======================================================= Product: MicroStation 95 for DOS and x86 Windows Version: 05.05.01.65 Language: English Date: December 5, 1995 ======================================================= This document contains important information not available in the printed or on-line documentation. * Copyrights * Getting Started Registration and licensing Installation troubleshooting for Windows and DOS Configuration variables Display drivers Dual-screen configurations Digitizer information Semaphore file locking Support and services information * MicroStation 95 Under Microsoft Windows Running under Windows 3.1x Three-button mice and Windows NT 3.51 EDG * MicroStation 95 Features Printing and plotting Archiver information DWG/DXF import/export MSBATCH MicroStation BASIC Enter data field information General graphics information * 3D Rendering Acceleration OpenGL under Windows Export visible edges * Adobe Acrobat * Non-graphic Databases General database enhancements Xbase RIS Oracle ODBC Oracle Workgroup 2000 tools For "quick" installation instructions, see the file README.TXT on the CD's root directory. For information about new features, see the "MicroStation 95 Upgrade Guide" printed manual. ========== Copyrights ========== Copyright 1995, Bentley Systems, Incorporated. All Rights Reserved Including software, file formats, and audiovisual displays; may only be used pursuant to applicable software license agreement; contains confidential and proprietary information of Bentley Systems, Incorporated and/or third parties which is protected by copyright and trade secret law and may not be provided or otherwise made available without proper authorization. IGDS file formats Copyright 1981-1988 Intergraph Corporation. Intergraph Raster File Formats Copyright 1993 Intergraph Corporation. Used with permission. 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WWW: http://www.bentley.com Suite 8, 51 City Road E-mail: family@bentley.com South Melbourne VIC 3205 CompuServe: GO MSTATION AUSTRALIA America Online: MSTATION Phone: (61) 3 9699-8699 FaxBack: (1) 610 458 6485 FAX: (61) 3 9699-8677 ============== End Copyrights ============== =============== Getting Started =============== This section contains information about the following: Registration and Licensing Installation Troubleshooting Windows DOS Configuration Variables Display Drivers Dual-screen configurations Digitizer information Semaphore file locking Support and Services information -------------------------- Registration and licensing -------------------------- To be eligible for a variety of benefits as well as *unlocking* MicroStation 95, you should register the product with Bentley. If you are upgrading from MicroStation V5, please see the "Important Upgrade Information" card in the Upgrade pack. The license agreement for MicroStation 95 differs from previous agreements. We follow what is now standard intellectual property practice by requiring that you sign a separate agreement, the Corporate License Agreement (CLA), for concurrent usage (or license pooling) of MicroStation 95. You incur no charge or additional obligation under the CLA (in fact, there are several additional benefits), and MicroStationCSP(sm) subscribers are automatically eligible. For more information, contact the nearest Bentley office; phone numbers can be found in the "Support and Services Guide." ------------------------------------------------ Installation troubleshooting for Windows and DOS ------------------------------------------------ For detailed information about installation, see the "MicroStation 95 Setup Guide." Windows ------- MicroStation 95 for x86 Windows that is contained on this delivery set runs under Windows 3.1x, Windows 95 or Windows NT. The x86 version will not run on DEC Alpha NT, IBM PowerPC NT, or similar RISC-NT based workstations. You need to obtain the appropriate RISC-NT version of MicroStation 95 to run on these other platforms. DOS --- The DOS installation program, "install.exe," requires approximately 360K to run properly. The configuration program, "usconfig.exe," requires approximately 340K to run properly. ----------------------- Configuration variables ----------------------- New Project Configuration files can only be created through a text editor. MS_CELLSELECTORDIR determines the directory for the Cell Selector button configuration (.csf) files. See also "Printing and Plotting", "Archiver Information" and "Database." --------------- Display drivers --------------- NOTE: Bentley does not endorse any hardware peripherals. This includes plotters, printers, display adapters, or input devices. Bentley highly recommends obtaining the latest versions of video drivers from your graphics vendor. MicroStation 95 for Windows uses your existing Windows display drivers. Please consult with your graphics card vendor for information that you may need regarding various video configurations. MicroStation 95 for DOS supports any third party display drivers that function with MicroStation V5. Aspect Ratio ------------ MicroStation automatically detects the aspect ratio of the display screens on most systems. In some configurations (including some dual screen Windows displays), the video driver returns incorrect display size information, causing elements to appear stretched in either the horizontal or vertical direction. The MicroStation configuration variable MS_ASPECTRATIO specifies the correct aspect ratio to use in these situations. This variable should be set to the ratio of the width to the height of the display area. For example: System A: Display screen is 200mm wide by 150mm high. The aspect ratio is 200/150 = 1.33, so set MS_ASPECTRATIO=1.33. System B: A dual screen system where each screen is the size of the System A display and the monitors are arranged side-by-side. The display area width is 400mm and the aspect ratio would be 400/150 = 2.67, so set MS_ASPECTRATIO=2.67. IMPORTANT NOTES: If your display is not distorted, there is no need to create this configuration variable. If MS_ASPECTRATIO is set as a system environment variable in AUTOEXEC.BAT, it will affect operation in both the DOS and Windows 3.1x, potentially causing a problem in the version that receives correct information about the display size. Therefore, it is highly recommended that this variable only be set through the configuration variable dialog box of MicroStation 95 (Workspace > Configuration > New dialog). -------------------------- Dual-screen configurations -------------------------- MicroStation 95 does not control the primary or secondary video display under Windows 3.1x, Windows 95 and Windows NT. In these environments, the operating system and graphics card drivers handle the video display in single- and multi-head environments. Please see the "Frequently Asked Questions" card that was included in the MicroStation 95 delivery for more information. --------------------- Digitizer information --------------------- NOTE: Bentley does not endorse any hardware peripherals. This includes plotters, printers, display adapters, or input devices. Windows 3.1x, Windows 95 and Windows NT users will need to contact their digitizer manufacturer for information regarding WINTAB drivers in order to use specific digitizer tablets or tables in Windows. Note that 16-bit WINTAB drivers (Windows 3.1x) will not run in a 32-bit (Windows 95 and NT) environment and vice-versa. If the digitizer manufacturer does not have a WINTAB compatible driver, you will have to use the DOS version of MicroStation 95 when digitizing is required. Please see the "Frequently Asked Questions" card that was included in the MicroStation 95 delivery for more information. ---------------------- Semaphore file locking ---------------------- For information on this new feature, refer to Chapter 1 in the Administrator's Guide. Note that the semaphore lock file is checked for the master design file that MicroStation opens (as in File > Open, Newfile, etc.) Tools and utilities like File Fence, Save Fence, MERGE and MDL applications that don't utilize master design file open do not check for the semaphore lock file. -------------------------------- Support and services information -------------------------------- Please reference the "Support and Services Guide" for...
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