MicroStation Basics for Civil Designers - Chapter 10: Printing and Publishing for Civil Designers
The final phase in completing a design project is producing the construction document set. It can be as simple as fencing an area in a design model and printing what is seen within the view window using the default settings or may include the use of sheet models, pen tables and print styles. Drawing sheets may be printed individually or in a “batch” mode using Print Organizer.
This video is an introduction to this video series.
This video series will familiarize a new MicroStation user with the basic printing capabilities found in the MicroStation CONNECT Edition.
Part 1: Creating a Check PrintIn preparation for a submittal, a check print will be made from the Proposed Site Plan design file showing the entire proposed site development project. | https://youtu.be/mky1T46_cI4 |
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Part 2: Printing the Proposed SiteIn the previous video a check print of the entire proposed site development project was created. In this video a check print of the proposed building will be generated. |
Part 3: Printing the Cover SheetSheet models are a convenient way of defining a “print sheet” in MicroStation, helping to automate the printing of designs. Printing from a sheet model offers many benefits not found when printing from Design or Drawing models such as automatic identification of the “printable area” in the sheet. In this video you will configure and print the project cover sheet for the site development project. | https://youtu.be/BUTqZUR7Ixk |
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Part 4: Viewing Optional ContentIn the previous video the cover page for our project was printed to a PDF file. The driver used to print the PDF had optional content enabled, providing access to file and level information from within the printed PDF. In this video you will view the PDF and the enhanced capabilities that were made available by enabling “optional content”. |
Part 5: Print StylesA print style can be used to help automate the printing process. If a standard set of print definition property values are assigned when print definitions are created, a print style can be applied to set these property values automatically. In this video you will automate the printing process by applying a print style. | https://youtu.be/NfpykvoPazo |
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Part 6: Printing the Construction Document SetDesign projects may contain hundreds of individual sheets that range from cover sheets and contract plans to specifications and standard details. In this video you will print a construction document set for the proposed site development project. This will be done as a multi-page PDF file from the Sheet Index using Print Organizer. |
Parent topic: Civil Designers