KDOT CONNECT Workspace 10.08

Version 10.08.03

Supported Applications

Download 10.08.03

(Released 7/22/2022)

This workspace contains numerous updates based on feedback received from internal users and our consultant partners. This workspace continues to target Civil Schema 2020 R2 (10.08), so care should be exercised to use the appropriate version of any Bentley Civil platform products to avoid issues. The workspace installer supports extraction of the workspace without the need to have a product installed. Please refer to the updated KDOT Workspace Deployment Guide (included in the download) for more details and troubleshooting guidance.

Summary of Changes 

• Addition of resources to support all Right of Way workflows
• Updated resources to support CONNECT Edition Standard Drawing conformance
• Bridge sheeting resources updates:
  • Updated Base/Plan sheet border
  • Updates to contour and construction layout sheet seeds
  • Titleblock support for use of State Reference Point in Bridge No. in place of mile post effective Jan. 1, 2022
• Addition of IPLOT settings and pen tables that support sheet models
• Updated Geology Referencing tool to support non-ProjectWise paths
• Numerous refinements to Element Templates, Features, Template Library, etc.
• Additional changes can be found in the 10.08.03 Change Log
  • Note: The change log is provided as a high level overview of updates in each release and should not be used to surgically replace/alter prior workspace resources. It is the expectation that the workspace as a whole be replaced with each release

Please note the following links in the Start Menu after installation: 

• KDOT CADD Support Website
• Design Software Use Policy Memo
• ControlCAD Indexer
• ControlCAD Submittal
• KDOT Graphic Standards Update Memo
  • This update contains updated guidance primarily surrounding file naming
• KDOT Workspace Change Log
  • Details many of the updates to the workspace in this release
• Project Software Migration Guidance Calculator
  • This calculator was developed to assist those less familiar with the impacts of converting older projects to OpenRoads Designer make more informed decisions
• Link(s) to KDOT 10.08 workspace resources for any installed CONNECT Edition platform products
• Link to Shared Content folder containing ControlCAD (Indexer/Submittal) resources, shared documents, and VB6 tools

Drafting

Civil Design

Engineering Document Management

CADD Standards Conformance & Submittal Tools

Development Updates

10/31/2023

With the external deployment of the KDOT 10.10.02 workspace, development efforts will now prioritize the internal and external deployment of our KDOT 10.12.01 workspace. Fortunately, with our side-by-side environment deployment, the configuration changes to support the use of 10.12 products are already in place and the 10.12 OpenSuite applications are already installed for users. This should significantly reduce the time it will take to publish compared to the KDOT 10.10 workspace; however, as a small support unit our estimated timelines can vary greatly depending on the volume of support calls we receive. Unfortunately, our new side-by-side environment continues to generate a high volume of support calls. With this in mind, and in light of the approaching holiday season, we'll try and shoot for a more realistic deadline of the end of the year.

8/28/2023

We have recently deployed our internal ProjectWise OpenSuite side-by-side environment to our primary project repository, deployed OpenSuite side-by-side applications to users, and published the internal 10.10.02 version of our workspace over the past few weeks. We are currently resolving project schema conflicts, expanding this side-by-side environment to all other project repositories, and preparing for the imminent external release of the 10.10.02 hotfix version of our workspace to align with our internal workspace resources. Every effort will be made to keep internal and external releases of our workspaces synchronized. See prior updates for more background on the 10.10.02 hotfix release content.

Our ProjectWise side-by-side OpenSuite environment now clearly designates the software environment of the project for our PM’s and enforces the use of compliant versions of the OpenSuite software. The goal is to eliminate the repeated occurrence of mixed workspace project data and promote data integrity / transferability between all stakeholders on the project. This new environment should ensure that all DGN data on the project will be produced using the same workspace resources, and same version of civil data across all project participants – internally or externally. Any project DGN files provided to KDOT will be expected to have been produced using the published workspace and civil schema version that aligns with the designated software environment of the project. This applies to files submitted during the project to facilitate data exchange between disciplines, and the final project submittal. Final submittal files will be expected to conform to the CADconform standards from the published workspace that aligns with the software environment of the project. Please coordinate with your KDOT PM regarding the designated software environment of your project and jointly contact us if you would like the designated environment re-evaluated.

The release of the 10.12 version of our workspace has been pushed back to the end of September. Despite our best efforts the timeline had to be adjusted due to priority hotfix development and the side-by-side OpenSuite environment implementation. The 10.12.01 workspace release remains a high-priority item and will introduce a substantial change in our workspace resource standardization. As previously noted, migrating project data forward from 10.10 to 10.12 will require significant re-work, and will not be supported.

7/18/2023

The development of our v10.12.01 release of the KDOT CONNECT Workspace is now complete, and we've moved on to the User Acceptance Testing phase. During this phase, internal staff are thoroughly testing the release and reporting any issues they encounter. The goal is to resolve these issues before the public release, which is now targeting mid-August following our 10.10.02 hotfix release. This delay is attributed to the implementation of an internal side-by-side environment, concurrent development, testing, packaging, and publishing of priority hotfix content for our 10.10.02 workspace release, and the conclusion of our consultant workspace development project in early June.

The v10.12.01 release represents a significant change from previous workspace iterations due to a considerable resource standardization effort. For this reason, we are not expecting 10.10 projects to be able to migrate project data forward into 10.12 without significant re-work.

5/23/2023

Moving forward in Q2 of 2023, we're working on a v10.10.02 (Hotfix) to our 10.10 workspace scheduled for a mid-June release. This update is primarily to fix the unintentional reintroduction of legacy non-annotative linestyles into Element Templates. Simultaneously, we're preparing for our v10.12.01 release by mid-July, representing a significant change from previous workspace iterations due to a considerable resource standardization effort. For this reason, we are not expecting 10.10 projects to be able to migrate project data forward into 10.12 without significant re-work. 

Lastly, due to an influx of incompatible schema files, we'd like to reiterate that there should be one workspace for the project governed by the Design Software Use Policy and KDOT PM — just because the 10.10 workspace is available doesn't guarantee suitability for all projects. Please coordinate with your KDOT PMs to ensure project software environment compatibility and make sure to check your files before submission to minimize delays during the submittal process.

8/22/2022

During pre-release testing of our v10.10.01 KDOT CONNECT Workspace, we identified some issues with side-by-side configuration of 10.08 and 10.10 products that had to be resolved, causing further delay to our estimated release window. We are expecting to have this release packaged up and published by the end of this week. 

7/22/2022

Since our previous workspace release in April, all workspace development (barring any necessary hotfixes) has been completed in 10.10 Civil Schema leveraging Bentley’s 2021 R2 series of civil design applications. Development of the v10.10.01 release of the KDOT CONNECT Workspace has concluded as of July 15th, 2022. This is roughly two weeks behind our initial target date due to concurrent development, testing, packaging, and publishing of priority hotfix content for our 10.08 workspace. It is expected this delay will be reflected in the publish date as well, which is now targeting the 2nd week of August.

4/1/2022

All workspace development (barring any necessary hotfixes) has now shifted to 10.10 Civil Schema leveraging Bentley’s 2021 R2 series of civil design applications. Development on a v10.10.01 release of the KDOT CONNECT Workspace is expected to wrap up by July 1st, 2022 with a workspace publish by the end of July.

For support, please reach out to KDOT#CADD.Support@ks.gov