Ohio DOT's Sheet border has an area to place a Design Agency/Consultant logo. It looks like this: 

The image above shows the ODOT Zephyr logo. The agency/company logo for the party responsible for each plan sheet should be used. 

ODOT includes custom applications (OHDOT Sheets App & OHDOT Sheet Manager App) within the OHDOTCEv02 workspace to aid in the placement of these logo cells. 

 

In order for these apps to see and use your logo cell, the following steps need to be taken:

1. Create your logo as a cell in a MicroStation a cell library. See 3 Create Cells to learn how to create cells.

• • Alternatively, since a cell library is simply a .dgn file with the file extension changed to .cel. Each model within the .cel file can be a cell if the model property "Can be placed as Cell" is set to True.

 

• It is recommended that you the use the OHDOT_Seed2d.dgn seed file delivered in the OHDOTCEv02 workspace (OHDOTCEv02\Standards\Seed\).
• Ensure the logo cell fits within the Design Agency area of the title block. The box size is 1.5" long x 2" high. 
• Also ensure the origin/placement point of the logo cell is correct. The custom apps mentioned above will place the cell in the center of the Design Agency box. The cell's origin/placement point will be the cell model's XY=0,0 location.
• All logo cell elements shall be placed on the SH_Data level.
• Cells shall contain only vector graphics. 

2. Once your logo cell library and cell(s) are created you must define how the cell library is included in the configuration of your Bentley CONNECT product (MSCE, ORD, OBM...). This can be done a couple ways.

• Consider if the cell library will be needed/used outside of the OHDOTCEv02 workspace or if it's use is exclusive to projects using the OHDOTCEv02 workspace.
  • If it will be used across multiple workspaces (i.e. different client or DOT workspaces) then, the Organization configuration level would be a good place to configure in this cell library. 
  • If it's use is specific to the OHDOTCEv02 workspace then, the local\config\ folder within the OHDOTCEv02 workspace folder would be a good place to configure this cell library. 
• Regardless of which configuration level you decide to use, the following two variables need to be defined so that the cell library is included when loading a dgn:
  • MS_CELL
  • MS_CELLLIST

 

3. An additional configuration variable also needs to be included in the configuration so that the cell will be in available in the ODOT custom applications.

• The custom variable DESIGN_AGENCY_CELLNAMES is used to populate the cell dropdown list(s) in the custom apps.

Example:

DESIGN_AGENCY_CELLNAMES = cellname1

• This variable can be set multiple times if you have more than one cell to be used. To do this, use the prepend (<) or append (>) operations when setting the variable. 

Example: 

DESIGN_AGENCY_CELLNAMES = cellname1

DESIGN_AGENCY_CELLNAMES > cellname2

 

4. If you're working inside Ohio DOT's ProjectWise Datasource, ODOT is managing the workspace. If you'd like your logo cell included in the workspace and available in the custom apps, submit a CADD Services Support Request and include/upload your cell library .cel file. 

Like noted above:

• • All logo cell elements shall be placed on the SH_Data level. 
    • We will change element levels if different levels are used. 
  • Cells shall contain only vector graphics. Raster images are not acceptable. 
    • We will not include your cells(s) and notify you of this. 
  • The consultant must create and provide the cell library and cell(s). ODOT will not create these cells.