
Product:        MicroStation PC
Version:        5.0.0
Date:           October 28, 1993

Copyright 1993, Bentley Systems, Inc.
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Installation Help
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For information about installing MicroStation, see Chapter 2, "Setting Up," in
"Introducing MicroStation."

The installation program, "install.exe," requires approximately 360K to run
properly. The configuration program, "usconfig.exe," requires approximately
340K to run properly.
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End of Installation Help
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Documentation
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For current information on product documentation, please see the information in
the Intergraph Document List (IDL), which is on the Intergraph MicroStation
Utilities CD.
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End of Documentation
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Training
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Whether you're a new or an experienced MicroStation user, Intergraph's
MicroStation Training courses can give you the knowledge and skills that will
shorten your production cycle and enhance your design abilities. Instructor-led
classes let you work intensively with qualified Intergraph specialists,
providing immediate feedback as well as hands-on experience.

Training is available at your site and at the following Intergraph Training
Centers: Huntsville, AL; Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Detroit, MI; Dallas, TX; and
Irvine, CA. To schedule training, telephone the Intergraph Education Services
Department at 1-800-240-3000.

 Course Number                   Title
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  TSYS1002           MicroStation 2D Level 1 Graphics Training
  TSYS1005           MicroStation 2D Level 2 Graphics Training
  TSYS1003           MicroStation 3D Graphics Training
  TSYS1006           MicroStation Surface Modeling Training
  TSYS1007           MicroStation Edit Design Graphics Training
  TSYS1009           MicroStation for IGDS Users Training
  TSYS1010           MicroStation for AutoCad Users Training
  TSYS1100           MicroStation User Command Language Training
  TSYS1200           MicroStation Customer Support Library Training
  TSYS1400           MicroStation Customization Training
  TSYS1500           MicroStation Development Language Training
  TSYS1600           MicroStation Workshop Training
  TNUC1053           MicroStation/InFORMIX Structured Query Language
  TNUC1091           MicroStation 32/ORACLE

  Self-Paced/Video Training:
  DGAK054            MicroStation Review Training Video
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End of Training
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Product Sections
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Digitizing Tablets
Plotting
Multi-lines
Database
Fonts
Cells
EDG
Utilities
Compatibility
MicroStation Manager in Version 5
General Information
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End of Product Sections
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Digitizing Tablets and Windows Connection (DOS only)
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MicroStation's Windows Connection software supports the WINTAB digitizer
driver. For more information about WINTAB, see Appendix B in "Introducing
MicroStation."

When switching between DOS and Windows Connection, you may have to reset your
digitizing partition and setup. This is because MicroStation's DOS digitizer
driver and WINTAB report different resolutions for the same tablet. Since the
digitizer partition and digitizer setup depend on the values returned by the
tablet software, the values saved when in DOS are not correct for WINTAB and
vice-versa.
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End of Digitizing Tablets and Windows Connection
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Plotting
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The MicroStation Plotting Environment (mplot.ma) is no longer delivered with
MicroStation. It is included on the Intergraph MicroStation Utilities disk.

"plotfile.exe" has been replaced with "plotutil.exe" and "plotfile.bat."
"plotfile.bat" sets the plotting environment variables and then runs
"plotutil.exe." For more information about these files, see Chapter 5 in
"Introducing MicroStation."

The default communication parameters can be changed by adding or altering the
COMMUNICATION line(s) in the plotter configuration file.

When plotting to a color PostScript device, if color 0 in the attached color
table is white (red=255, green=255, blue=255), then the output is plotted as
black. If a white color is needed, use a color other than 0 and change that
color in the color table to white. For more information about color tables, see
Chapter 15 of the User's Guide.

Color plotting of raster elements of type 87/88 is supported in the HP-GL/2
protocol only. The raster data will always be plotted before the vector data.

