Save view/fence to geo tiff

Question

Hi 
 Is there a way to save the view (MicroStation v8i) or fence as geotiff or as tiff with a worldfile? I guess there has to be a way... but so far I couldn't find it. 
 (Reason: create a nice 'view' within a DGN file and perhaps several referenced DGN files and export this specific view (for example defined by a fence) to a georeferenced tiff file which will be imported to a GIS) 
 Hope you know more than me! Thanks

Jason Gingrich · Answer

Hello, 
 You can capture an image in Microstation by going to utilities - image - capture but this will not be georeferenced. There are several different methods to capture the image by in the tool that you can choose from. If you have Descartes which is an add-on to Microstation you can use the Merge tool. You can then capture an area defined by a fence and for the output you can choose any format that Microstation has the ability to write to which includes a geotiff or tif with world file. 
 Regards, 
 Jason Gingrich

Lorys · Answer

most gis packages can import DGN .. 
 set a datum via geotools 
 Then just fence file your data ie place fence then keyin FF= <file name you want it to be> 
 then data point inside fence to confirm... Better that geotiff 
 I used to import and export dgn to Mapinfo all the time via the Universal Translator in MapInfo...

Lorys · Answer

you cant export to shape files with plain mstn , only import but you dont need to just fence file to DGN 
 then let the gis user IMPORT dgn .. your drgs are already georefed via xy northings & eastings right?

Lorys · Answer

Just give them the dgn lines and shapes and colours always come in as what they are text, tags dims can be problematic 
 and if you used level names the import process should work nicely... I never had issues even with V7 in Mapinfo 
 no too sure about Esri.. but it should be ok ... not much good as as tiff no attributes.. so why use GIS if no attributes...

Lorys · Answer

ok loose all the smarts create a polygon to surround your view use that to create a tif or pdf via print function then use info tool to get the coordinates of your polygon copy that into text and tell the gis user the datum and coordinates of the text are the coordiantes of the bounding edges of the raster then its their problem.. you can lead a horse to water but you cant make him drink..cant do everything yourself...hahah!..

fmcallis · Answer

In printing you can create a PDF file. In Print set Print Driver to be “Bentley driver” and click on the magnifying glass and select the pdf.pltcfg driver. Do File > “Edit Printer Driver Configuration.” Under Driver Properties set “Enable Georeferencing” to “On.” This will create a PDF file that is Georeferenced. 
 You can select the “tiff.pltcfg” or the “jpeg.pltcfg” drivers, but they do not have the Georeference option in “Edit Printer Driver Configuration.”