Can someone make this awesome little program to work with Connect edition?

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Hi 
 This is an very nice plot/print help to get the right scale to your plot/print and see how the print area is overlapping your design. 
 https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1222/create-plot-shapes-with-this-macro 
 Can someone change this to Connect edition ? 
 
 //Tom

Lorys · Answer

you should still be able use that vba in connect just do it in the model space with a GCS set as you normally do.. but now you need to xref the model space into your sheet space model. 1:1 so the xref lands in the right location then you can move your sheet space model with title block but dont put the title block at 0,0 like our acad cousins do .. but make it scaled up to the world and move to where it needs it.. this takes more effort.. and you may have to rotate the view inside the clip boundary/ viewport (acad speak) 
 other wise you have to do it all acad way , scale xrefs down and move to inside sheet boundary which is at at 0,0 you can see the clip boundary that your macro made in modelspace so if its non print level works nicely. .but your pdfs are not georefed as they come from sheet model... 
 when you do every thing in model space with a cell or xref for your title block scaled up to the world the pdfs can have GCR in them its an advanced option in the pdf driver but I remember it only used/ created WGS 84 when it creates the pdf ...so its trickier to attach it as a raster ref later but does work... most users seem to have adopted the default way to work with sheet models like they have in acad ie scale the refs down to the sheet and move everything to 0,0.. I dont like this method as its no good for using the sheet models as xrefs to check things or make keyplans... but for printing sheet models is so easy and section markers sheet drg numbers etc can be automated... another reason people like it so much as its same work flow they use in acad.. management believes this makes you more versatile being able to transition at the drop of a hat jump between packages...I don't agree but I'm old and crusty and don't like acad thats why I'm a microstation specialist and now I don't like connect even more as with the dark theme it looks even more like acad clone.. 
 If you need more help with your specific situation feel free to pm me and we can work it out together..maybe skype or teams too...

David Trejo-Rodriguez · Answer

As an alternative i would also suggest looking at named boundaries: 
 https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/25068/named-boundaries 
 https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/25090/automating-sheet-creation-using-drawing-boundaries-and-named-boundaries 
 Along with drawing boundaries this may help it setting up sheet files for printing.

Tim Hickman · Answer

ok - so all you are doing is placing a shape in the file for you to snap to for placing your fence for plotting. No border, nothing..... 
 I am not saying the program is good or bad, but you can create similar shapes as cells in a cell library (one for 8.5x11, etc...) 
 In your model, select the needed annotation scale, select the needed cell shape (you have created) and have the annotation scale lock on and the cell will be scaled properly for placement. Once placed, snap as you have done and select the same paper size. This workflow should get you what you are use to.

Can someone make this awesome little program to work with Connect edition?

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