Note: This chapter and its subchapters describe the workflow for
OpenBuildings Speedikon MicroStation. The
described content also applies to the
MicroStation functionality available in
OpenBuildings Speedikon.
Note: OpenBuildings Speedikon is always using the
Default master model to display Speedikon data.
When changing to another design model and then choosing a Speedikon command,
the program changes back automatically to the Default master model and is
displaying the Speedikon elements in there. However, it is possible to place
MicroStation elements in additional models / sheets during a Speedikon session.
These models / sheets can be placed as a reference. Additional models / sheets
cannot be placed in the Speedikon Drawing module as a Floor Plan or
Section/Elevation nor be used as Speedikon references.
A
OpenBuildings Speedikon document file is
called a
DGN file. A DGN file is composed of one or more
models, each of which is represented using
elements such as lines, arcs, and shapes. The
File tab has items for creating, opening, and saving DGN files. Many of these
file management operations and others can also be performed from the
Work page
or
File
Open dialog.
You can have only one DGN file open at a time. If you open a DGN
file when one is already open, the first file automatically closes.
You can,
however, view the models contained in other DGN files by attaching them as
references to the active model in the open DGN file.
When you
create a DGN file,
OpenBuildings Speedikon copies one of the
provided templates or
seed DGN files to the new file.
