RE: Printing White Text Over Mesh

Lorys — Mon, 25 May 2015 02:17:00 GMT

[quote user="James Graziola"]

This also only seems to be an issue when I have text set to Color="By Level" and the Level Color is set to 255 in the Level Manager. If I set each item of text to Color=255 then the text prints white as intended.

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Check if you have unwittingly have an override set to 0 for that level, its the default when you make new levels ... I hate that is the a default and its the source of a lot of wasted time through out the microstation universe... it should be no overides for new levels until I put one in...

is your file an old v7 converted to v8i?

can you make new file no overrides ref your raster and try again does it still create problems?

have you tried different printer drivers and different printers ie straight to pdf. have you tried mono print to see if 255 stays no ink?

RE: Printing White Text Over Mesh

Carl Myhill — Thu, 21 May 2015 10:16:01 GMT

Having a sample file / images might help others to fully understand your problem here, some additional questions -

Are the text elements placed in Design Model or the Sheet Model?
Does the text display as white in the view & does the sheet model have a white background?
In the Print dialog does the text display white?
Which *pltcfg are you using and do get the same result using pdf.pltcfg?

Perhaps you could use a pen table to re-symbolize the text color. Under Element Selection Criteria select color 255 and set the color to 0 in the Element Output Actions.