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Plan sets and documents for VDOT Construction Advertisement Bulletin Board (CABB)
projects are access through ProjectWise. ProjectWise is a secure document management product
from Bentley Systems.
All Plan Sets and documents are accessible from the CABB website
(http://cabb.virginiadot.org/AdProjectInfoList.aspx). Hyperlinks to the Plan Documents are
provided in the ‘E-Plan’ column of the ‘Advertisements’ section. The ‘PROP’ and ‘EPLANS’
labels are used for the hyperlinks.
Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox are supported browsers that can be used
to access ProjectWise Web Server with limited functionality. The ProjectWise Web Server
interface requires ActiveX controls for full functionality. Internet Explorer is the only browser
supporting ActiveX controls and therefore is recommended for use with ProjectWise Web
Server.
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The ProjectWise web interface can be reached directly by clicking on the ‘ProjectWise’ option in
the ‘Advertisements’ menu bar at the top of the page.
Clicking on a hyperlink will present the user with a logon page for ProjectWise. Under
‘Location’ choose ‘VDOT ProjectWise’. Enter the credentials for your ProjectWise account.
The username will be what you were provided by CADD Support. Click Log in.
EX. COV\Teresa.Cantrell
EX. [email protected]
Selecting an ‘E-PLANS’ of ‘PROP’ link will display the list of documents in the ProjectWise
interface. The documents may be selected for the specific project identified by the selected UPC
listed in the document area. Views of data within ProjectWise are limited to what is available to
the currently logged in user.
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The CABB hyperlink will list the available drawing sets. Clicking on the desired set will open
the set document list.
Clicking on a document name will initiate a “View” of the document. A right-click will open the
document menu, where selecting the View command will have the same result.
When a document is Viewed the associated file is downloaded to the local machine and the
application associated with the file extension is launched to display the contents. A file
downloaded for viewing is read-only and cannot be uploaded back to the same location in
ProjectWise.
Viewing and printing ProjectWise documents will require applications on the local machine that
support each file format. For CABB projects most documents will be either PDF or DGN.
Viewing a PDF file with the Adobe PDF Reader add-on for Internet Explorer will open the PDF
in a new IE view.
To enable multiple document download requires that the ProjectWise Web Server Client
Components be installed. These components are ActiveX controls that can be automatically
installed when the appropriate browser and settings are used. Internet Explorer is the only
browser that supports ActiveX controls. The https://*.vdot.virginia.gov domain should be added
to the Trusted Sites list in Internet Options. The vdot.virginia.gov domain should also be added
to the Compatibility View Settings.
When the ProjectWise Web Server Client Components are properly installed and configured the
user will be prompted for local folder where the files will be downloaded to. The download
location dialog replaces the standard download alert.
With a list of documents displayed a selected document may be viewed (with a web browser
add-on) by either clicking on the document name (hyperlink), clicking on “View” in the
document menu or clicking on the “View” icon in the toolbox. If a download of a local copy is
desired the document can be selected by activating its checkbox and selecting “Download…”
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from the Document Menu. When downloading a document file or viewing a document without a
browser add-on will invoke the standard Internet Explore “Open” alert at the bottom of the IE
Window. Choosing “Open” will launch the application with the Windows association with the
file extension of the document. “Save” will save the file to the download area on the local
machine. The preferred method for saving a file to a specific location is the “Save as…”
function that is accessible from the Save dropdown menu.
When the ActiveX controls are
available multiple files may be
selected for download and the
“Download…” command will be
dialog then opens to select the
destination folder for the
downloaded files.
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To select all documents listed on the checkbox on the Document header can be toggled to
select or deselect all documents.
Or the “Select All” and “Deselect All” commands can be used from the “Tools” menu.
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