Opening ProjectWise Documents from MicroStation

You can open ProjectWise documents into MicroStation by opening the documents from ProjectWise Explorer.

You can also open ProjectWise documents directly from integrated MicroStation by doing any of the following:

Launch integrated MicroStation from the desktop, log in if prompted, and click Browse on the Work page.
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Once you have a file open in integrated MicroStation, select File > Open > Browse.
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Once you have a file open in integrated MicroStation, select File > Close, check in the document if prompted, then select another ProjectWise document to open from the integrated Select Document dialog that opens.
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Once you have a file open in integrated MicroStation, select File > Import to convert documents of formats other than DGN or DWG, then open them in MicroStation. (You can also use File > Import to import an image or some text into your open document.)

Tip: Once you have opened a DGN document from ProjectWise, that document is added for quick access to the Recent Files list on the Work Page or File > Open page, and also to the Address bar in ProjectWise's Open dialog.

Note: When you open a document whose workspace is different than the active document, you will be prompted to restart MicroStation so that it can load the workspace of the new document. Click Yes to restart MicroStation and open the new document in its correct workspace. Click No if you simply want to open the document without restarting MicroStation. If you click No, the previous document's workspace remains loaded. This behavior is controlled by the configuration variable _MCM_RELOAD_WORKSPACE.

Open a ProjectWise DGN or DWG document

Select File > Open.
ProjectWise's Open dialog opens.
From the Folder list, select the folder or work area containing the document to open.
In the Document list, select a document to open.
(Optional) If you have permission to check out the document but you do not want to check it out, turn on Open document as read only.
Click Open.
If the Select Reference Documents dialog opens, select the reference documents you want to download along with the master document, turn on Check Out or Copy Out to select how you want ProjectWise to handle the selected references, then click OK.
If the previously open document was checked out, then at this point, the Check In dialog opens. See Checking In Documents from MicroStation.
Note: The Select Reference Documents dialog only opens if the document you selected to open is the master document of a logical set, and your user setting User Interface > Show Select Reference Documents dialog is on (this setting is off by default).

Open a recently opened ProjectWise document

Open the File menu and select a document listed at the bottom.
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Select File > Open > Browse. When ProjectWise's Open dialog opens, click the down arrow on the Address bar, select one of the recently opened ProjectWise documents, then click Open.

Checking out and opening a MicroStation document in a new session of MicroStation

Use this method if you already have a document open in integrated MicroStation and you would like to open another document in a new session of MicroStation.

Open a DGN document from ProjectWise Explorer into integrated MicroStation.
Go back to ProjectWise Explorer and select another DGN document.
Press the <Shift> key and select Document > Open.

The selected document opens in a new session of MicroStation.

Note: If the session of MicroStation you already have open is not integrated with ProjectWise, then opening the document from ProjectWise Explorer without pressing the <Shift> key will open the selected document in a new session of MicroStation.

Open non-DGN or DWG ProjectWise documents in MicroStation (import)

Select File > Import > file format.
ProjectWise's Import dialog opens for the selected file format. Controls in this dialog are analogous to those in ProjectWise's Open dialog.
Navigate to and select the document to import and click Open.

The document is converted and then opened in MicroStation. You can also use File > Import to import an image or some text into your open document.

Note: To open non-DGN or DWG documents that are not in ProjectWise, click Cancel in the ProjectWise dialog when it opens, or press the <Esc> key on your keyboard. This returns you to the native MicroStation dialog so that you can open a document from the network or local file system.