ProjectWise 101 Chapter 6 - Workspaces Gary Cochrane – Technical Director Geospatial Sales – North America

MicroStation Workspaces MicroStation supports standards for: –Project, User, Application ProjectWise expands that to include: –Global, Application, Customer, Site, Project, Discipline, and User Standards include items like: –Level names, custom line-styles, cell libraries, seed files, reference locations, fonts, etc.

Managed versus Unmanaged ProjectWise provides two ways to define workspaces –Managed and Unmanaged Unmanaged provides pointers to standards files that are NOT stored in ProjectWise Managed provides pointers to standards files that are stored in ProjectWise Managed are superior to unmanaged, but require more work to configure

Lab 1a Preparation for the exercise –Log in to PW Explorer using User1 account –Open Windows Explorer and browse to: C:\PW-101 Class Files –Drag/drop “KDOT Files” folder From Windows Explorer To: PW folder User1 Enable> Include Subdirectories –Press OK Update PW folder hierarchy with F5

Lab 1b Preparation for Exercise (continued) –Return to Windows Explorer and browse to: C:\PW-101 Class Files –Drag/drop “Workspaces” folder From Windows Explorer To: PW folder User1 Enable> Include Subdirectories –Press OK Update PW folder hierarchy with F5

Lab 1c Move new folders to be “top-level” folders –From PW Explorer, select folder> User1/Workspaces –Drag/Drop workspaces folder to> Documents NOTE: We want to Move the folder, not copy it Therefore hold key while performing drag/drop –Repeat process, moving KDOT Files to top level –Remember, we can’t drag/drop to top level So we dropped them in lower, and then moved them up

Lab 2a Creating a Managed Workspace –Open ProjectWise Administrator Log in using adminpw account –Drill down to: Workspace Profiles> Managed> Customer We could choose any level… –Right-click, and choose: New> Configuration Block

Lab 2b Creating a New Managed workspace –Name the configuration block: Name> KDOT US ROAD Description> KDOT Road English Units –Change to the Configuration tab Press the button to> Add New Variable

Lab 2c Add a variable for symbology resources –Tells MicroStation where to find fonts, linestyles, etc. –Create the variable as follows: Name> MS_SYMBRSRC Description> MicroStation fonts and linestyles –Press the Add button to set a value for the variable This will let you browse to a file, or folder, or simply type in a value

Adding a value

Lab 2d Adding a value for MS_SYMBRSRC –Set the following options: Operation type: = - Assignment Value type> ProjectWise Folder Value> Browse to: –Documents\Workspaces\KDOT-Workspace\Symb\Linestyles String value to append> us* –Press OK to accept the new value Do NOT close the original dialog yet

Add Value dialog Completed dialog for MS_SYMBRSRC

Lab 2e In MicroStation, some variables can have multiple values –MS_SYMBRSRC=folder1;folder2;folder3 –Select Add again, then use the following options: Operation type: “>” – Append to a list Value type> ProjectWise Folder Value> Browse to: –Documents\Workspaces\KDOT-Workspace\Symb\Linestyles String value to append> stripe* –Press OK to close Add dialog

Lab 2f Add a third value to MS_SYMBRSRC –Select Add again, then use the following options: Operation type: “>” – Append to a list Value type> ProjectWise Folder Value> Browse to: –Documents\Workspaces\KDOT-Workspace\Symb\Linestyles String value to append> un* –Press OK to close Add dialog –Press OK to close MS_SYMBRSRC settings dialog

Lab 2g Add a fourth value to MS_SYMBRSRC –Select Modify (pencil icon), then use the following options: Operation type: “>” – Append to a list Value type> ProjectWise Folder Value> Browse to: –Documents\Workspaces\KDOT-Workspace\Symb\Fonts String value to append> *.rsc –Press OK to close Add dialog

Lab 2h Define MS_DGNLIBLIST –From the KDOT-Road-US properties dialog Press> Add new variable –Enter the following parameters: Name> MS_DGNLIBLIST Description> MicroStation DGN libraries –Press the Add button To set one or more values for the variable

Lab 2j Add a value using the following parameters: –Operation type: “=“ - Assignment –Value type: ProjectWise Document –Value: Browse to, and accept the document> Workspaces\KDOT-Workspace\DgnLib\Road.dgnlib –Press OK to complete the operation

