CADD Engineering Standards - Ohio Department of Transportation
CADD Engineering Standards - Ohio Department of Transportation
CADD Engineering Standards - Ohio Department of Transportation
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January 18, 2013<br />
201.4 Configuration Variables and Files<br />
ODOT uses four (4) environment variables, ODOTSTD, V8iSTD, HOMEV8i, and V8iGSTD, to locate files<br />
necessary for the operation <strong>of</strong> MicroStation V8i in a typical ODOT setup.<br />
1. The ODOTSTD variable is used to define the location <strong>of</strong> the root ODOT <strong>CADD</strong> standards folder.<br />
This variable is assigned a value in V8iODOTstandards.cfg.<br />
2. The V8iSTD variable is used to define the location <strong>of</strong> the MicroStation V8i <strong>CADD</strong> standards. This<br />
variable is assigned a value in V8iODOTstandards.cfg.<br />
3. The HOMEV8i variable is defined in the V8iODOTstandards.cfg file to specify the location <strong>of</strong> the<br />
MicroStation User Configuration Files (UCF) and User Preference Files (UPF). The HOMEV8i<br />
variable is defined as a Windows System Environment Variable and set to w:\V8iUser\ for a<br />
typical ODOT setup, where w:\ is connected to a share on a file server.<br />
4. The V8iGSTD variable is used to define the location <strong>of</strong> site specific settings. The primary use <strong>of</strong><br />
this variable is to identify the location <strong>of</strong> Bentley InterPlot (IPLOT) settings files. For a typical<br />
ODOT setup, this variable is defined in ODOTV8i.ucf file as follows: V8iGSTD: i:\V8igstd.<br />
The following ODOT standard configuration files for MicroStation V8i are typically used for plan<br />
development. A brief description <strong>of</strong> each file is included below.<br />
V8iODOTstandards.cfg<br />
This CFG file is used to set the location <strong>of</strong> the Project Configuration Files (PCF), User<br />
Configuration Files (UCF), and User Preference Files (UPF). See the document<br />
ODOT_Config.pdf for the file location.<br />
dfltuser.cfg<br />
This file tells MicroStation what UCF file to use on initial startup.<br />
ODOTV8i.pcf<br />
This PCF file is the Project Configuration File used to set the configuration variables for ODOT’s<br />
MicroStation V8i <strong>CADD</strong> standards stored in the ODOTstd\Projects folder.<br />
ODOTV8i.ucf<br />
This UCF file is the seed User Configuration File for MicroStation V8i. This file is used to define<br />
any user specific configuration variables for MicroStation V8i. This file should be copied to the<br />
location defined by the Variable HOMEV8i.<br />
ODOTV8iSeed.upf<br />
This UPF file is the default seed User Preference File that contains the settings defined in the<br />
MicroStation Preferences dialog.<br />
For further details on the setup and use <strong>of</strong> these configuration files, see MicroStation Configuration Files<br />
download page on the ODOT <strong>CADD</strong> <strong>Standards</strong> website.<br />
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