Add preference to preference manager3/21/2023 Not only am I looking at CAD software from a general user perspective, but also from the CAD Management perspective. Yes, I need to work on a clearer understanding of Styles, Features, and Preferences, what they are and how they relate with each other, so thanks for the definitions.įrank, right now I am working on my own to get up to speed on using InRoads for Roadway Design as that is my primary background, but I also have interests in other areas as well. Hey Frank and caddcop, I appreciate your posts. ![]() When that occurs, I use identical "base" names and usually add suffixes to differentiate the multiple side. Often, there will need to be a many to one relationship. You will have more Named Symbologies (styles) than Features, since many of them will be drafting standards, but when there is a one to one relationship, I try to use identical names. Using names that cause related items to display together in groups is useful.Īnd using brief names can also be helpful as the names can often exceed the width of a dialog box field when verbose names are used. For example, an alignment style name, when also used as a preference name, automatically links the prefference settings to the alignments with that style.Īll of these things have names and will appear alphabetically, in lists within the product. It is also important to understand any relationships between the three things Frank mentions. These should be experimented with on copies until you know exactly how they work. ![]() There is also the tools, under application add-ins that allow you to bulk load named symbologies into an XIN. ![]() What functions of InRoads you like to use? (Road-, Rail-, Survey-, Sewer-, -design?) And I would not use XML-Editors to build it up, only for viewing and small changes proposes.ĭo you already have "features" and "style" standards for your office stored in other "database" or "office" files? Then this would be my point of view to developa xIN file for InRoads. IMHO it isn't worse a try to use exsitiing things, even when working as a DOT client, maybe it is a must. Styles : - the way features can displayed in the CAD (Level, color, text-height, text-styles, a.s.o.)įeatures: - the real world or planning objects you want to create and work on with InRoadsĬommand settings called Preferences : -settings for each Inroads command box that have a "peferences" button.Īnd have in mind Bentley is on the way to change the civil products to build civil products and civil functions that are using actual Microstation techniques, like dgnlib's and are working more as MS-addins with a more seemless implementation than the Inroads MDL application/Process. One addtion, Inroads stores three things in XIN: The Tools > Preference Manager can be used to centrally manage preferences.įrom what I can tell developing your own Preference File can be quite an undertaking, and potentially very cryptic in nature.ĭo folks actually develop xin files from scratch? Are there any other InRoads tools that are applicable to developing preferences? Some InRoads dialog boxes provide for fairly straightforward interactive creation of preferences like the View Geometry Stationing dialog box, while others do not seem to provide enough detail to really set all the attributes that you might want for a given feature. The Styles and Preferences determine a wide variety of things including text attributes, leader types, line styles, feature levels, symbology, and I am sure many more things. Additions or modifications can be made through various dialog boxes within InRoads and then Saved as a Preference copied from one xin file to another through the Tools > Applications Add-Ins > Copy Preferences Add-In carefully modified through a xml code editor such as Notepad++ with the XML Tools plug-in or possibly by using software from other vendors such as Envisioncad. Various US Department of Transportation (DOTs) agencies may be good sources for xin preference files (such as the Colorado DOT xin file that I have been looking at). ![]() In general, it is probably best to start out with a pre-existing xin file and then modify it for your needs. Styles and Preferences are stored in xin files. Let me know if I am off base or whether you have any other input. I have found some information on various posts as well as figuring out a bit on my own. I'm in the midst of trying to get a grasp on setting up Styles and Preferences for InRoads V8i, and would appreciate the communities' perspective on the subject. I am new to the InRoads world, as well the Be Forum.
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