ProjectWise 101Chapter 6 - WorkspacesGary Cochrane – Technical DirectorGeospatial 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 <Shift> 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 2nd 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