Batch Plot issue

Hennekes:

I also heard that V8i has done away with batch plotting, 

It is still in there 8.11.07.171., although on the way out.

- Roy

8.11.07.171 must be XM, which we never switched to here, mainly because our primary client, NCDOT, never did.

(BTW, that "fresh-out-of-the-box" batchplt.spc experiment, which I had mentioned to MW, didn't work...so I'm still looking for a solution.  Any ideas why Microstation V8 is losing the specifications?  Is there a file that points to the batchplt.spc file in C:\Program Files\Bentley\Workspace\System\data\ that I can look at to troubleshoot the problem?)

Thanks,

John Hennekes 

Hennekes:

8.11.07.171 must be XM,

8.11.07.171 is the current / most recent SELECT supported version MicroStation V8i SELECTseries 1.

Are you certain you are using the copy in C:\Program Files\Bentley\Workspace\System\data\? What is MS_BATCHPLT_SPECS set to on your system?

Check Microstation's config varible setting for your batch plot specification file. See the screenshot. I have ours shared over the network. I had the same issue with not being able to create new spec and save them. I think there may also be a limit to how many spec you can define in one file. I generally have a different spec file set up for each client since we work for several DOT's.

 Once you find where your spec are written to you can then see if that file is read only or replace it if you think it is corrupt.

From Workspace and then Configuration, I can see that I'm using the copy in C:\Program Files\Bentley\Workspace\System\data and that MS_BATCHPLT_SPECS is set to C:\Program Files\Bentley\Workspace\System\data.