Time-saving Solutions
for MicroStation^®

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…

1. Click on the Interface drop-down menu and select New.
   
   
   
   
2. 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.
   
   
   
   
3. Click on the Project drop-down menu and select New.
   
   
   
   
4. Enter the name of a current project with a description. Press OK to complete. Note how a folder is created.
   
5. Click on the User drop-down menu and select New.
6. Enter your name and press the OK button.
   
7. 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.