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ProjectWise is a suite of engineering project collaboration software from Bentley Systems designed for the architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) industries. It helps project teams to manage, share and distribute engineering project content and review on a single platform. While ProjectWise can manage any type of CAD, BIM, geospatial and project data, it integrates with Bentley applications and other products including Autodesk software and Microsoft Office.

This is an Online Manual for the ODOT ProjectWise Environment. This online manual can be updated with or without notification to its readers.

28 06, 2017

Roadway Specialty Group

2019-12-10T17:27:45-06:00June 28th, 2017|Specialty Groups|

The JP#####-## is the working project folder that contains the attributes tied to ODOT's Oracle database, so the child folder for Roadway will inherit the attribute from this project type. Roadway Workflow Description -Civil Design Data Open-Close InRoads, OpenRoads and etc... -Documents  In-Squad files as DOC, XLS, PDF, for shared documents use with [...]

23 06, 2017

Traffic – Standard

2019-12-10T17:27:45-06:00June 23rd, 2017|Workflows and States|

The Traffic Division – Standard workflow is located in the Specialty Folder ../Traffic/Plan Sheets.   This workflow allows documents to move through milestones while allowing other specialty groups read only access.   The states of this workflow are listed below. State Names   State Privileges   Changing States To change a [...]

23 06, 2017

Roadway – Standard

2019-12-10T17:27:45-06:00June 23rd, 2017|Specialty Groups, Workflows and States|

Roadway Design Division - standard workflow is located in the specified folder ../Roadway/Plan Sheets & /Reference Files.  This workflow allows documents to move through milestones while allowing other specialty groups read only access.   The states of this workflow are listed below. State Names State Privileges Changing States To change a [...]

23 06, 2017

Working with State Changes and Workflows

2019-12-10T17:27:45-06:00June 23rd, 2017|Workflows and States|

ProjectWise workflows allow a document to proceed through the it's life cycle permitting specialty groups and their users to edit it, only read it or specifically deny access to it.   This environment is automated by changing the state of the document.   Each workflow has as little as two states, or an indefinite number [...]

23 06, 2017

Traffic Specialty Group

2019-12-10T17:27:46-06:00June 23rd, 2017|Specialty Groups|

Traffic ProjectWise Interface Document Attributes can be populated using the Attributes tab in the Documents Properties Dialog box.  In addition to the ODOT – Default interface, the Traffic Group has a custom interface.  This enables Traffic staff to enter specific attributes associated with Traffic documents and allows for searches to be run based on specific traffic attributes. Supervisor that [...]

23 06, 2017

Bridge – Standard

2019-12-10T17:27:46-06:00June 23rd, 2017|Workflows and States|

The Bridge Division - Standard workflow is located in the Specialty Folder ../Bridge/Plan Sheets.   This workflow allows documents to move through milestones while allowing other specialty groups read only access.   The states of this workflow are listed below. State Names     State Privileges   Changing States To change [...]

23 06, 2017

Reestablishing Reference File Links

2019-12-10T17:27:46-06:00June 23rd, 2017|Using Microstation with ProjectWise|

Microstation dgn's that were created outside of ProjectWise that have references attached to outside documents must have the reference links reestablished once brought into ProjectWise. ProjectWise has a built-in tool that will automate this process once the Microstation dgn's have been saved into ProjectWise. Moving the files into ProjectWise Create a new project in ProjectWise. [...]

19 06, 2017

Workflow General Information

2019-12-10T17:28:02-06:00June 19th, 2017|Workflows and States|

Workflows are created by the ProjectWise Administrator. Workflows guide documents through phases or states. For example: Active, In Progress, In Review, Completed. As work is completed on a document, the user can change the state to move it forward. Once the document has reached its final state in the workflow, it is set as completed [...]