{"id":110,"date":"2007-05-10T09:42:27","date_gmt":"2007-05-10T13:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andrewlouie.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=110"},"modified":"2008-02-17T22:07:22","modified_gmt":"2008-02-18T02:07:22","slug":"microstation-v8-fix-reference-file-paths","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewlouie.com\/wordpress\/how-to\/microstation-v8-fix-reference-file-paths\/","title":{"rendered":"MicroStation (v8) – Fix Reference File Paths"},"content":{"rendered":"

To fix a whole bunch of “sheet” files with missing references in Microstation (v8), simply modify the MS-RFDIR variable in Microstation. This is, at best, a “hack” but when all you’re concerned about is plotting them drawings, or taking key measurements, this is all you need.Simply: open Microstation -> Workspace-> Configuration->\"microstation_config.jpg\"Hit Edit, and add some relative paths.Example: your Drawing directory probably looks like this:..\/Drawings\/Plot_sheets\/..\/Drawings\/Reference\/Arch\/..\/Drawings\/Reference\/Borders\/..etc etc etcSine you want the drawings in the Plot_sheets directory to resolve its references in the Reference directory, simply add a relative path into the MS_RFDIR variable in Microstation as shown in the Pic above. Remeber the two dots in front, and the trailing slash. (Microstation auto-converts the slashes)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To fix a whole bunch of “sheet” files with missing references in Microstation (v8), simply modify the MS-RFDIR variable in Microstation. This is, at best, a “hack” but when all you’re concerned about is plotting them drawings, or taking key measurements, this is all you need.Simply: open Microstation -> Workspace-> Configuration->Hit Edit, and add some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":131,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-110","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlouie.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlouie.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlouie.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlouie.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlouie.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlouie.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlouie.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlouie.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}