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Comprehensive XIN File Management

Presented at:Bentley 2009 Roads and Bridge ConferenceCharlotte, North Carolina

Presented by:Dirk Karasek

The Envision Group, Inc.

www.EnvisionCAD.com

TopicManaging the Integration of MicroStation, AutoCAD &

InRoads Resources

ApplicationEnvision CAD/XIN Manager

What’s There to Manage?

What’s There to Manage?

The Integration of MicroStation, AutoCAD & InRoads Resources

What’s There to Manage?

The Integration of MicroStation, AutoCAD & InRoads Resources

• CAD Resources

What’s There to Manage?

The Integration of MicroStation, AutoCAD & InRoads Resources

• CAD Resources

• Feature Styles

What’s There to Manage?

The Integration of MicroStation, AutoCAD & InRoads Resources

• CAD Resources

• Feature Styles

• Named Symbologies

What’s There to Manage?

The Integration of MicroStation, AutoCAD & InRoads Resources

• CAD Resources

• Feature Styles

• Named Symbologies

• Preferences, Options, Locks, Filters, etc.

What’s There to Manage?

The Integration of MicroStation, AutoCAD & InRoads Resources

• CAD Resources

• Feature Styles

• Named Symbologies

• Preferences, Options, Locks, Filters, etc.

They all have to work in Harmony

Data Interdependencies

CAD Resources

Data Interdependencies Integration of CAD and InRoads Resources

Named Symbologies

CAD Resources

Data Interdependencies Feature Styles Associated with Named

Symbologies

Feature Styles

Named Symbologies

CAD Resources

The Big PictureResource Input

Existing CAD Resources

Existing InRoads XIN

XIN Manager

The Big PictureRefined XIN Out

Existing CAD Resources

Existing InRoads XIN

XIN Manager

Refined XIN

CAD Resources IncorporatedSample MicroStation Workspace

Existing CAD Resources

Existing InRoads XIN

XIN Manager

Refined XIN

Levels

Cells

Text

Fonts

Line Styles

Resources IncorporatedInRoads XIN

Existing CAD Resources

Existing InRoads XIN

XIN Manager

Refined XIN

Feature Styles

Named Symbologies

Plus

• Preferences

Plus

• Preferences

• Import/Export Formats

Plus

• Preferences

• Import/Export Formats

• Options, Locks, & Filters

Plus

• Preferences

• Import/Export Formats

• Options, Locks, & Filters

• Survey Control Codes

Summary

This adds up to

1,159,790

Combinations of interrelated data definitions, toggles, and settings!

What's the Big Idea?

That’s a lot of data to manage!

What's the Big Idea?

That’s a lot of data to manage!

SimplifyXIN management & development

via Excel

XIN Management via ExcelTabbed access to data

XIN Management via ExcelSimple access to:

XIN Definitions (read/write)

XIN Management via ExcelSimple access to:

XIN Definitions (read/write)

XIN Management via ExcelSimple access to:

CAD Definitions (read only)

XIN Management via ExcelSimple access to:

CAD Definitions (read only)

Bi-directionalColor-Coded Validation

Resource Definition

Sort, Modify & Create Feature Styles

andNamed Symbologies

XIN ReportingSummary & Statistics

XIN ReportingDetails

ASCII File Generation

Files for generation of:• Surfaces• Geometry• Survey Fieldbooks

ASCII File Generation

Files used for graphical QC

DTM (feature ) Display

Fieldbook Planimetrics

Features from Fieldbook DTM

XIN Manager

The Benefits• One-stop-shop access to data

XIN Manager

The Benefits• One-stop-shop access to data• Ability to make ‘global’ edits

XIN Manager

The Benefits• One-stop-shop access to data• Ability to make ‘global’ edits• Change or create feature styles, named

symbologies, locks, filters, etc.

XIN Manager

The Benefits• One-stop-shop access to data• Ability to make ‘global’ edits• Change or create feature styles, named

symbologies, locks, filters, etc.• Combine XIN files

XIN Manager

The Benefits• One-stop-shop access to data• Ability to make ‘global’ edits• Change or create feature styles, named

symbologies, locks, filters, etc.• Combine XIN files• Single source for a ‘master’ XIN file

XIN Manager

The Benefits• One-stop-shop access to data• Ability to make ‘global’ edits• Change or create feature styles, named

symbologies, locks, filters, etc.• Combine XIN files• Single source for a ‘master’ XIN file• Error reporting

XIN Manager

The Benefits• One-stop-shop access to data• Ability to make ‘global’ edits• Change or create feature styles, named

symbologies, locks, filters, etc.• Combine XIN files• Single source for a ‘master’ XIN file• Error reporting• Visual QC checking

XIN Manager

The Benefits• One-stop-shop access to data• Ability to make ‘global’ edits• Change or create feature styles, named

symbologies, locks, filters, etc.• Combine XIN files• Single source for a ‘master’ XIN file• Error reporting• Visual QC checking• Ability to quantify the data being managed

XIN Manager

Data Flowchart

How Does This Help Me?

The idea is to:• Integrate design and plan development efforts

How Does This Help Me?

The idea is to:• Integrate design and plan development efforts• A well developed XIN provides all the resources surveyors

and designers need to ‘get their work done’ in a standardized setting

How Does This Help Me?

The idea is to:• Integrate design and plan development efforts• A well developed XIN provides all the resources surveyors

and designers need to ‘get their work done’ in a standardized setting

• Users build intelligent engineering models using the available resources

How Does This Help Me?

The idea is to:• Integrate design and plan development efforts• A well developed XIN provides all the resources surveyors

and designers need to ‘get their work done’ in a standardized setting

• Users build intelligent engineering models using the available resources

• CAD graphics become a ‘by-product’ of InRoads display operations

How Does This Help Me?

The idea is to:• Integrate design and plan development efforts• A well developed XIN provides all the resources surveyors

and designers need to ‘get their work done’ in a standardized setting

• Users build intelligent engineering models using the available resources

• CAD graphics become a ‘by-product’ of InRoads display operations

• Different operators, same results

Why Should I Care?• Standardization

Why Should I Care?• Standardization• Efficiency

Why Should I Care?• Standardization• Efficiency• No more design then “make it pretty”

Why Should I Care?• Standardization• Efficiency• No more design then “make it pretty”• Maximize your investment in the software

Why Should I Care?• Standardization• Efficiency• No more design then “make it pretty”• Maximize your investment in the software• What’s your competition doing……

Why Should I Care?• Standardization• Efficiency• No more design then “make it pretty”• Maximize your investment in the software• What’s your competition doing……• Profitability

Why Should I Care?• Standardization• Efficiency• No more design then “make it pretty”• Maximize your investment in the software• What’s your competition doing……• Profitability• $$$ need more reasons?

XIN Manager

Multiple licensing options available• Site license

XIN Manager

Multiple licensing options available• Site license• Update/maintenance/enhancement subscription

XIN Manager

Multiple licensing options available• Site license• Update/maintenance/enhancement subscription• A service provided by Envision

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Questions?

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Comprehensive XIN File Management

Presented at:Bentley 2009 Roads and Bridge ConferenceCharlotte, North Carolina

Presented by:Dirk Karasek

The Envision Group, Inc.

www.EnvisionCAD.com