When you plot a file that has multiple IRAS raster layers loaded, the images
will all be plotted in the same color even though the images are displayed in
different colors. The color that the images are plotted can be determined by
the value of the PEN= option in the BORDER configuration file record. For
example, to plot the images with pen 3 change the border command to following:
BORDER/PEN=3/filename.

The num_pen record in the "cal960.plt" file should be set to 2 when using a
CalComp 960 plotter and to 4 when using a CalComp 965 plotter.

The file "sizes.dat" located in the plotcfg directory contains examples of the
maximum plotting area of certain HP plotters. Values are given for normal and
expand mode.
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End of Plotting
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Multi-lines
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In MicroStation Version 5, the manner in which multi-line styles are defined,
saved, retrieved, and used has changed, along with the user interface (dialog
boxes, menus, and so on). Users familiar with multi-lines in previous versions
will notice that the STYLE MDL application is no longer delivered.  Defining
and editing multi-line styles is still accomplished through the Multi-lines
settings box, opened from the Element menu. However, all multi-line style
saving and retrieving is accomplished through the Settings Groups dialog boxes
(Settings menu/Groups).

To use a multi-line style library created in MicroStation Version 4 with
MicroStation Version 5, you must first import it into a Settings file. The
multi-line styles delivered with Version 4 in the library "ustation.sty" can be
found in the delivered "styles.stg" settings file. For more information about
Settings Groups and multi-lines, see Chapters 3 and 15 in the User's Guide.
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End of Multi-lines
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Fonts
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The format of the file MicroStation uses for font information has been changed;
it is now a MicroStation resource file. The old and new font files are not
interchangeable. If you have a Version 4 font library that you have customized,
you should back it up before loading MicroStation Version 5. It is recommended
that you add the extension ".flb" to all older font libraries.

When creating a new font resource file, the Font Installer dialog box
automatically adds the extension ".rsc" to the filename.

If you added fonts to a Version 4 font library, you will need to add those
fonts to the new font resource file to be used with Version 5. The Font
Installer dialog box lets you import .cel, PostScript, TrueType, .shx, and
Version 4 fontlib files. For more information, see "Font Libraries" in Chapter
15 of the User's Guide.

The first font copied into a new font resource file becomes the default font
(equivalent to the old style fastfont).

The default Version 5 font resource file is located in the "wsmod\default\symb"
directory and is named "font.rsc". It contains the same fonts as the "fontlib"
font library from MicroStation Version 4 as well as three IGES fonts (fonts 15,
16 and 17). The "flib" utility has been replaced with the Font Installer dialog
box (User menu/Utilities > Install Fonts ...).

Version 5 uses the configuration variable MS_SYMBRSRC for the search path for
symbology resource files, including font resource files.

Version 5 allows fonts from more than one resource file to be used during a
design session. This is accomplished by using wildcards or by assigning
multiple font resource files to the MS_SYMBRSRC configuration variable. If two
font resource files contain the same font number, then the last font read will
override any other.

In Version 4, if a text string contained a character that was not available in
the font, MicroStation displayed an asterisk (star). If the font did not
contain an asterisk character (oct052/dec42), MicroStation would not display a
character. Version 5 displays a question mark in a diamond if a character is
not available.

Currently the "Remove" function is not implemented. You can only change a font
number at this time; the font description and name are automatically set for
you. Future versions of the Font Installer supporting these features will be
posted to MicroStation information forums, including Intergraph's bulletin
board (InterBoard), Compuserve, etc.

It is recommended that 16 MB of memory be available on a PC used to install
fonts.
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End of Fonts
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Database
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Index files on mslink must be created for each table that will be linked to
graphics and inserted into the data dictionary for the Xbase server. See
Chapter 4 of the Database Guide.

To create the RIS database example for the lesson:
 1. Create a schema named "gis" in your database. If you are using
    Informix, you must create a database.
 2. Change directory to the ustation\database\ris\examples\gis directory
 3. Execute the rislod program delivered in the \ris\risutl\bin
    directory. Accept the default values for each prompt except
    "Main file for loading [ris.dmp]:". You will need to key in
    "gis.dmp".

