MicroStation v8i ss3 (on a Macbook Pro) lines not displaying

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

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  • One thing I notice from your screen shot is that the background is white and your active color looks to be white. Try to change your background color to black and see if that works. You can change the background color to black by going to <Workspace <Preferences <View Options and uncheck Black Background->White. Are other PC's set to a white background also? Obviously this would would not be the issue if others are set the same.

    Microstation CONNECT - 10.17.2.61

    ORD - 2021 R1 10.10.1.3

    ORD 2022 R1.1 - 10.11.3.2

    ORD 2022 R3 -  10.12.2.4

    Microstation v8i SS 10 - 08.11.09.919

    Power InRoads v8i - 08.11.09.615

    ProjectWise - 10.0.3.453

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  • One thing I notice from your screen shot is that the background is white and your active color looks to be white. Try to change your background color to black and see if that works. You can change the background color to black by going to <Workspace <Preferences <View Options and uncheck Black Background->White. Are other PC's set to a white background also? Obviously this would would not be the issue if others are set the same.

    Microstation CONNECT - 10.17.2.61

    ORD - 2021 R1 10.10.1.3

    ORD 2022 R1.1 - 10.11.3.2

    ORD 2022 R3 -  10.12.2.4

    Microstation v8i SS 10 - 08.11.09.919

    Power InRoads v8i - 08.11.09.615

    ProjectWise - 10.0.3.453

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