I have previously been using MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 4), version 08.11.09.829.
I typically use font "3 General Text". When I use dimensions, the stacked fractions box is checked to be enabled, and the "type" is "From Font".
Everything works perfectly. The fractions are stacked when I place dimensions. They stay that way when I edit the dimension text, and when I place text (using the same font) the dimensions are stacked and look exactly like the text shown in dimensions. It has been that way for the past 15+ years for me.
BUT .... now I am trying to get acclimated with MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 13, version 10.13.01.01.
This is not my first rodeo, so I have pulled across some of my old RSC files which I have been using for years, including my font files. Some of them are a bit finicky, so I make sure the configurations are set to mimic my older version set up, down to the order the RSC files are listed (last file overwrites any common font types in previous files).
Now, when I place a dimension in the CONNECT Edition, everything looks exactly the same as the old version. Same font, fractions stacked as before. But if I edit the dimension text, any new fractions I input are not stacked. Also, if I place text, no fractions are stacked. I am inputting everything exactly the same as before. As best I can tell, all the configurations and settings match my old version (I have both open at the same time and go back and forth to compare). I can open a DGN file in the old version and everything works as always. If I open the same file in the new CONNECT version,
If I enter a stacked fraction in text in the old version, then open that file in the new version, it looks great. But if I edit that fraction in the new version, it doesn't stack.
I have found the "right click / stacked fraction" tool, but sheesh, that is awful cumbersome and the resulting stacked fraction does not look the same as those shown automatically when placing a dimension.
Am I missing something here, or is this what MicroStation has become?
Hello gentlemen,
Has anyone figured out how to fix this issue?
Hi Landon,
What is your exact question/situation? Also, what version of Microstation are you using?
--Robert
I downloaded the font rsc file from http://www.dot.state.tx.us/insdtdot/orgchart/cmd/cserve/standard/bridge-e.htm
The Leroy font in here seemed to work. I had to place my text and then right-click and select "stacked fraction". It seems like it's a bug that the fractions are not automatically stacking.
Thank you Sir. I will have to try a few more things. I will let you know if I'm able to get it working.
Thanks,
Landon
Robert,
This will stack the fraction but it still doesn't look correct. It changes the line weight and when using the diagonal bar it is not aligned correctly. I'm attaching a snip of what I'm seeing. The dimension on the left is a live dimension and is displayed correctly. The other two dimensions are typed in, one using the diagonal bar and one using the horizontal bar, both are displayed with a different line weight. There are a few differences between the live dimension and the one that has been typed in with the diagonal bar. When using V8i the two would look exactly the same.
Is this what you are seeing also? I will continue to do research to try to solve this issue.
Thank you for your help,
It sounds like filling a support ticket/service request may be a good step.
Could be you just need a few more dimension style settings. Texas DOT may (should) have provided those in a dgnlib or seed file.
Connect r17 10.17.2.61 self-employed-Unpaid Beta tester for Bentley
Bob Rayner said:you just need a few more dimension style settings
How does that help if CONNECT works differently to V8i?
I agree with RobertArnold: file a service request.
Bentley Systems tell us that MicroStation V8i will be abandoned soon. Will they then tell that things that work differently in CONNECT vs. V8i are WAD and won't be fixed? File your SRs before it's too late!
Regards, Jon Summers LA Solutions