• Text Favorite Scaling Issue

    I am attempting to setup text styles, dimension styles and text favorites for a project. The problem I am running into is that I cannot get my label text to match my dimension text. I am using OopenBridge Modeler 10.10 and have tested this on 10.12 as…
  • [V8i SS10] How to scale symbols from reference independent of sheet scale?

    I have a situation where my design file (2D layouts) has symbols that need to be the size to their actual dimensions for other disciplines to reference my design file and allow them to design knowing the footprint of my objects are actual to the symbol…
  • Why is my annotation scale is blank?

    My guess is It seems that the scale.def (C:\Program Files\Bentley\MicroStation CONNECT Edition\MicroStation\Default\Data) won't load I tried to append another scale.def still no luck What can i do? Version: Microstation CONNECT Edition Update…
  • Sub-table Spacing does not follow annotation scale

    I've just started using Tables and they're terrific but I have found a little glitch. When I break the table and set its 'Sub Table Spacing' it doesn't follow annotation scaling. Has anyone else come across this or is there something I'm missing? I'm…
  • RE: how to set annotation scale to none by default all the time

    Check this configuration variable MS_REF_DEFAULTSETTINGS=useAnnotationScale=0 link Mark Penn's Blog - Usability of Annotation Scale Regards, Leonard Jones
  • annotation model scale changing but not resizing

    vi8-ss4 I have models that I set my annotation scale on and set to the desired scale in the model(s) After closing one session and reopening the file, the annotation scale is set to Full in the model. However the existing notes and dimensions have…
  • Grid Bubble and Text Annotative

    Trying to make both grid bubbles and grid text annotative so that they automatically scale to the drawing size. I've been successful in making the grid text annotative so that the text scales w/ the drawing, but the grid bubble (circle surrounding the…
  • RE: labels and annotation scale

    Just using a basic cell from a cell library provided with MicroStation CONNECT Edition I have Placed Labels with the Annotation Scale turned on and off. You can see from the screen capture below that I have an Annotation Scale of 1:2.5 initially which…
  • Can I assign two scales.def files to MS_CUSTOMSCALEDEF?

    I'm having an issue where our DOT is appending a custom scales.def file to the configuration variable MS_CUSTOMSCALEDEF. The software is already assigning the Bentley delivered file and when the DOT file is added, we get no scales from either file. If…
  • Applying Annotation scale to the Cloud by Element command

    I would like to apply the Annotation scale to my Cloud by Element command. I would like to set my Arc Radius to 1/8" as my "default" size and have that work just like the annotative text does. This would allow my "Revision Clouds" to be the same size…
  • Dimensions close together are covered by other dimensions

    I am trying to dimension a drawing using annotation scale, my text height is set to 0.01 and i am plotting at 1"=20'. When the dimensions appear in the sheet model there is an extremely large box of some kind around dimension text which covers any other…
  • Annotation scale for hatching/patterns?

    Hi, does MicroStation have annotation scale for hatching/patterns? If so, how does it work? Thanks.
  • Linestyle independant of annotation in dgnlib?

    I know about the physical option in rsc files to make a linestyle independant of the annotation scale. Our company is upgrading its CAD system and we are updating all our rsc files to dgnlib. Is there an option in dgnlib to make the linestyle independant…
  • RE: How to set scale for single Linestyles

    In the Line Style Editor if you select a linestyle and pulldown Edit>Physical... save your .RSC this will make microstation ignore the scale factor for reference and annotation scale, and your linestyle should always appear 1:1. altho I believe you can…
  • sheet file issues

    Hi we seems to have adopted a workflow where we create individual files and then create a composition file of all the different references specific for the relevant floor plate, elevation/section etc.... users then reference in the composition…
  • RE: Cell dissappears at drawing scale 1:100

    As a workaround go to the level settings of the reference in the sheet model. There you will see that you have a priority of 100 set(see attached image file). The issue here that the annotation scale is also affecting the display priority of the…
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    buon giorno c'è modo un modo di ottenere quote ( indicate in rosso ) come nell'allegato dgn ? grazie
  • Annotative text placement

    When the annotation scale is changed, text which is placed above or below a line seems to change size around the point to which it is justified to. This means that you the have to manually move text around either closer to the line or off the…
  • ANNOTATIONSCALE CHANGE

    So I have a my annotation scale propogation set to never, created a file of text, dimensions, etc... placed as annotation scale elements at a specific drawing scale, changed the drawing scale, keyed-in ANNOTATIONSCALE CHANGE. Should all of the annotation…
  • Harrowing Hotkeys

    Microstation Compatriots, I am looking for hotkeys for specific things, I'm not quite sure Microstation V8i has. Is there a hotkey for: -Moving the cursor into the key-in box? (A set of keys that will allow me to type without moving the mouse…
  • Strange behavior with dimstyle's Annotation Scale

    Greetings, I was just creating dimension styles for some new exhibit standards, and I've come across something I don't understand. My aim was to create styles that would respect the active model's Annotation Scale (at least when the AS lock is set…
  • Text in annotation scale and level overrides

    Hello, Here is a file with 3 types of text : -Text without annotation scale -Text in cell with annotation scale -Text with annotation scale When I place the model in reference with level overrides, the text in the cell disappear and the…
  • Use Active Annotation Scale reference option for pre V8i files

    I was printing a set of drawings using V8i where most of the drawings had been created and worked on using V8. I noticed that in some of the drawings, the references had the option "Use active annotation scale" turned on, while most were off. If the…
  • Dimensioning issue when Referencing file Model to separate Model in the same file

    This is all in the same file (well almost with some addtional references): File contains Default Model and Model B. Default Model (annotation scale is 1/4" per foot) has a reference from Model B (annotation scale is 1/8" per foot). If the reference…
  • Fonts in V8i SS1

    I am using Microstation V8i Select Series 1 (08.11.07.180) with Inroads (08.11.07.246) and Geopak (08.11.05.39) ready to load. When I try to setup a text style I find that Microstation font, AutoCad fonts and TrueType fonts are available for the style…