Before You
Start
- When installing or
uninstalling this product, you must be logged on with Administrator rights.
- It is highly recommended
that you close any programs and disable any antivirus software that is running
prior to the installation of this software. Be sure to turn on your antivirus
software when you are finished.
- If your system is
protected by firewall, make sure you enable the following URLs on the firewall:
- MicroStation PowerDraft
CONNECT Edition is designed so it can be
installed and safely coexist on the same workstation as an existing
MicroStation PowerDraft
V8i or
MicroStation PowerDraft V8 XM Edition commercial
release. It will not attempt to upgrade or uninstall the existing commercial
release, and by default it installs its program and
configuration files to different locations than the other
commercial release. When you install
MicroStation PowerDraft
CONNECT Edition it creates the registry
entries responsible for file associations. If you do not want this to happen,
during installation, in the Select Features to install list, turn off the File
Association check box.
MicroStation PowerDraft
CONNECT Edition also creates the registry
keys for VBA-initiated launching. Windows architecture allows for only one
program to own these registry keys and the existing
MicroStation PowerDraft
V8i or
MicroStation PowerDraft V8 XM Edition Commercial
Release should continue to function normally by default.
- If you installed
MicroStation PowerDraft
V8i and
MicroStation PowerDraft
CONNECT Edition on the same workstation and
then uninstalled
MicroStation PowerDraft
V8i, you must run
the Repair tool to make sure the registry and file associations are correct.
Note: If you used Microsoft's program to uninstall, the Repair tool will work
correctly. However, if you used a third-party's product to uninstall, it may
have removed files needed by
MicroStation PowerDraft. For the procedure to
repair
MicroStation PowerDraft, refer to the topic
To Repair
MicroStation PowerDraft.
- When you install
MicroStation PowerDraft
CONNECT Edition, the following items are
installed with it:
- Product Documentation
- Example WorkSpace (MetroStation)
-
CONNECTION Client
- Bentley DGN IFilter
- Bentley DGN Indexing
Service
- Bentley DGN Preview
Handler
- Bentley DGN Thumbnail
Provider
- HDR Preview Handler
- Bentley i-model ODBC
Driver
- Bentley DgnDb i-model
Importer 1.6 (64 bit)
- Bentley DgnDb i-model
Importer 2.0 (64 bit)
- Examples WorkSpace
(MetroStation) contains downloadable examples.
- Bentley DGN Thumbnail
Provider is required to correctly view DGN thumbnails on
Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 operating systems. Immediately after
installing Bentley DGN Thumbnail Provider, you still may not see the correct
thumbnails for DGN files. This will be corrected by rebooting or re-logging
onto the system.
- The Bentley i-model ODBC
Driver is used to expose properties in i-models as an ODBC data source. It
offers direct access of i-models from ODBC-compatible third-party applications
such as Microsoft Office, reporting systems, and Business Intelligence
applications. It allows application developers to use familiar tools to access
and present i-model data from databases. When the driver is installed, the
Bentley i-model ODBC Driver User Manual
(Bentley_i-model_ODBC_Driver_User_Manual.pdf) is also installed.
- Bentley DGN IFilter,
Bentley DGN Thumbnail Provider, Bentley DGN Indexing service, HDR Preview
Handler,
Bentley i-model ODBC Driver, and Bentley DgnDb i-model
Importer are installed as separate applications. When you uninstall
MicroStation PowerDraft
CONNECT Edition, these applications are not
removed. If you do not need them, you will have to uninstall them separately.
Companion
Features
A Companion Feature is a layered application
that runs inside
MicroStation PowerDraft. It is installed
independently from the
MicroStation PowerDraft installer. In this release,
Descartes for
MicroStation can be installed as a Companion
Feature.