Introduction to the NCDOT Workspaces
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has developed a set of Workspaces to be used with MicroStation version 7.xx and version 8.xx. These workspaces consist of folders containing resource files, dgn files, applications, etc. that facilitate creating and maintaining design files.
The workspace can be set up for "full time" or "on demand" operation. This document describes both installation methods.
Disclaimer: NCDOT recommends using the standard workspace setup. This document is provided only as a sample of alternative workspace setups. NCDOT will not be held responsible for any consequences resulting from its use. Use at your own discretion.
These instructions were developed using Windows 2000 as the computer operating system. The procedures used in windows XP should be very similar.
Obtaining the NCDOT Workspaces
Before using the NCDOT workspaces, you must download them to your computer. NCDOT makes the workspaces available to download from an FTP server through a custom application named UpdateWs.exe. This application can be downloaded from the NCDOT web site at
http://www.ncdot.org/IT/CADD/workspaces/
Before running the updatews.exe application, you must create some system environment variables. These variables are used by the updatews application to define the location where the workspaces will be installed, and are also (optionally) used to inform MicroStation of the location of the NCDOT workspaces.
Setting the system environment variables.
Right click on the desktop icon "My Computer".
Click on "Properties", then click the "Advanced" tab.
Click the "Environment Variables" button.
NOTE: You must have ‘Administrator’ rights to create or edit System Variables. A workstation user can create these variables in the upper User Variables section, but they will only be available when that user is logged onto the computer. If set at the System level, all users of that computer will access the variables.
Create the following variables, with the associated values:
Variable Value
MS_CONFIG C:\NCDOT_V8_CONFIG\NCDOT_MSLOCAL.CFG
NCDOT_MSJ_CONFIG_DIR C:\NCDOT_MSJ_CONFIG
NCDOT_MSJ_WORKSPACE_DIR C:\NCDOT_MSJ_WORKSPACE
NCDOT_V8_CONFIG_DIR C:\NCDOT_V8_CONFIG
NCDOT_V8_WORKSPACE_DIR C:\NCDOT_V8_WORKSPACE
Note: Only set the MS_CONFIG variable if planning to use the NCDOT workspace "full time".
Note: If you are not planning on using MicroStation J (version 07.xx) you do not need to set the NCDOT_MSJ variables.
Using WsUpdate
After setting up the above environment variables, you may run the updatews.exe program, which can be obtained from the NCDOT web site (see the link on the first page of this document).
NOTE: MicroStation must not be running when trying to use updatews.
After copying the updatews.exe to your desktop, double click it to run. The following dialog should open.
A green checkmark indicates the workspace is up to date. A red vertical line indicates the workspace on your computer differs from the one on the NCDOT ftp server, and should be updated. Click on each workspace that you wish to download.
Click the "update" button. A status bar across the top of the dialog will indicate progress.
The first time you run updatews, you should download the NCDOT_STDS and NCDOT_V8_CONFIG workspace, plus any other desired unit workspace. The workspace folders will be copied to the location specified by the environment variables created in the above steps. Any files that are in your workspace but are not on the ftp server will be deleted. Any files that have been added to the NCDOT workspace but are not on your computer will be added.
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