Connecticut State Department of Transportation

CTDOT CONNECT DDE GUIDE VOLUME 1 - OVERVIEW


   M.5.2 Updating from DGN Libraries


DGN Libraries are sometimes upgraded when new versions of the CT DDE are released. In this module you will learn how to effectively identify and manage these changes in your Design Files.

Update Styles, Element Templates, Item Types, and Parametric Cells
Update Item Type Pick lists
Update Feature Definitions (for OpenRoads and OpenBridge only)

 

Update Styles, Element Templates, Item Types, and Parametric Cells

When you use a Style, Element Template, Item Type, or Parametric Cell from a DGN library, it is copied to your open DGN file and is given the same name.

This allows you to compare the local resource to the DGN library resource with the same name, to see if the contents of the DGN library have changed, to see if the local resource is out of sync with the DGN library resource, and to selectively apply updates to the local resource.

The following are indicators of the sync status.

local style matches library local style, matches library

local style different from library  local style, different from library

local style local style

These resources can be updated using the Update from Library icon located in their corresponding dialog box.

 Update from Library Icon

Please Note:  Update from Library uses this icon for Parametric Cells.

 Parametric Cell Update from Library Icon

This exercise uses Text Styles to practice Updating from Library, these same procedures can be used throughout the Application.

  1. In the DGN file’s search field type in Text Styles and select the results.
  2. On the Text Styles dialog box right click on the CTDOT_080_Center and select Save. On the General tab click on Bold and click on the Save Icon, notice the indicator update to local style, different from library.

     Text Style Modification

     

  3. Select the Update from Library icon and notice the indicator go back to local style, matches library.

 Text Style update to match library

 

Update Item Type Pick lists

Item Type Pick lists can also get out of sync. The status icon indicators are the same as shown above but there is no Update from Library Icon/tool available at this time (this tool will be available in a future release of the software). Updates can be made with this workaround:

  1. In the DGN file’s search field type in Pick List and select the results.
  2. In the Pick List Manager right click and select Delete, then right click again and select Activate.

Pick List Manager Updating

 

Update Feature Definitions (for OpenRoads and OpenBridge only)

There are two methods (Automatic and Manual) described in this section that you can use to update Feature Definitions.

» Automatic All Push Method (this will also update Styles, Element Templates, and Item Types)

  1. In the DGN file’s search field type in Explorer Settings and select the results.
  2. In the Explorer Setting dialog box ensure that OpenRoads Standards or OpenBridge Standards is marked as Visible.

     Explorer Settings Standards Visible

  3. In the DGN Explorer dialog box click on the OpenRoads Standards or OpenBridge Standards section. Under Standards right click on the file (not the Libraries) and select Update From dgnlib.

Update Standards From DGNLIB 

» Manual Method (this will only update the Feature Definition)

View this video in Bentley Communities for a demonstration on the relationship between feature definitions in a DGNLIB and in the active DGN.  It also provides examples of how to update feature definitions in the active file in the event the DGNLIB is revised.

Video: Updating Feature Definitions from a Revised DGNLIB