MicroStation Version 5 supports Oracle forms 3.0 only.
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End of Database
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Cells
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Prior to MicroStation Version 5, a maximum of 1,000 cells could be listed in
the Cell Library settings box. This limitation has been removed. However, the
256 block limitation on the size of cells remains.

As always, point cells are placed using the current active symbology including
the use of custom line styles. Exceptions to this are point cells that contain
cone (type 23) elements. If the Active Line Style is set to a custom line
style, such cells will be placed using the standard solid line style (zero).

As in previous versions, using empty text nodes or empty enter-data-fields
within shared cells is not supported.
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End of Cells
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EDG
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This release includes a new version of EDG. See the topic entitled
"release-notes -> differences" in the on-line EDG help file for detailed
information if you are a user of previous versions of EDG.

Some commands may not work the same as they did in previous releases or may not
yet be implemented. See the section entitled "release-notes -> feature-lists"
of the on-line EDG help file for a list of all of the commands and their
status. The on-line help feature has a detailed explanation of the differences
as well as the new features that are incorporated into this version of EDG.

It is best to run EDG from a local hard drive. If it is run from a drive
accessed across a Novell network, EDG tries to write to the root directory
(unless the DOSX variable points to a swap directory the user has write access
to) and gives the error "Cannot access file." EDG works fine on other network
drives using the TCPIP protocol.

The verification procedure EDG is now much simpler than in older versions.  In
older versions, SET VERIFY was used to enable element verification mode.  As
the user moved through the file the elements were verified. The SET VERIFY
command now simply specifies operating parameters for the new VERIFY command.
Refer to the EDG on-line help file for greater detail.

To check a file's integrity, simply enter "verify whole" or "vw" at the EdG>
prompt. EDG will verify each element in the file and stop on the first error
encountered. The default sensitivity of the VERIFY command is set to suppress
errors that are not severe. In order to continue the verification process from
the current position, enter "verify after" or "va". The VERIFY WHOLE command
always begins verification from the top of the file.

For a complete list of new features, and detailed information regarding these
commands and parameters see the EDG on-line help file or refer to Chapter 5 of
the Development and Support Guide.
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End of EDG
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Utilities
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The following utilities are no longer delivered on the MicroStation
installation disks. They are now on the Intergraph MicroStation Utilities CD.

Name          Description

acct.ma       records the amount of time spent in each design file.
acctr.ma      creates reports with totals/subtotals from acct.ma data.
baseline.ma   clears NEW and MODIFIED bits in all displayable elements.
bulktext.ma   creates text from a design file or design file from text.
celst.ma      lists cells in a design file or cell library.
cvt.exe       displays input data in different formats (decimal, hex, etc.)
deldup.exe    deletes duplicate elements in design files.
fixrange.ma   recalculates the ranges of design file elements.
isit.ma       used by user commands to determine whether a file exists.
leveluse.ma   shows the design file levels that contain displayable elements.
mplot.ma      used to plot multiple (existing) plotfiles.
mscomp.ma     compress multiple design files 'offline'.
offpat.ma     pattern shapes "off-line" in multiple design files.
overview.ma   shows location of one view within another (like IGDS).
rcl.ma        replace existing cells in a design file with new cells.
readasc.ma    read ASCII files from a user command.
renum.ma      renumber the graphic group and/or text node numbers.
rfmod.ma      modify reference file attachment information.
scltxt.ma     modify text within a design file.
xqt.ma        used by user commands to execute a system command.
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End of Utilities
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Compatibility
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Protected mode MicroCSL, External programs, and Dynamic Link Modules
for Version 5.
Requirements.
 Compilers:
   MetaWare HIGHC Versions 3.10, and 3.11
   Lahey FORTRAN 77 Version 5.10
 Linkers:
   Phar Lap 386|DOS Extender Versions 4.x, and 5.x

The default tutorial set is no longer delivered; tutorials are still supported.

