Hi all,
I am encountering some limitations for the units per page on Template Studio. In the template setup area, I understand that the plot area must be in a whole number of millimeters, however Template Studio also requires that scale be a whole number. Due to the conversion factors between millimeters and feet, it's more or less impossible to set a precise units per page. See screenshots below.
Is there a way around this issue? If not, does Bentley intend to fix it? It's my understanding that this could easily be fixed by allowing decimal values for the scale.
Thanks,
This issue is unresolved. The official response is that the units per page is defined by the follow-on page, NOT the first page. Therefore in order to get perfect units per page on the first page, you would need to align the height (mm) ratio of your report body on the first page and follow-on page.
After experimenting with the numbers, I determined that 20 units for the first page with a 140 mm plot area, and 30 units for the follow-on page with a 210 mm plot area should work. Unfortunately it does not work because of an issue with the scale value that gets rounded when transferred between follow-on to first page.
On OpenGround Template Studio
Set first page to 20 units per page, this is allowed because the scale is allowed to be a decimal here
Follow-on page gets automatically set to 30.31 units per page because the scale is pulled from the first page settings THEN ROUNDED, then is used to determine the units per page on the follow on.
I hit OK, then reopen template setup settings, now the first page units per page is no longer 20 because it uses the rounded scale value from the follow-on page. The follow on page settings did not change.
On OpenGround Professional Quick Log Preview
Attempted to change units per page on quick log to 30
This also does not work because the scale is still transferred as a whole number to the first page, therefore the first page is still not 20 feet. I am unable to verify if the follow-on page is precisely 30-feet in this scenario because nowhere on the software does it tell me, and the scale is such a precise decimal that I can't measure it on bluebeam/PDF
Out of curiosity, I made a spreadsheet that constrains scale to whole numbers and prints units per page in a table if and only if the units per page is also a whole number. This is what the table looks like.. so we're out of luck.
Hi Stephen,
Thanks, I've submitted a ticket. I think you're right, but that only applies if you are not using follow-on pages.
Hi, Template Studio does support decimal places for the scale, it will just not show in the interface (but will be present in the templates background settings). So if you set your units per page to 20,00 it should show 20 units per page.
If your template does not appear to be showing at 20 units per page after setting this, please raise a support ticket with our support team and send them a copy of the template and they can investigate further to see what may be a miss.