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1. RefManager empowers you to control your reference files in ways they can’t be controlled using any software that comes with MicroStation.
2. RefManager is the fastest way on earth to manipulate, debug, organize and control your MicroStation reference file attachments. A single RefManager command, for example, can produce a report describing every single reference file attachment on your system in any level you want. Or you could modify hundreds of reference file attachments in dozens of directories all over your system with laser-precise control.

• Produce detailed (or not so detailed) reference file reports — RefManager produces customizable reports of your reference file attachments. Just tell RefManager which design files you want to scan for reference file attachments. For example you might say, “*.dgn-s” to scan all the design files on a single disk drive. (The “-s” tells RefManager to search subdirectories.) Each report can have as much or as little detail as you want — just a list of reference file names or everything there is to know about every conceivable reference file setting.
• Attach reference files to dozens of design files — RefManager lets you attach a reference file to dozens of design files with a single command.
• Adjust reference file level symbology — RefManager can adjust reference file level symbology on hundreds of design files with a single command.
• Shift reference files left, right, up and down.
• Rename reference file attachment filenames — RefManager gives you extraordinary power to adjust reference file names. Perform string substitution on the entire reference filename or on just the disk, directory or extension part of the name. RefManager supports regular expression substitution too.
• Detach reference files — One command can detach reference files all over your system.
• Locate missing reference files — When a reference file is moved, renamed or deleted, you’ll find out about it (and be able to fix it) before your operators do.
• Quickly determine whether a file is used anywhere on your system as a reference file.

Scenario #2: Rename your reference files? Not so fast!
Let’s say you need to rename your reference files (all 94 of them) from PRJ01.DGN, PRJ02.DGN, PRJ03.DGN, etc., to Project01.dgn, Project02.dgn, Project03.dgn, etc.

Changing the names of the actual files is the easy part. You could do that with the RENAME command. But what about all the reference file attachments all over your system that point to the old filenames!?

RefManager's "Modify Reference File Attchment Name" dialog box

Without RefManager, you have a very serious problem. Yet a single RefManager command could solve this entire problem for you in seconds! Just tell RefManager to scan every single reference file attachment on your entire system looking for reference file names that start with “PRJ”. Then tell RefManager to change the string “PRJ” to “Project” in every reference file attachment that matches.

RefManager lets you manipulate the device name, directory name, the filename, and the extension of each file independently of each other! RefManager lets you manipulate the filenames stored in reference file attachments regardless of what operating system they are for Windows NT, 98 and 2000.

Each filename component can be replaced completely. For example, you could easily make all your reference files have an extension of .ref instead of .dgn.

Or you could tell RefManager to perform string substitution only on the directory portion of your reference file attachment filenames. Or only on the filename portion!

The space available here is too limited to describe all of RefManager’s reference filename manipulation features. Let it suffice to say, “they are powerful!”

Scenario #3: Attach a new reference file to a hundred design files
Attaching a new reference file to all the design files in a large project could take days. You might have to specify the reference file name, the logical name, the description, the named view, the clipping boundary and the clipping voids over and over again over a several-day period. But with RefManager you simply attach the reference file exactly the way you want it once. Then use RefManager to copy that attachment to all the other design files to which you want that reference file attached.

RefManager can accomplish all this with a single command that takes about 45 seconds to set up and a few minutes to execute!

This is another example of how RefManager can pay for itself the first day you own it.

Scenario #4: Detect missing design files (before they mess up your operators.)
It’s not uncommon for an operator to accidentally rename, move or delete a design file which is being used somewhere as a reference file. RefManager can scan every design file on your system and produce a report of every design file that is not where it is supposed to be. This lets you correct the problem before your operators waste a lot of time trying to figure out what happened.

These are just a few of the possible uses of RefManager advanced MicroStation reference file management software.

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