Creating Designs

With Bentley OpenUtilities Designer, creating a complete design is a twofold process: defining the basic properties of the design (i.e., creating the design record) and then using the Design Assistant to construct the design through a sequence of steps (producing the design layout). For more information on these steps, see The Design Process and Bentley OpenUtilities Designer.

Note: This topic only applies to Bentley OpenUtilities Designer and Bentley OpenUtilities Workflow Manager.

The New Design dialog box is used to create a new design and define its basic properties. Custom properties can be set up if additional information is required for designs.

For information about constructing a design, see Working with Work Locations.

To create a design

From the File menu, point to New, and then click Design to open the New Design dialog box.
Or open the My Designs folder, right-click any item in the list, and then choose New from the shortcut menu.

Or choose New Design from the Actions menu.
In the Name box, type a name for the design.
In the Job Default box, select a job default for the design.
From the Format drop-down menu, choose a format for the design.
Supply any additional information that is available at this time and then click OK.