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San Diego Bentley Users Group Presents. MicroStation V8 Workspace Basics – Round 2 (AKA Exploring Pandora’s Box). Presenter: Michael Eyre. MicroStation Workspace Basics. What is a workspace?. A collection of files that control where the support data is located
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San Diego Bentley Users Group Presents MicroStation V8 Workspace Basics – Round 2(AKA Exploring Pandora’s Box) Presenter: Michael Eyre
MicroStation Workspace Basics • What is a workspace? • A collection of files that control where the support data is located • How MicroStation should work, or not work • Where can the user first see these files? • User, Project, and Interface Components
What makes a Workspace? Support files handled by a Workspace: • Seed Files • Cell Libraries • DGN Libraries • Resource Files • Color Tables • Reference Files, etc.
How are these files organized? The levels • System Level (System Stuff) • Application Level (InRoads, Triforma…) • Site Level (everybody gets it) • Project Level (specific to a project) • User Level (just for that User)
Let’s Experiment • I want to: • Add a custom MDL or Macro to my interface • Finding Custom MDL Keyins • Get rid of the black error screen • Workspace Assistant is Your Friend • Get rid of the MicroStation registration box • Add my local directory as a source for reference files • Proper syntax is important • Override a locked corporate variable • Using %lock and variable location considerations
MicroStation Workspace Basics How to keep yourself out of trouble: • Don’t customize for the sake of customization • Make backups of all files before editing • Use the # key – copy a variable before editing it • Add comments as you go for documentation • Don’t mess with files that might affect other users • If possible, create a test environment
Pandora’s Box = Closed Questions? Scenarios? • For more information on available variables: • MicroStation Help, Administrators guide. • Find new MicroStation variables in the release notes • AskInga site for instructions: www.askinga.com/article.asp?index=item&articleID=200 • Good list of variables: www.askinga.com/askingapics/155_variable_list.pdf • Bentley discussion groups – http://discussion.bentley.com/ go to bentley.microstation.administration
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