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AutoTurn showing in customize ribbon but not in actual drawing ribbon?

James Davis — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 11:02:11 GMT

Why won't Autoturn show up on my drawing ribbon? It is obviously loaded in my customize ribbon dialog see below. What could cause this?

Flex Table not displaying Baseline Station or Offset for catch basins??!?

James Davis — Mon, 08 May 2023 20:57:32 GMT

You can see in the image below that CB 9 does not display baseline station and offset although it is setup correctly in the properties. If I re add the baseline reference it will then break the station and offset from 2-5 other catch basins. The only way around it is to select all the catch basins at once and then add baseline reference again. But it I move anything or add a catch basin they break again. It is very frustrating. Does anyone else have this problem??

3D PDF prints to dark

Megan Loock — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 06:11:43 GMT

Morning,

Hope someone will be able to assist? I have to print a 3D pdf which I have no trouble doing, but the pdf comes out a lot darker than what is displayed in Microstation.

What I have tried in order to get it to display lighter –

Had my Default Lighting selected and set it to the max.
In my Light Manager I set my Lux under Ambient brighter.
Set the Brightness of my images to 50, in order for them to display brighter once I drape them onto my surface.

Microstation on left and pdf on right. I have played with the settings in Adobe selected varies forms of lighting, but nothing comes close to what is shown in MS.

Thanks

How to make basic macro loop?

James Davis — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 21:24:51 GMT

I have never made a macro before but I have a command want to repeat with a loop. All i need to do is add 500 ft in x direction each time. Can anyone tell me why this wouldn't work ??

Sub main

Dim startPoint As MbePoint
Dim point As MbePoint, point2 As MbePoint

' Coordinates are in master units
startPoint.x = 1131371.644684#
startPoint.y = 97271.924289#
startPoint.z = 0.000000#

i=0

Do while i < 200

point.x = startPoint.x +500.000000*i
point.y = startPoint.y
point.z = startPoint.z
point2.x = point.x + 300.000000#
point2.y = point.y - 80.000000#
point2.z = point.z
MbeSendDragPoints point, point2, 1%

' Start a command
MbeSendCommand "MeasureArea ICON "

point.x = startPoint.x + 650.000000*i
point.y = startPoint.y + 0.000000#
point.z = startPoint.z
MbeSendDataPoint point, 1%

point.x = startPoint.x + 650.000000*i
point.y = startPoint.y - 105.000000#
point.z = startPoint.z
MbeSendDataPoint point, 1%

' Send a reset to the current command
MbeSendReset

i = i+1

Loop

End Sub

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Can you view overlay/Stripping Components in Plan View or 3D view?

James Davis — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 12:59:14 GMT

I am using Microstation V8i Select Series. I have created overlay components with roadway designer which I can display in the cross-sections. I have made sure the style they are set to allows line display. When I go to view components nothing shows. My other components show fine but none of the overlay/stripping show. Where are the feature lines that compile an overlay component hidden?

Inroads Question - Display Leveling and Milling On Plan View

Anthony Tygart — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 18:05:09 GMT

I am working on an airport runway overlay and I have created overlay\stripping components for both milling and leveling. I want to display these areas on plan view so I can show where the milling and leveling will be needed. Is there a way to have inroads use the component and display it as a shape in plan view. I tried the surface\display\components and it will show pavement, but it will not show the overlay\stripping components.

If there is not a way to have inroads do that automatically, is there a way for me to have a report output the offset from center line to the start of leveling and another offset to show the end of the leveling section for each cross-section?

I appreciate any help!