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Exercise: Create Personal
Workspace
If MicroStation is installed on a single computer
shared by multiple people, consider making your own
personal space. From the MicroStation Manager dialog
box, locate the Workspace area with three drop-down
menus labeled User, Project and Interface.
Start creating your space from the bottom up…
- Click
on the Interface drop-down menu and select
New.
- Enter
your name and a description as required inside the
Create Interface box. Press the OK
button to complete. The New Interface is now active.
- Click
on the Project drop-down menu and select
New.
- Enter
the name of a current project with a description.
Press OK to complete. Note how a folder is
created.
- Click
on the User drop-down menu and select New.
- Enter
your name and press the OK button.
- Select
a default project folder and user interface. Press
OK. From now on, your User Name will activate
the default project folder and Interface.
Following
this procedure results in the creation of three separate
files. Open Windows Explorer to the Bentley | Workspace
folder (keep in mind that your MicroStation folder
may use a different filename). Three folders of interest
are Interfaces, Projects and Users.
The Interfaces
folder maintains any custom menus, frames and toolboxes
in a ustn.r01 file located in the Interface | MicroStation
folder with your name. A project configuration file
with a .pcf extension is stored in the Projects folder.
Appropriate project information, such as, the location
of project libraries and references, is entered into
the project configuration file. Finally, a user configuration
file is used to maintain any changes made to the Preferences
dialog setting.
Once a personal workspace is created
for each person sharing the single computer, remember
to change the active user to your name before opening
a design session. This insures that your personal
workspace is exactly the way you left it the next
time you enter MicroStation.
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