Lab 2k Add a 2 nd value using the following parameters: –Operation type: “>“ – Append to a list –Value type: ProjectWise Document –Value: Browse to, and accept the document> Workspaces\KDOT-Workspace\DgnLib\KDOT_Common.dgnlib –Press OK to complete the operation

Lab 2L Add a 3rd value using the following parameters: –Operation type: “>“ – Append to a list –Value type: ProjectWise Document –Value: Browse to, and accept the document> Workspaces\KDOT-Workspace\DgnLib\RD_Level_163.dgnlib –Press OK to complete the operation

Lab 2m Add a 4th value using the following parameters: –Operation type: “>“ – Append to a list –Value type: ProjectWise Document –Value: Browse to, and accept the document> Workspaces\KDOT-Workspace\DgnLib\RD_Level_XS.dgnlib –Press OK to complete the operation –Press OK again To close the dialog for MS_DGNLIBLIST

Lab 2n Define MS_DEFCTBL –From the KDOT-Road-US properties dialog Press> Add new variable –Enter the following parameters: Name> MS_DEFCTBL Description> MicroStation Default color table –Press the Add button To set one or more values for the variable

Lab 2o Add a value using the following parameters: –Operation type: “=“ - Assignment –Value type: ProjectWise Document –Value: Browse to, and accept the document> Workspaces\KDOT-Workspace\Data\Road.tbl –Press OK to complete the operation –Press OK again To close the dialog for MS_DEFCTBL

Lab 2p Define MS_SETTINGS –From the KDOT-Road-US properties dialog Press> Add new variable –Enter the following parameters: Name> MS_SETTINGS Description> MicroStation Settings Manager configuration –Press the Add button To set one or more values for the variable

Lab 2o Add a value using the following parameters: –Operation type: “=“ - Assignment –Value type: ProjectWise Document –Value: Browse to, and accept the document> Workspaces\KDOT-Workspace\Data\Road.stg –Press OK to complete the operation –Press OK again To close the dialog for MS_SETTINGS

Lab 2p Workspace is now complete –Press OK to close the Workspace dialog

Lab 3a Assigning the workspace –We now need to assign the managed workspace to one or more folders in ProjectWise This is accomplished from ProjectWise Explorer –Close and reopen PW Explorer as User1 –Browse to folder> Documents / KDOT-Files / With Workspace

Lab 3b Right-click the folder, then select> Properties –Change to the Workspace tab –Double-click> Customer Choose the KDOT-US-ROAD configuration, and press OK –Press OK again To close the folder properties dialog

Folder Properties Workspace tab

Lab 4a Testing the Workspace –Select the folder> KDOT Files / Without Workspace Double-click the file> BR103.DGN –When MicroStation opens, Zoom to the General Notes area in the upper right corner (hint: you can also recall Saved View> lab4a) –Note that Font is incorrect, and text goes out of the border

Lab 4b Testing the Workspace –Next zoom to detail in lower right corner, (hint: you can also recall Saved View> lab4b) –While not obvious to you, linestyle is incorrect But how would we know?? –Exit MicroStation, Free file

Lab 4c Testing the Workspace –Select the folder> KDOT Files / With Workspace Double-click the file> BR103.DGN –As file is checked out Note that workspace files are also being copied out… –When MicroStation opens, Zoom to the General Notes area in the upper right corner (hint: you can also recall Saved View> lab4a) –Note that Font is now correct

Lab 4d Testing the Workspace –Next zoom to detail in lower right corner, (hint: you can also recall Saved View> lab4b) –Linestyle is now correct And should look like earth

Lab 4e Exit MicroStation, and Free the file –Remember the Local Document Organizer? Workspace files will now build up locally until you purge them Typically you would not want to purge until the end of a project If changes are made to the standard workspace files, ProjectWise will automatically refresh your local copy –So how do I purge the local copies?

Lab 4f From the PW Explorer icon menu, –Select> Local Document Organizer Change filter to> Workspace Copies –Select some (or all) files Choose> Purge Copy –Close Local Document Organizer

Local Document Organizer Showing cached workspace copies

Review Topics covered in this Chapter –Creating a managed workspace Adding variables and values Using “=“ and “>” operators Setting the value to a PW folder or document –Assigning the workspace To a folder in PW –Managing local copies of workspace files With Local Document Organizer