I'm having an issue where my text size seems to be multiplying by 1000 for some DGN files (but not all) and i'm struggling to find any other setting to change or check.
I have checked the Working units in the Design File Settings, the Drawing Scale, Ensure annotation scale is off, the sizes in the Text Styles are ok, but it will still multiply by 1000, even when using a keyin.
For example if i run "active txheight 10" the text Size in the Dialog box will display 10,000
The only thing i can work out is that if my DGN file has a Design Model with working units of M / MM, the Sheet Model seems to multiply the size, even if the Sheet Model is set at MM / MM.
But if my DGN file has a Design Model with MM / MM, there is no problem with my Sheet Model..
Is there another setting i can check?
Using MicroStation SS3 08.11.09.292
VBA code
Sub ModelInfo() Dim myModel As ModelReference For Each myModel In ActiveDesignFile.Models Debug.Print "*******" Debug.Print "Model Name : " + myModel.Name Debug.Print "Master Unit : " + myModel.MasterUnit.Label Debug.Print "Sub Unit : " + myModel.SubUnit.Label Debug.Print "UORPerMasterUnit : " + CStr(myModel.UORsPerMasterUnit) Debug.Print "UORPerSubUnit : " + CStr(myModel.UORsPerSubUnit) Debug.Print "UORPerStorageUnit : " + CStr(myModel.UORsPerStorageUnit) Next End Sub
I never realised that the design file setting for the resolution could be set independently between sheet and model... the interface looks the same so it lets one believe ( mistakenly) they are the same setting .. once changed sheet model to match model space to be the same ie 10 mu etc it worked with the posters file.... fyi my as supplied bentley 2dseed file is set with 2 different values
Lorys
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Me too! This drove me crazy for days trying to figure out what i was doing wrong. I have now changed the Seed file (the issue was not to do with MicroStation, but another program exporting to DGN and using a different seed). This with a bit of VBA thanks to Leonard has fixed my issue.
FYI Incidentally all my Bentley supplied seed files have different settings between the model space resolution and the sheet model resolution, so it happens to me each time I create a new file so not just your file...
Hey anyone is there any good reason NOT to change them to all be the same ...
On a side note, I have also discovered that this can happen inside cell libraries where cells have been added from different source .dgns over the years, with model resolution settings varying between metres and kilometres, causing cells to be inserted at the wrong scale. Very confusing, as these cells were scale bars! I have only recently started to edit .cel files as .dgns and this was a bit of a surprise.