DoorKeeper™

DoorKeeper: a MicroStation Application

DoorKeeper™ CONNECT Edition is an AddIn or App that adds functionality to Bentley Systems MicroStation^® CONNECT. It's a tool for architects, designers and planners.

DoorKeeper facilitates annotatation of doors

DoorKeeper provides its own set of key-in commands. Once DoorKeeper is loaded, those commands can be used to start actions by DoorKeeper.

The MicroStation key-in to start DoorKeeper is
mdl load DoorKeeper

After installing DoorKeeper its MicroStation toolbox becomes available. If you don't see that toolbox, consult your MicroStation administrator. You can open the toolbox using MicroStation key-in CUSTOMIZE OPEN TOOLBOX DoorKeeper …

DoorKeeper Key-In Commands

There are several types of commands provided by DoorKeeper …

Actions, for example to create a label
FlexiTable starts FlexiTable™ to harvest data and present in a worksheet
Reports & Tables provide short cuts to MicroStation commands
Search or Query to find user-defined properties and values
Settings, for example to set the decimal accuracy of a label
File
Help

Actions

Interactive Action Commands
Command	Effect	Comment
DOOR TAG SINGLE	Tag a single cell	Attaches DoorKeeper data and adds a text label
DOOR TAG EDIT	Edit a tagged cell's DoorKeeper data and update its text label	Pops a dialog with OK to confirm your edits
DOOR TAG REMOVE	Removes DoorKeeper data	The door cell remains, but its annotation is absent
DOOR TAG QUERY	Query a Door for its data	Read but don't modify DoorKeeper data
DOOR TAG PROPERTY property name, new value	Modify only the specified value	Works with Fences and Selection Sets
DOOR TAG ROTATE	Rotate the annotation in a door cell	Requires your door cell to have a nested annotated cell. See Labels
DOOR RELATED PICK	Pick a room to get its Room ID	Available only if you have rooms tagged using AreaAnnotator™

Bulk Action Commands
Command	Effect	Comment
DOOR TAG MULTI	Tag multiple cells	Pops the Tag Multiple dialog. Attaches DoorKeeper data and labels to multiple cells on a specified level
DOOR ALIGN	Move each label relative to its host	Position depends on the justification setting

See the Advanced DoorKeeper page for more information about Purpose, DoorType and tagging multiple cells.

Search and Query

Search and Query Commands
Command	Effect	Comment
DOOR QUERY CHOOSE	Pops the Query dialog	Technology Preview
DOOR SEARCH	Pops the Search dialog	Technology Preview

See the DoorKeeper Search page for more information about search and query tools.

FlexiTable

FlexiTable
Command	Effect	Comment
DOOR FLEXITABLE POP	Start FlexiTable	Opens the FlexiTable dialog

See the DoorKeeper FlexiTable page for more information about search and query tools.

Reports, Tables & Named Groups

Reports, Tables & Named Groups
Command	Effect	Comment
DOOR REPORT CREATE	Start MicroStation's Report tool	Uses a pre-defined report template
DOOR REPORT DEFINE	Creates or re-creates the Report definitions supplied with DoorKeeper	Creates a pre-defined report template
DOOR REPORT DELETE	Deletes the Report definitions supplied with DoorKeeper	Deletes each pre-defined report template
DOOR TABLE CREATE	Start MicroStation's Table tool
DOOR NAMEDGROUP DIALOG property name	Pops the DoorKeeper Group Properties dialog	Add DGN elements having the specified property to a Named Group

Settings

Settings Dialog
Command	Effect	Comment
DOOR DIALOG SETTINGS	Pop the DoorKeeper Settings dialog

Settings Commands
Command	Effect	Comment
DOOR SET TEXTSTYLE	Set the Text Style used to create labels
DOOR SET JUSTIFICATION	Set the justification used to create labels
DOOR SET ACCURACY	Set the decimal accuracy when composing an area label	Default is two decimal places
DOOR SET FLAG PROPERTY	Include the named property in a label	Default is on
DOOR SET FLAG AUTOLABEL	Automatically label each DGN element	Default is on
DOOR SET FLAG INCREMENT	Auto-increment the ID Item	Default is on
DOOR SET DELTA	Set the ID increment delta (Δ)	If Δ equals 2, for example, then Room 101 → Room 103. Default is Δ = 1

Help

Help Commands
Command	Effect	Comment
DOOR HELP ABOUT	Pops a dialog with brief information about DoorKeeper
DOOR HELP LICENSE	Writes license information to the Message Center
DOOR HELP CFGVARS	Shows the configuration variables used by DoorKeeper
DOOR HELP DOCUMENT	Shows DoorKeeper help
DOOR HELP PROPLIST	Shows a list of property names used by DoorKeeper
DOOR HELP PROPPICKLIST	Shows a list of values, if any, that can be used by the named property