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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
[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…
We provide the ability within CONNECT Edition applications to create new WorkSpaces:
and WorkSets:
For many users these are useful tools; however in organizations where there are strict procedures about project creation, where projects are often…
Previous articles have described how to use ConfigurationSetup.cfg to redirect your applications to a networked configuration.
[Note that another option for sharing configurations is to store them in a ProjectWise 365 /ProjectWise Drive project. This…
Background
For decades canny administrators have been locating MicroStation's user preferences on a server share for ease of management and, most importantly, to enable user profiles to roam with each user in situations where IT does not roam user profiles…
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:
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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,…