I have been trying to convert old DGN files to DWG files to develop consistency through the P&IDs, but I have run into a myriad of issues while doing so.
1) I have a very old version of Microstation, which is older than I am and is not used often I imagine. This leads to issues as I cannot find any information on it.
2) When I go to export the DGN to a DWG in Microstation and reopen it in AutoCAD, there are formatting issues as shown in the image below. It seems as if the text and lines have remained unchanged for the most part, but the reducers and valves and shapes like them have been moved away from their original position.
3) There are many options when exporting, and I do not know which option is pertinent to my issue. The options are shown below in the pop out box.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
You may need to drop all of your component cells to plain linework. Both MSTN J and AutoCAD 13 are very primitive software and it's probable that there is something going amiss in the cell/block conversion process. Your settings are limited, as well, so there are no options that can mitigate those issues.
Your best bet is just to drop all of your cells to plain elements. That should retain the location of everything, even if it destroys the component identity. When dealing with software this old, you just have to accept the tradeoffs.
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How would I go about dropping all of the cells to plain elements? I am rather new to Microstation so I am not very well versed in this aspect.
I believe that J did have the "Select By Attributes" tool under the Edit menu. You can use that to select "Cell" (and possibly "Shared Cell") from the Types region of the dialog. Click Execute, and all of your cells should be selected. You then use the Drop Complex tool to drop them to their component elements.
Jon's suggestion to get a more recent version of MicroStation is a far better option, though. If you can do that, you will have a lot more settings and options to play with, and the conversion process may be more capable as a whole.
If there are still problems with the cells/blocks then, you can revisit dropping them.
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