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 <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