Opening ProjectWise Documents from MicroStation
There are several ways you can open a ProjectWise document from integrated MicroStation:
- Launch integrated MicroStation from the desktop, log in if prompted, and click Browse on the Work page.
- Once you have a file open in integrated MicroStation, select .
- Once you have a file open in integrated MicroStation, select , check in the document if prompted, then select another ProjectWise document to open from the integrated Select Document dialog that opens.
MicroStation's File > Import menu lets you 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.
To Open a ProjectWise Document from MicroStation
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Select File > Open.
ProjectWise's Open dialog opens.
- From the Folder list, select the project or folder containing the document to open.
- In the Document list, select a document.
- (Optional) If you do not want the document to be checked 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 ProjectWise Documents from MicroStation.
Opening Non-DGN/DWG Documents in MicroStation
MicroStation's File > Import menu lets you 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.
To Import a Document (Other Than DGN or DWG) into MicroStation
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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, which opens by selecting File > Open in integrated MicroStation.
- Select the folder containing documents of the file type you selected.
- Select the document to import and click Open.
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Click Open.
The document is imported into MicroStation.