Technical News & Information for Australian Data Systems Customers
18 March 2002


Using multiple cell libraries

If you key in ACTIVE CELL or AC= and the cell is not a shared cell in the design or in the attached cell library, or if there is no attached cell library, MicroStation searches for the cell in the cell library list specified by the Cell Library List configuration variable (MS_CELLLIST). Cell libraries are searched in their order in the list. If wildcard characters are used, cell libraries are searched in alphabetical order.

For example, if MS_CELLLIST expands to: Bentley\Workspace\projects\proj1\cell\master.cel;Bentley\Workspace\system\cell\p*.cel and the files "projcel.cel," "pipe2.cel," "house.cel," and "peter.cel" are in the "Bentley\Workspace\system\cell" directory, MicroStation searches for a cell as follows:

  1. In the attached cell library.
  2. In "Bentley\Workspace\projects\proj1\cell\master.cel".
  3. In "Bentley\Workspace\system\cell\peter.cel".
  4. In "Bentley\Workspace\system\cell\pipe2.cel".
  5. In "Bentley\Workspace\system\cell\projcel.cel".

 

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