For more information on User Management, please refer to the Professional User Guide and this SIG workshop recording .
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Is your organisation new to OpenGround? This is the place for you!
This guide examines some of the key elements which need to be setup in order to initialise OpenGround. These articles do not examine the functionality of the software but instead review…
1. Open the required project and right click a location which has coordinates defined. Select 'Zoom from Map' from the context sensitive menu which appears. The map will open focused on this location.
2. Adjust the focus of the map to suit. Use the…
Open the map using one of the following methods:
Right click a line from the 'Location Details' grid and select 'Zoom on map' from the context sensitive menu.
Select 'Open Map' from the 'Mapping' ribbon.
Click “Setup” to start the site plan…
1. Open the required project and select 'Import Data' from the 'Data' ribbon:
2. Select the format of the file, click 'Add' and browse through the file:
Click 'Next'.
3. If there are no issues continue 'Next' until the 'Plan' stage is presented…
1. Login to OpenGround Data Entry from the Launcher:
2. Open the relevant project:
3. Select the relevant data entry profile from the drop down:
4. Select the highlighted orange row to create a new location:
5. Enter the 'Location ID'…
New to OpenGround? This is the place for you! Learn how to get started and perform some of the day-to-day tasks a typical user may need to complete.
Each article provides a short step-by-step guide to the relevant task. Associated documents provide…
1. From the OpenGround Launcher click the 'LAUNCH' button associated with Professional:
2. Click the 'Create Project' button from the ribbon:
3. Enter the details in the screen shown below. Note that bold items must be completed...
4. ...click…
See link below for details on unassigned licenses
https://communities.bentley.com/communities/other_communities/licensing_cloud_and_web_services/w/wiki/44008/practitioner-licensing#what-happens-if-left-unassigned
To assign a Practitioner license, please see the link below
https://communities.bentley.com/communities/other_communities/licensing_cloud_and_web_services/w/wiki/44008/practitioner-licensing#how-do-i-assign
The dictionary file is just for a spell check within OpenGround which is in built into Open Ground. The general spell check words are inbuilt in the program. User would download the blank dictionary file and add their own custom words and re-import the…
Note : Deleted projects are only available in the recycle bin for 90 days. After this point, they will be permanently deleted.
A recycle button will be added in a February 2022 release which adds an additional button to the 'System' ribbon to allow…
If your creating a project but need a particular Coordinate System for that project, you can create these from the interface below. Before adding a new system, details of the system are required, can be found by doing a search on the 2 URL's below
http…
When importing data using OG Pro by going to Data>Import data you will see a tick option for "Overwrite with empty values". You only need to use this if the file you're importing contains all fields even of they contain no data. If you then tick the option…
If you run the Launcher and find you don't have a Cloud database to select this could be caused by an account mismatch.
Check which email address you use to login to the Connect Client, then have the OpenGround Admin user login to the Cloud database…
Color coding can be used on reports in OpenGround Cloud Professional to represent different soil and rock material types. Color coding can be used as an alternative to pattern-based graphics (Legend Codes), or in conjunction with pattern-based graphics…
The OpenGround Launcher can be downloaded from the Bentley’s Software Downloads page here .
You will need to contact one of your Bentley Account Administrators if you do not have sufficient rights to access Software Downloads.
If your organization has multiple logos, logos can be added as either Office or Project logos. You can set up multiple offices that each have their own logo, or alternatively, you can upload logos for individual projects.
When you create a new project…
There 2 general options for how logos can be added to a report template:
How to add a logo if your organization has a single logo.
How to add multiple Project/Office logos that you would like to vary from project to project.
This article describes how graphics work within OpenGround Cloud Professional to symbolize material types (soil and rock) and backfill on Log and Quick Section reports. Most typically, these graphics are associated with Legend Code Picklists within OpenGround…