Bentley Publisher does not need a ProjectWise Web Server to allow clients to Publish from their workstation. However, you need to be an Administrator on your workstation in order to install the needed vprctl.dll in order to publish successfully. To install the VPR Control on a workstation: Copy the contents of the VPR folder from the ‘C:\Program Files\Common Files\Bentley Shared\Vpr’ from the Plot or Publishing server to a location on...

We have added support for markups heads up viewing in the priority build of MicroStation SS2 and in MicroStation SS3. This is in addition to the preview. The heads up display is preferable since you can pan and zoom the design file and see the markups in place and not have to adjust the preview. Note that the preview is just a big thumbnail. To access the heads up display you need to have markups in a 2D file and do the following in MicroStation:...

By default, PDF's produced using InterPlot Organizer are created with the view parameters last saved for View 1. If you want them to "fit" in the output PDF file that is generated using the entire drawing regardless how they are saved in MicroStation, use a settings file to define the plot area. Create an IPLOT settings file using the option to Describe Fit Elements to define the Plot Area and specify the Plot Levels with an asterisk...

The user is attempting to submit a plot set to be archived but notices that the Archive option is grayed out. What can cause this and what steps can be taken to correct this issue? Consider the following possible causes: 1) The archive(s) may be frozen: Open Archive Explorer and look to see if the archives listed have a cubed box surrounding the letter “A” (representing “Archive”). If so, this indicates that the archive(s)...

If there is an issue with plotting from a Windows 7 client machine through a Windows Server 2008 machine with IPLOT, MicroStation plotting or Windows printing, the job will enter the print queue, spool for 1-2 seconds and disappear but the print never comes out. The following statement is in the Readme file for ProjectWise InterPlot Server in the Windows Server 2008 section: It may be necessary to unset the "Render print jobs on client computers"...

If one of the following variables is set to "true", its corresponding file is kept, allowing you to use it with the command line interface. If it is set to "false", the file is deleted. Note: A metafile is of little use without its corresponding IPARM file, so if you set IPLOT_DLOG_SAVE_IPARM to "false", the dialog interface always interprets IPLOT_DLOG_SAVE_METAFILE as "false". IPLOT_DLOG_SAVE_IPARM IPLOT_DLOG_SAVE_METAFILE...

Does anyone know if documentation exists or where to find it regarding the "ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer 1.0 Type Library"? Also does anyone have some code that will create a new .ips file and add a microstation drawing to it? Thanks in advance, Christmas May

When using IPLOT with “Use Full Paper Size” enabled, plotting a half scaled drawing at the exact paper size can result in the data being shifted on the paper causing the data to be pushed off the paper on the right and top sides when using the Bentley HP Generic PCL/5 printer driver. Typically users will plot an 11x17 scale to 11x17 paper to obtain an exact half scale plot, expecting the outer edges of the border to be missing as this...

I had an interesting situation recently with a customer installing ProjectWise Publishing on their Web Server in a non-SharePoint environment. ProjectWise Publishing, on versions prior to the V8i SELECTseries 1 release, will automatically attach itself to the default.aspx virtual site. Every virtual web site created in IIS will have its own Site ID number. Most times this is not a problem because most ProjectWise Web Servers do not have the default...

By default Publishing Server displays a white background on the client VPR component. You can however follow these simple steps to change the back ground color. Most common HTML color codes are listed below, other colors can be found: http://www.htmlcolorcodes.org/ 1. Navigate to Start --> All Programs --> Bentley --> ProjectWise Publishing Server V8i 2. Click on the ProjectWise Publishing Server V8i Administration. (or you can type http...

Are you seeing your line weight and fonts distorted when viewing a drawing through Publisher (client VPR)? The reason this happens is due to how Publisher renders drawing files on the publishing server. It converts it into a Vector image (DPR (Digital Print Rendition) and when the file is zoomed in it starts getting distorted. Think of a .jpeg image when you zoom so far you start to see the pixels (same concept) 1. Navigate to Start --> All Programs...

Answer is YES! With WebParts SS3 being released around the corner and many are using Publisher Server. Publisher Server SS2 is fully compatible with SS3 WebParts.

You need access to three files on the server, they are: CreatePPS.exe, creatersc.dll and pps.bin These files are located in C:\Program Files\ProjectWise InterPlot Server\bin directory. You can also copy these same files locally. Run CreatePPS.exe Type in the URL for your digital archive ( http://mystry/dprweb ), and then click OK. The ProjectWise InterPlot Server web page displays in the right (view) pane. Use the “Search archive” or “Browse...

Printers show up as "Redirected", what does this mean? When opening the ProjectWise InterPlot Error Logging utility, a message is recevied that Error logging cannot be set for redirected printers. Terminal Services provides printer redirection, which routes printing jobs from a server to a printer that is attached to a client computer or to a shared printer that is available to the client computer. When a user establishes a remote session...

ProjectWise Publisher uses a delivered version of ustation.exe to publish dgn’s and dwg’s. With the release of V8i SS1, it is possible to change the publishing engine to a newer version of Microstation. All you need to do is install the newer version of Microstation on the publishing server, then launch the ProjectWise Publisher Administrator, click on the General Settings Tab, change the path to point to the new location of ustation.exe...

Many times when printing Dynamic Views in MicroStation, the desired results may not be what is expected. Whether printing from MicroStation or using InterPlot, the render mode defined in the display style determines whether Rasterized mode is required to achieve the desired results. MicroStation can print regular hidden line in non-rasterized mode, which is a new feature in V8i, but filled hidden lines will not print the fills unless rasterized mode...

ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer, ProjectWise InterPlot Professional as well as ProjectWise InterPlot Driver Pack and ProjectWise InterPlot Mid-Volume Driver Pack V8i (SELECTseries 2), are now commercially available on SELECTservices Downloads/MySELECT CD . ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer and Professional V8i (SELECTseries 2), includes APLOT support for AutoCAD 2010 and takes advantage of the Autodesk ® RealDWG 2010 libraries included in MicroStation...

The following ProjectWise InterPlot V8i (SELECTseries 2) products are now available for you to download: ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer ProjectWise InterPlot Professional ProjectWise InterPlot Driver Pack ProjectWise InterPlot Mid-Volume Driver Pack ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer and Professional V8i (SELECTseries 2) now include APLOT dialog support in AutoCAD 2010. In order to plot AutoCAD 2010 DWG files, you must have a compatible SELECTseries...

Are you still using Publisher SS1? and can't publisher AutoCAD 2010 dwg files? Well first suggestion would be of course to upgrade to the latest release ProjectWise SS2 (08.11.07.443). [:D] However if you really want to stay on SS1 then you can install the ‘Bentley V8i (Select Series 1) – Autodesk® RealDWG 2010’ (08.11.07.12) enhancements and updates pack. 1.Go to the select download site, select the below option in the listed...