Associative patterns created in Version 5 cannot be displayed in Version 4.
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End of Compatibility
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MicroStation Manager
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MicroStation Manager has been updated for Version 5 and is now integrated into
MicroStation. This means that the MS_INITAPPS configuration variable does not
have to be set and that "mm.ma" is no longer delivered. For more information
about MicroStation Manager, see Chapter 1 of the User's Guide.

With MicroStation Version 5, "RMAKER" (a text-file-based resource utility) is
obsolete. Also, since MicroStation Manager is integrated into MicroStation, the
source code is unavailable. However, developers can still write a MS_INITAPPS
MDL application to replace MicroStation Manager. Also, users can customize
MicroStation Manager with the Modify User Interface dialog box, which replaces
the Nexus configurability tools. See the User's Guide, Chapter 16.
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End of MicroStation Manager
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General Information
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The following video modes do not support backing store: EGA, DGIS, TIGA 1.1,
TIGA 2.0 (Version 4.0), the Windows Connection Driver, and any driver written
specifically for MicroStation prior to Version 5.

Introducing "InterBoard"

The Intergraph Customer Support Bulletin Board Service (InterBoard) is an
electronic forum that allows Intergraph customers to exchange messages and
files with Intergraph's technical and marketing staff and with other Intergraph
customers. InterBoard is structured to allow customers to give suggestions,
make inquiries, and exchange other support-related information. Within each
product area, InterBoard provides information and forums for discussion about
various topics, including:

*    Technical notes, release notes, and general product information
*    Documentation and training information
*    Sample data, programs, and configurations

Calling InterBoard

The InterBoard telephone number is (205) 730-8786. It is available 24 hours
a day, seven days a week, and it can accommodate many callers
simultaneously. To connect to InterBoard, follow these steps:

1. Set your communications for eight (8) data bits, no parity, one (1)
   stop bit, and any baud rate up to 14,400.

2. Dial the InterBoard number: (205) 730-8786.

3. Once connected, respond to the login request with your user ID.
   If you have not connected before, respond with "NEW", and InterBoard
   will lead you through the process of creating a user ID.

If you have trouble connecting to or using InterBoard, call the InterBoard
system operator, at (205) 730-1413.

Using InterBoard

From the moment you call, InterBoard leads you through all procedures with
menus and on-line help. If you are new to computer bulletin boards, rest
assured that the software gives you clear choices and plenty of help at every
step. A text file that explains the InterBoard commands and organization is
offered to you for downloading when you first call. If you have used Compuserve
or hobbyist bulletin boards, you will feel comfortable right away.

If you have used the MicroStation Information Center (MIC), you will notice
that this system is the same except it has been expanded to form the Intergraph
Customer Support BBS (InterBoard). As a result, a number of changes have taken
place. Here is a summary of some of the enhancements:

        New features
*    Expanded message forums and file libraries for Intergraph applications
*    Full-screen editor
*    Support for V.32bis modems with transmission rates up to 14,400 bps
*    Restructured menus
*    Added voice support for connection problems


The MicroStation Product Forum on Compuserve

Bentley Systems maintains the MicroStation Product Forum on Compuserve for
MicroStation users. The forum gives users who subscribe to Compuserve the
ability to converse with other MicroStation users, receive MicroStation related
information including marketing and technical information. It also provides
access to a number of libraries containing hardware drivers, useful utilities,
and programming examples. To access the forum, just type GO MSTATION at any "!"
prompt.

For a list of know software anomalies, reference the certnote.txt found
in the docs directory.

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End of General Information
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New Features
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Refer to the MicroStation documentation and on-line help. New features are
summarized in Chapter 1 of "Introducing MicroStation:" "The Newest
MicroStation."
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End of New Features
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