Hi
I would be really grateful to receive some help on a frustrating problem I'm having with Microstation.
I have just installed (for the first time) Microstation v8i on a Macbook Pro (OS Mavericks) that has Parallels and Windows 7 installed on it. When I try to draw a line it just shows up as two tiny points - one at the start and one at the end of the line. Similarly for a shape, circle, smartline etc it just shows the nodes. I have tried changing the line thickness, type and colour but this does nothing. It is possible to select the line or shape and when I do it highlights the handles at each end, so I know there is something there.
Additionally when I do a print preview it shows the line or shapes as solid, which is great but I can't draw much without being able to see what I'm doing as I go along! I have tried opening an existing drawing file from another project and this is showing in the same way. i.e. only the points underneath where a handle would be are visible, but with no line in between. For a line this is a small dot at the start and end and for a curve it is a series of small dots.
I've tried changing the view attributes and the display styles but this hasn't made any difference.
If someone can help resolve this for me I would be SO grateful!
Many thanks in advance
RPMBP
Hi, could you show us by attaching a screenshot? So you do not see anything but the tiny points? Have you opened some of the delivered sample files? Are they OK?
Hi Gerd
Thank you for replying. Yes I can only see the tiny points. I am not sure how to open the sample files I'm afraid?
Here are a couple of screen shots showing a drawing of a building, with just dots showing at each node. The second one is more zoomed in than the first.
Please let me know if you need any more information.
Thanks
Unknown said:Here are a couple of screen shots ...
While screenshots are welcome, and confirm what you are seeing, a DGN file would be better. We can all read a DGN file and would be better able to check various settings to see if we can figure out what's going on.
If the file in question is large, or contains confidential data, then copy to a new file and delete 90%. We need only a few lines to provide clues.
Regards, Jon Summers LA Solutions
Hi there
I've just drawn some lines in a file - which I cannot see unless I click on print preview - and here it is as a dgn file, attached. Hopefully you can figure out what is going wrong!
When I open the file I can see there are 2 elements drawn. 1 is just some lines drawn in a random pattern. THe other is listing as a shape but it is so small I can't zoom to see exactly what it is. I can see through Element Info that is has 4 segments to it. When I open the file there is a black background (your screenshot is white background). The only way I do not see an element is if it is the same color as the background.
Are you using a customized workspace? If so, try to open the file in a Microstation supplied workspace. Does this fix the problem? I see nothing out of the ordinary.
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