Modify Elements in Reference
Files Faster and Easier
You’re working in a design file when you notice
that the elements in five of its reference files have
incorrect line styles. You now have to either use
MicroStation’s Exchange command or open each
one manually to make corrections. In addition, to
make the modifications accurately, you need to be
able to see the other reference files and the original
master file. This would entail opening each of the
reference files, one at a time, and attaching the
other files just as they were in the original design
file. This wastes a lot of time.
With RefWriter you just double-click
on any element in the appropriate reference file to
make that reference file the active design file. During
this process, RefWriter will temporarily attach the
other files (the original master design file and the
other reference files) so you see exactly the same
view. Below we show you how simple this is to execute.
- Start RefWriter by selecting
it from the Axiom menu. The RefWriter tool palette
will look like this.
- Click on the second icon from
the left (below in red). This icon enables you to
double-click any element in any reference file to
make it the active design file.
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| The icon in red allows
users to write to any reference file by double-clicking
any of its elements. |
- You’ll notice that a Settings
box displays. In the majority of cases, the default
settings will provide the desired result.
- By double-clicking on any element
in a reference file, that reference file becomes
the master file while everything on your screen
looks exactly as it did before. You can verify you
are in the correct file by checking the file name
on the left side of the MicroStation window title
bar. For example, if you double-clicked on an element
in a reference file named “reference-file.dgn”,
this is the name that will now appear in the title
bar.
- Once you make all the modifications
in the reference file, click on the fourth icon
from the left to make the previous master design
file active again.
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| The icon in red allows
users to make the previous master file active
again. |
If another user is editing
a reference file, RefWriter only allows access in
read-only mode.
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