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 File > Open > Browse.
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.

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.

Note: To import documents that exist in a location outside of ProjectWise, click Cancel in the ProjectWise dialog when it opens, or press the <Esc> key on your keyboard. This returns you to the respective MicroStation dialog.

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.

Related concepts
Configuration Variables for Integrated MicroStation (MCM.USER.CFG)

To Open a ProjectWise Document from MicroStation

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.
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 turned on. This setting is off by default.

To Open a Recently Opened ProjectWise Document from MicroStation

Do one of the following:

Open the File menu and select a document listed at the bottom.

Select File > Open. 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.

To Open Another Document in a New Session of MicroStation

This procedure assumes you already have a document open in integrated MicroStation.

Go back to ProjectWise Explorer and select a another a DGN document.
Press the <Shift> key.
Select Document > Open.
The selected document opens in a new session of MicroStation.

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

Opening Non-DGN/DWG Documents in MicroStation

To Import a Document (Other Than DGN or DWG) into MicroStation

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.
Click Open.
The document is imported into MicroStation.