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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>[MS V8i SS3] Setting View Scale</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/115326/ms-v8i-ss3-setting-view-scale</link><description>I am looking for a way to set the zoom level in a view to a specific scale, say 1&amp;quot; = 20&amp;#39;. Is there a way to do this in MicroStation? There is a way to accomplish this in other products like ArcGIS, for instance.</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: [MS V8i SS3] Setting View Scale</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/354134?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2016 12:38:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:13c1d279-7bdf-470b-b6a3-3f31e8b4632e</guid><dc:creator>David Jackson</dc:creator><description>Possibly more useful - &lt;br /&gt;
attach the image as a Raster Reference, size it to sit directly behind your Microstation graphics, and you will have an easier comparison.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: [MS V8i SS3] Setting View Scale</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/353915?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2016 04:37:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:46750711-fb47-4100-846b-8d5e12c1718b</guid><dc:creator>Jan Šlegr</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi mauritzj,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&amp;quot;mauritzj&amp;quot;]I am looking for a way to set the zoom level in a view to a specific scale[/quote]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As explained by other peopley already, there is no such too available in MicroStation. I agree it cannot be implemented generally as screen resolution vary a lot today, so without some configuration for specific display the results for the same scale can be quite different.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On the other hand for a particular computer using hard-coded values it can be achieved with not very difficult VBA macro.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&amp;quot;mauritzj&amp;quot;]There is a way to accomplish this in other products like ArcGIS, for instance.[/quote]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yes, and some other products (including Bentley Map) also, but not in MicroStation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With regards,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; Jan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: [MS V8i SS3] Setting View Scale</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/353856?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:59:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f9a06bf1-675a-4fbc-912c-3b213fcdfa13</guid><dc:creator>Tim Hickman</dc:creator><description>I agree with David - you would have to know the exact size of the current view you have open in the design file and then use this with the needed scale you want. You could also do a save settings to hold that view orientation, you could also create a saved view and use it. Once you have these, as David mentions, you could pan to move around in the file.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: [MS V8i SS3] Setting View Scale</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/353779?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2016 01:06:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:7206291b-94c6-4033-afb4-04100ef99192</guid><dc:creator>DavidG</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;You will have do decide/calculate how many screen pixels you want to represent one inch. I think the Windows default is 96 but that doesn&amp;#39;t mean 96 pixels will measures a true inch. My screen is 2560 x 1440. But at 96 DPI my screen area should be 26.7&amp;quot; x 15&amp;quot; but it is not. It is really 23 x 13 which comes out to 110 DPI.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Lets say for easy of use its 100 pixels per inch. You can then go into file setting and set your View size to be exactly something like 1200 x 900 (12&amp;quot; x 9&amp;quot;) so a 1&amp;quot;=50&amp;#39; will be an area of 600&amp;#39; x 450&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Next you can now used window area. Enter the lower left corner of and area then key in dl=600,450. &amp;nbsp;From there use the Pan feature to remain at the same scale.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: [MS V8i SS3] Setting View Scale</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/353757?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:23:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:41a13037-4ff2-4839-a05c-5eb759fca375</guid><dc:creator>Josh M</dc:creator><description>I agree with and understand everything you said.  I draw everything at a 1:1 scale and usually handle scaling at the time of printing.&lt;br /&gt;
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I guess to answer your question, yes, I would like to emulate ArcGIS&amp;#39;s defined-scale viewing capabilities.  I am a long time MS user, but I can&amp;#39;t think of a way to do this.&lt;br /&gt;
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My application is this:  I am comparing some planimetric CAD files against the orthophoto which they were derived from.  I know that if I zoom way in I will find some discrepancies.  I want to review them at a known screen scale, say 1&amp;quot; = 50&amp;#39;.  If they look OK at that scale, for instance, I would &amp;quot;approve&amp;quot; them.&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for your reply.&lt;br /&gt;
Josh&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: [MS V8i SS3] Setting View Scale</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/353756?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:11:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:25f098b8-4482-49e2-93bf-3cf463919049</guid><dc:creator>Jon Summers</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The equivalent Bentley Systems GIS product is &lt;a target="_blank" title="Bentley Systems: Bentley Map" href="https://www.bentley.com/en/products/product-line/infrastructure-asset-performance-software/bentley-map"&gt;Bentley Map&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Usually we draw everything at 1:1 with MicroStation.&amp;nbsp; MicroStation&amp;#39;s drawing and measurement tools use real-world coordinates.&amp;nbsp; Scaling comes into play when creating a sheet model for printing.&amp;nbsp; In general, knowing the &amp;#39;scale&amp;#39; of a view isn&amp;#39;t helpful.&amp;nbsp; If you want to know how big something is, just measure it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What do you want to do with the scale of a view other than emulate ArcGIS?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>