We call this preaching to the choir.
My current assignment requires the use of Ss4, but at our home office, I cannot in good faith recommend moving to Ss4 from Ss2 - even after seeing some of the more advanced features of Ss4. There are far too many bugs, IMHO and the additional setup required for Ss4 over what is needed in Ss2 is equally problematic. We are a small office and with no clients as of yet supplying a Ss4 workspace, the ROI is just not there.
Trying to convert the delivered Civil workspace to meet a client standards seems to be an overwhelming task and too many items cannot be bulk loaded. The XIN link only takes one so far and even if you attack creating Element Templates via BV or VBA, there are a lot of settings in the DGNLIB that do not come from either of these processes.
We also have issues where clients supply a layer standard and expect you to stay within its confines. But many of the new tools need levels for the various outline elements. And having the 3D levels also dictate the cross section levels creates a quandry. So do we draw the 3D objects on the cross section levels or do we draw them on a traditional plan view level?
My current assignment requires the use of Ss4, but at our home office, I cannot in good faith recommend moving to Ss4 from Ss2 - even after seeing some of the more advanced features of Ss4. There are far too many bugs, IMHO and the additional setup required for Ss4 over what is needed in Ss2 is equally problematic. We are a small office and with no clients as of yet supplying a Ss4 workspace, the ROI is just not there.
Trying to convert the delivered Civil workspace to meet a client standards seems to be an overwhelming task and too many items cannot be bulk loaded. The XIN link only takes one so far and even if you attack creating Element Templates via BV or VBA, there are a lot of settings in the DGNLIB that do not come from either of these processes.
We also have issues where clients supply a layer standard and expect you to stay within its confines. But many of the new tools need levels for the various outline elements. And having the 3D levels also dictate the cross section levels creates a quandry. So do we draw the 3D objects on the cross section levels or do we draw them on a traditional plan view level?