• MicroStation Command Line Options And Switches

    Jayson Perry
    Jayson Perry
    Product: MicroStation Version: V8, XM, V8i, CONNECT, 2023 Environment: N\A Area: Administration Subarea: N\A Command Line Parameters The easiest and most reliable way to determine which command…
    • 26 days ago
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  • OpenBuildings Speedikon Installation and Configuration

    Johannes Lerch
    Johannes Lerch
    Product(s): OpenBuildings Speedikon Version(s): CONNECT Edition Updates Area: Installation Subarea: N/A First, carefully read the installation and configuration instructions in the Readme and the Forum…
    • over 1 year ago
    • OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
    • OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki
  • Migrating custom content from AECOsim Building Designer SS6 to a current OpenBuildings Designer version

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas
    Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: Datasets and content Subarea: Migration/Upgrade This article focuses on the migration of project and customized dataset content. The…
    • over 1 year ago
    • OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
    • OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki
  • Site Standards #00 - The Standards.cfg file

    Marc Thomas
    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 9 years ago
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  • How can I limit OpenBuildings Designer to use only my custom level libraries?

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas
    Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Environment: N/A Area: Configuration Subarea: Levels Problem I have recently migrated from AECOsim Building Designer v81 SELECTseries6…
    • over 2 years ago
    • OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
    • OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki
  • Upgrading to MicroStation CONNECT Edition

    Henk Ligtvoet
    Henk Ligtvoet
    Product: MicroStation Version: CONNECT Environment: N\A Area: Installation Subarea: General Background The intention of this Wiki is to give a CAD Manager or Site Admin a more comprehensive…
    • over 1 year ago
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    • MicroStation Wiki
  • 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…
    • over 1 year ago
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  • CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips : Where should I keep my DGNWS files?

    Marc Thomas
    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 5 years ago
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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: …
    • over 5 years ago
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  • CONNECT Edition - Custom Configuration Guides

    Yvonne Lohse
    Yvonne Lohse
    Product(s): MicroStation Version(s): 10.06.00.38 Environment: N/A Area: Configuration Subarea: Workspaces The following blogs posts describe the creation of a Custom Configuration for MicroStation…
    • over 4 years ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Wiki
  • CONNECT Edition - Configuration : Customization Guides

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas
    Product(s): AECOsim Building Designer Version(s): 10.00.00.154 Environment: N/A Area: Configuration Subarea: Custom Configuration The following blogs posts describe the creation of a Custom Configuration…
    • over 5 years ago
    • OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
    • OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki
  • 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…
    • over 6 years ago
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  • CONNECT Edition - Create Organization folders

    Steve Cocchi
    Steve Cocchi
    Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: Configuration Subarea: Organization Overview The Organization folder and contents in a Custom Configuration must be created manually. This…
    • over 1 year ago
    • OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon
    • OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki
  • CONNECT Edition - Custom Configuration - Part 5 : Separating Project Data from Standards

    Marc Thomas
    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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  • 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…
    • over 5 years ago
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  • RE: CEU4 - Custom configuration on install not working

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas
    Hi Ian, I have tested this and find the same behaviour. Unfortunately this is a defect that has recurred at some point prior to the release of MicroStation CE Update 5. It has been picked up by internal testing and defect 682778 has been filed. Please…
    • over 6 years ago
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  • MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 4 Installation Options

    Marc Thomas
    Marc Thomas
    Product(s): MicroStation Version(s): 10.04.00.46 Environment: N/A Area: Installation Subarea: Installer Options Overview MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 4 delivered enhancements to the…
    • over 6 years ago
    • MicroStation
    • MicroStation Wiki