Thanks in advance for taking the time to help me out. I am extremely new to Microstation with moderate CAD training on other software. I began a new job in a civil engineering firm and have set up my console to replicate the previous employee and I am having issues plotting files to get the same result as my coworkers on other consoles. I am getting nodes on my reference drawing that locate features that a surveyor took out in the field. The dots are being shown when plotted. I am on V8i (ver. 08.11.07.443) and my coworkers are using a MUCH older (pre2004 v8). When they open the same file in our network their nodes show up as squares and mine show up as points. I do not want these to plot. What steps can I take to prevent this?
More info is needed. Are these "nodes" on their own level? What type of element are they? are they text nodes, cells, points, ect? Maybe you could post a file to this thread with a few of those in the file so we can look at it. It's hard to tell what is going on with a screenshot.
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No, these nodes are not on their own level. they are usually on a level that is mandated by our state DOT. These points (nodes) are geolocated by GPS out in the field and coded to DOT standards. These are strung together and create a profile (usually topographical) that our engineer then compares to record data to local authorities. These items appear in both the V8 and V8i, only in v8 they are square elements that do not plot. in V8i, however (the version I am being trained on), they plot. they are part of a cell that GEOPAK makes from the survey stings. I am unsure how to upload a DGN file into this, also, I am not sure if I am allowed to post files.
Ok, If you can copy the file and strip out everything except a couple of those nodes that should be sufficient. Then go to the Advance Reply Editor and you will see an icon to upload a file. Get permission from your company first. There should be no information included that would be proprietary or sensitive. If you identify them using the analyze element tool and they are are tag or a text node you can turn them off in the view attributes of the dgn file or you can turn them off in the print attributes so they will display on the screen but not plot.
Not sure until a element information is done on this but if it is just a point element you can turn those off via the plot driver.
On the print dialogue do the following:
1)file->edit printer driver configuration
2)on the base properties tab->advanced section->print points->click in the field and make this false
3)file->save on the print driver editor
4)in Print dialogue do a file->reload printer driver
5)now re-plot.