Out of Memory (Swap device may be full)

We are getting an "Out of Memory (Swap device may be full)" error message when batch plotting. The files that include dwg's and patterns. It prints a couple of sheets,  gives the error and then kicks us out of Microstation. I noticed a post from 2007 that asked the same question but was never answered.  We have tried plotting from multiple machines and encounter the same issue. Our workstations are fairly new so I would not expect it to be a hardware issue.
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  • I had to contact Bentley Support and I was given 2 Solutions

    1) Edit the boot.ini file and increase the page file.

        a)  Edit the boot.ini file to include " /3g" at the end of of the line string as follows:

               multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /3g

                   (if your not sure how see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289022/en-us )

                   (there is a space before the " /3g")

        b)   Increase the page file size to 3-4 gig.

         c)   reboot

    (this didn't work for me)

    2) Either plot using v8 2004 or wait untill Microstation v8.11.xx is released towards the end of this year. This is an issue w/ XM  that there seem to be no plans on fixing.

     
  • Solution 3 ?

    using microstation + RoPlan and have/had the same problem plotting pdf files.

    most solutions i found on the internet didnt work for me so i tried to find an other option.

    option 3)

    if your drawing contains many patterns, you can also try to change the scale of the patterns.

    i had problems with patterns scale 1.0 so i changed the scale to 5.0and finally i was able to plot pdf files and such.

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  • Solution 3 ?

    using microstation + RoPlan and have/had the same problem plotting pdf files.

    most solutions i found on the internet didnt work for me so i tried to find an other option.

    option 3)

    if your drawing contains many patterns, you can also try to change the scale of the patterns.

    i had problems with patterns scale 1.0 so i changed the scale to 5.0and finally i was able to plot pdf files and such.

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