We at MDSHA created custom call out bubbles for our drainage structures. These bubbles have a fill (bg color) that covers any drawing elements underneath them. They used to work just fine in 2004 and XM. I am using V8i SS1 now and I cann't see the text inside the bubble unless the fill is turned off, however a collegue who is using 2004 can view them alright. The display setting is set to wireframe. Anyone has any idea what needs to be set in V8i display setting to solve this issue?
I recall I has something similar a while back but it was a Direct X bug. The text showed "through(on top of filled shapes)" regardless of the element order. Are these cells? 2D or 3D? Have you checked the element order or are you using element priority? Any samples?
Hi,
We at MDSHA created custom call out bubbles for our drainage structures. These bubbles have a fill (bg color) that covers any drawing elements underneath them.
Are you using closed shapes as Callout bubbles?
If yes, then what you can do is use open shape bubbles e.g. if you are using circle, then use a 360 degree arc; if you are using a rectangle, use a line segment to create rectangle.
Hope this helps,
Swanand
Swanand,
The call out bubbles are cells that contain a text node, a bubble and a leader. The bubble is drwan as a circle and it has a bg fill to cover the text underneath. We use ProjectWise V8i and the cells are owned and maintained by a different section that is using Micorstation 2004. Our section doesnot have write access to their files. Since there seems to be nothing wrong with the call out bubbles with 2004 I was hoping I could make changes to the display settings at my end in V8i to be able to plot correctly.
Can you post a test file and cell library you are using for Detailing Symbols, so that we can investigate?
HTH,
One thing that you have to realize is that the older Microstations used the order that the elements were created as as the refresh order. The newer Microstations use a much different and more complex way to order the display. The two immediate solutions that I would think of are
1) display order
2) for plotting only--a pen table which assigns a priority by color. (But that may also allow other elements to show through your fill.)
--Robert