• Raster PDF Problems

    Ok, I am having a problem with a Microstation V8 XM file that containes both vector and 2 rasters, I am trying to create a pdf file then print a multi page pdf, but when I print the pdf that looks perfect the raster files are blacked out on a…

  • Printing Raster Images in XM

    Working out the kinks on changing our shop to XM. In V8, when we plot sheets that have aerial photos in them, we can print black linework with a color image by changing the color mode to monochrome. In V8xm, when we plot sheets that have aerial…

  • Re: Large PDF Files

    I'm not exactly sure of the resolution but the cause is how the Bentley driver defines white space. Adobe sees white space as blank or missing pixels. It seems the Bentley driver wants to give them a specific RGB designation. We have seen this with a…

  • Re: Swiss Bold Condensed font fills the R's

    I have a similar problem in that some filled fonts do not plot correctly (TR 8000493285) all tested fonts were Bentley fonts, Font 43 (Low res filled), Font 4 (font0004) and Font 2 (SchoolBook Vertical) These Fonts look good on the screen…

  • Re: Large PDF Files

    I have the same problem when printing to pdf a dgn file with a dwg reference in it. I have tried printing via the plt driver in XM and also printing via the std Acrobat driver in Adobe. Whne plotting via XM pdf driver the same pdf file is some 50 MBytes…

  • Default pdf.pltcfg settings have caused lots of hours for the interpretation by the "Printer Software"(24 hours): how reducing this time?

    Hello! My name is Roberta Luccioli. I am currently using Microstation XM + Bentley map (version 08.09.04.78). I need clues about PLTCGF files configuration (in terms of color level allocation, resolution etc) to be set-up into pdf in a way that…

  • 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…

  • Plot menu with a last plot setting save feature

    The Plot menu in Microstation XM is a bit better than V8, but when will we be able to have it save the last plot file settings like its AutoCAD competitor. Autocad has the ability to keep the last plot settings. Xm does not. Can this save feature be added…

  • Rasterized Plotting

    I was wondering if anyone else is having problems printing transparent elements on large roll drawings. I typically work on larger civil projects where we need to plot roll drawings of the project area. I wanted to use transparent shapes to identify various…

  • Colored Square in PDF prints

    I'm making prints to PDF using the latest XM configuration. When the config files is set to enable the file/level optional content, the PDF will look correct in adobe pro 9, but will print with these big squares as shown in the attachment. …

  • Printing - Line Strings and Text Don't Plot

    I am trying to plot a raster image using XM's PDF plot file configuration. However, the line string and text that has been placed on the image do not show up when the file is plotted to PDF. I have gone to the raster manager and sent the image to back…
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