Brown Bag #1 Agenda

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Overall Goal:  Share Info and Expectations (Get on the same page).

MicroStation v8 / InRoads Status

v7/v8?

What is the deliverable?  Is it ms/j (v7) or v8?

We need to decide when v7 format must be maintained.  If often there are ways to manage v7 deliverables using v8.

Licensing

Configuration

Seed Files

I-805 Managed Lanes MicroStation Seed files are at: M:/CADD/CA/SD/Road/ustn/seeds

Preference file for InRoads version 8.9 M:/CADD/CA/SD/Transportation/InRoads

Short Term Plan

The short term plan is to use the current standards (work in progress) rather than use the old "standards" currently in place (this is particularly true for InRoads).  

Note I-805 Managed Lanes project has approved MicroStation seed files,  make sure you are using them!

I'll try to minimize the need for any data translation as the standards evolve (including the Quantum Leap to the upcoming CalTrans v8 standards).  I develop migration tools as needed for this and take the heat for any translation work.

Long-term Solution

  MicroStation Configuration

    click for MicroStation home page

 InRoads Settings

  click for InRoads Configuration home page

    Caltrans/Other

  Click for InRoads home page

Training Vision and Schedule

How do you currently get help?  Are you encouraged to or discourage from using the Bentley Select Services that we already pay for?

This web

          Example:  updating InRoads preferences

InRoads on-line training

Team Roles (software)

Try not to bang your head against the wall for to long.  Call me.

I really like the "Is there a way to...?" questions.

InRoads Data Management - Jeff

MicroStation File Management - who? Jason? Mario?

QC/QA Processes and Roles Discussion.

Are there production pains?  I'd like to know so that we can affect a plan and schedule for improvements.

Project Design Data Management

Long term data management (e.g., FTC South)

Eliminate Ambiguity

A vision of what is possible.

Think Broad.  Think Integration.  Best Practices.

Think of InRoads as Civil Engineer's GIS system.

Example:  Utilities can be easily integrated into InRoads

805 - Consensus of Desired "Level of Integration"