I am working with map files in V8 XM and will be switching to Map V8i later this year. All of our current map .dgn files are set with a certain paper map scale (ie. 500,000). In my current configuration when I open the coordinate system dialog box I can see and edit the coordinate system, map origin, and paper scale. When I bring my .dgn file and open it with map V8i and open the coordinate system dialog box there is no longer an option for paper scale. Can someone tell me where the paper scale setting are now located? Thanks
Hi,
There is no Paper Scale Concept in V8i anymore. Paper Scale used to be in XM and that’s been changed in V8i Series.
Paper scale concept was typically useful when we have to take plots at different scales like 1:500,000 or 1:250,000.
Now in Map V8i, you would have the ability to place same cell element at different scales in one dgn file, so no need to create different cells at different scales. There is a Plot Scale option which allows this kind of workflow. Ideally for a particular Map, we would not tamper with different scales.
Sebastien