhead BEP
Marc Thomas
bblur architects' presentation from After Hours May 2015
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over 8 years ago
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Mice in Space!
Marc Thomas
[This content is now out of date as subsequent 3DConnexion drivers adopted a different approach] "It's Friday, it's five to five. . . It's Crackerjack!" ... but this week instead of a Crackerjack pencil, settings files for your 3DConnexion SpaceMouse…
over 10 years ago
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CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips: What does _USTN_USER_CONFIGURATION do?
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…
over 2 years ago
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My CADmanage Journey V8i to Connect
Bear
This next series of blogs have been more than a few years in the coming. Any of you who have been around Bentley products since the days of version 4 and 5 know just some of the frustration many of us have with Connect. Right or wrong, these are just…
over 2 years ago
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Bear's Blog
SpaceMouse Update for v10 Drivers
Marc Thomas
Current 3Dconnexion drivers use a totally different xml configuration structure to pre v10 drivers. (For pre v10 drivers see my earlier article: Mice in Space!) The 3d Input Toolbox is still useful with SpaceMouse operations in MicroStation, see the…
over 7 years ago
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How hta Changed the Way I Deliver Builds - Part 8 - Dev Build hta
Bear
As I've mentioned before, I run 2 different builds. One build is for testing and development and the other is the active main build. NOTHING is live tested, everything is testing in the dev build first before deploying. As such I also run a different…
over 11 years ago
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Bear's Blog
CONNECT Edition - Custom Configuration - Part 5 : Separating Project Data from Standards
Marc Thomas
An out of the box installation of a CONNECT Edition application is largely centered on folders in Windows' default ProgramData folder. This has to be done so the application can be successfully installed in a fully functioning state. However, live operational…
over 6 years ago
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Tech Tip - Reset Styles
Bear
It's a pet hate of mine. Users who think they can change fonts, colours etc to what ever they like in text and dimension styles. Well, if you're like me you have a standard set of styles that should be adhered to. If that's the case then there is another…
over 11 years ago
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Bear's Blog
Annotation Scale and the Drawing Scale Dialog
Marc Thomas
Annotation Scale allows us to use single sets of text styles and scalable symbols that can then be displayed at whatever scale is required for screen display or printing. The same text and/or symbols contained in a model file can be displayed at differing…
over 12 years ago
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The Build - Part 6 - Named Expressions
Bear
http://communities.bentley.com/communities/other_communities/askinga/w/askinga/using-named-expressions-to-drive-interface-items-a-sample.aspx This was a great starting platform for me, but also left a few questions. The first of these was how exactly…
over 11 years ago
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Colours in MicroStation
Marc Thomas
There are two primary concerns with colour control in MicroStation: For production drawings it is imperative that linework displays and prints black. Whilst this used to be accomplished simply by sending to a monochrome printer it is increasingly…
over 11 years ago
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ACS (Auxiliary Coordinate Systems)
Marc Thomas
Overview The ACS tools have been significantly improved in current versions of MicroStation-based products. In fact, ACS actually replace the need for Depth Lock (note that Depth Lock has been removed in favor of using ACS). If the tool is not visible…
over 10 years ago
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Looking to Employ Superman
Bear
A little while ago I wrote about the lack of training on offer for positions. Well lately it looks as though employers are looking for Superman with the list of requirements being asked for. Let’s face it, how many Lead Designers do you know who can…
10 months ago
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Item Types - Using Item Types and Text Fields in Title Blocks - Part 1
Marc Thomas
[Update: Some of the the techniques shown here have been superseded by Excel lookups, please refer to later posts coming soon from Nov 2023] The following example shows how these two features can be used to provide some degree of automation without…
over 2 years ago
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MicroStation - Using Custom Line Styles
Marc Thomas
MicroStation’s Line Styles enable quite sophisticated graphics to be drawn by simply selecting the Line Style and drawing a line. Most people have used the ‘batten’ Line Style to draw insulation. They can be of great benefit, however care must be taken…
over 11 years ago
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ProSteel in CADmanage and Admin Tips - SS5
Bear
I've always tried to share what I can as it's hard enough to find admin docs on many of the applications Bentley now own, and my recent dive into ProSteel on MicroStation (PS) was no different. In fact, it's probably been one of the harder applications…
over 10 years ago
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How hta Changed the Way I Deliver Builds - Part 14 - Enable Button by Username
Bear
The other day we looked at how to kill the build by adding a button that will delete the appl.cfg files. The only problem with this is that once you've added it to the hta, everyone can kill it and we all know how users love to find ways of working around…
over 11 years ago
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Bear's Blog
Using It! - Add Frequent Tools or Places to the Quick Access Toolbar
Marc Thomas
Like most Ribbon UI applications the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) can be customized, before stating to explore this consider where any customizations will be stored. The default is in personal.dgnlib and will only be available to the person who adds the…
over 2 years ago
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