Probably been asked a few times on here but migrating to OBD Connect Edition from ABD Select series 6. We had dgnlib files set up with all of our tool box customisations and the pop up right click context menu with additional tools.
In ABD I was pretty…
I think I have a config problem with the Catalogs.
When trying to "Place Slab" there is no catalog data showing in the dialog box and the program crashes immediately.
I don't have this problem when placing steel members.
Anyone have any ideas…
I am currently trying to set up OpenBuildings Designer in our office to run via a network.
Vanilla OpenBuildings Designer and Microstation work OK when run from the supplied icons.
However I need to run different setups for different clients and using…
Please could you explain - if this is possible- how can you share your organization standards between AECOsim CONNECT and Microstation CONNECT ?
I have a networked drive with the MS CONNECT workspaces (Organization, Workspaces containing Worksets).…
Hello Good ADB Community,
So here is a question I've been wanted to ask you guys since a long time ago in a country far far away.....
The thing is that when you Install ABD everything is OK and you're pretty much enjoying yourself with some sweet…
Hi Joaquin,
Out of the box the delivered WorkSets will be available as templates. Once a custom Workspace is added these will not be available as the variable specifying the template location looks in the active workspace unless modified:
_USTN_WORKSETTEMPLATE…
Hi Joaquin, Please take a look at the "WorkSet Templates" feature. This is a Technology Preview (installed by default unless deselected during installtion) in the inital ABD CE release available in the Create WorkSet Dialog. Out of the box you can use…
In most situations user and interface do not need to change, both of these are removed from our CONNECT Edition products.
Each project that you work on requires a project to be created to store the design data and project specific resources separately…
Hi Christophe,
ABD is more demanding of the network so I strongly reccommend increasing the speed (everything else will benefit too!). Connection all your PC's via a cheap 8 or 16-port unmanaged network switch, for example the HP J9559A, will make a…
Hi Nathan,
Please can I suggest that you download Bentley Configuration Explorer and run it on your system.
Once installed, click on Home tab > Process Configuration.
Pick the appropriate Application, user and Project, then click Process.
Once…
Hi Thomas,
The example included the simplest way to handle the user location. The configuration system flexible enough to allow you to put resources where you like. The quickconfig is intended to be a simple working example that could be used as-is…
I have a query that might seem like a minor thing. Deployment guide p4 - there is a table of Windows File/Folder permissions. "Projects" has been separated out of the default install "Workspace". Is there any reason "Users" wasn't also separated out from…
Hi Stefan,
This is there as a failsafe if a project for whatever reason does not contain a BB_FloorMaster.dgnlib.
This location is defined in C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\AECOsimBuildingDesigner V8i Ss6\AECOsimBuildingDesigner\config\appl\BuildingDesigner…
Hi Arturo, That help document is now out of date and is not delivered with ABD SS6. In NM datasets up to SS6 we delivered two project templates, NM_Full and NM_Light. NM_Light was configured to ignore the files contained in 'extendedcontent', NM_Full…
To add to Steve's comments I highly recommend SSDs to anyone for both new and existing workstations, I have upgraded both my Bentley machine and a couple of personal machines over the last couple of years, the performance improvement all round is very…
Hi Danny,
The AECOsim Building Designer specific dgnlibs as delivered are in either the regional dataset:
e.g.: C:\ProgramData\Bentley\AECOsimBuildingDesigner V8i Ss6\WorkSpace\BuildingDatasets\Dataset_GB\dgnlib
or the project dataset:
e.g.: C…
ABD SS6 - Adding Company Dataset Folders contains advice about setting up separate company dataset folders for non-ProjectWise installations. Unfortunately I have not tested this in ProjectWise myself so can't offer immediate guidance on implementing…
For everyone interested in a best practice for installing AECOsim in a small work environment with server setup, this is very interesting: http://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/peer_blogs/b/marc_thomass_blog/archive/2014/07/31/aecosim…
Hi Andreas,
BB_ANNOTATION_CELLLIB will set the path to the library containing all of your auto annotation cells. This can be set to a company library in your site wide Company Dataset or to a project library in ...\support\dataset\cell.
TFANNOTATION_OVERRIDES…
Here is an example used in a startup configuration:
%if exists (W:/Standards/$(USERNAME)/)
_USTN_USER = W:/Standards//$(USERNAME)/
%else
%error Your MicroStation user configuration is missing please contact CAD Support........
%endif
It…
I followed the "Add additional number of poles for panels" Guide and a while later noticed that when I was in Cable Manager > Panel Schedule the circuit name did not agree with panel slot in the Schedule window. see fig 1.. Has anybody else had this problem…
I am getting the following erros on openning drawings . . .
69 Catalog Items do not reference valid Catalog Types Use the DataGroup Catalog Editor to create the missing Catalog Types
1495 Catalog Item default Properties do not reference valid…
Is there a way to set a BBES variable to point to a BBES.INI file on the server instead of the local file? I know the BBESBIN variable points to the folder in general, but I'm looking for a way to separate it out.
Thanks,
…
Chris:
You may want to copy the delivered Markup Templates DGN Library to create company specific templates with borders, logos, titleblock, etc. The default location for this is:
...{ NAVIGATOR } /Workspace/system/seed/MarkupTemplates.dgnlib…
Hi Rob,
This is an outline of the steps required when moving from SS3 to SS4, I'll be adding more detail in a technote shortly:
1. Create a new network location for your workspace and dataset in parallel to the existing ss3 dataset; e.g., W:\V8i_SS4…