Line weight 0 in printing

Hello, I'm quite new user of microstation, my knowledge is pretty basic. Recently upgraded from PowerDraft V8i (SELECTseries 2) to MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 3) (which might be the cause of the problem). I have already searched similar threads on many forums, with no luck.

Until very recently, everything was printed properly, and I hardly changed any settings - suddenty I noticed that in all print work (both printing to PDF and directly to printer) the line weights turn to 0.

What is important, in print preview it is viewed properly, only the output file is corrupted.

I tried many ways of solving the problem:

- view attributes are set correctly

- I tried to modify print attributes

- I created new pen table, in which I performed Map Pen Weights option. I also tried to manage it via Element Selection Criteria - Element Output Actions

- I created new (as well as tested old) pltcfg file, in which i performed 'Weight Maps -> Define maps from design weight to print width'

None of the above had any effect at all, and I run out of ideas. I suspect that the solution is quite simple, I just fail to find it - does anyone have a solution?

Also regarding the upgrade from series 2 to series 3 - I still have the previous version on my PC, and I checked if the problem applies to the older one - right now when I print with series 2 the problem occurs just as well.

Also my friend performed printing on the same files and the output was correct, with all the line weights - so it excludes the possibility that the .dgn files are corrupted.

Best regards,

Adam

  • A better place to post your question would be the Printing Forum.

    Unknown said:
    Recently upgraded from PowerDraft V8i (SELECTseries 2) to MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 3) (which might be the cause of the problem)

    The way to make multiple installations of MicroStation/PowerDraft work the same way is to share your workspace.  Configuration variables in your configuration files should point to the same set of resources for each MicroStation/PowerDraft user on your network.

    There's information about workspaces in MicroStation help.  Post questions about configuration files and configuration variables to this Forum. 

     
    Regards, Jon Summers
    LA Solutions

  • You are correct, thank You - I posted it here by a mistake. Can I ask admin or moderator to move the thread to the correct place?
  • It's quite odd when print preview does show thickness correctly.
    My first impression is that Print Attribute - Level Overrides is disabled. But in that case in print preview line weight are not the same as on plot.
    Possibilities
    - When line thickness is defined very thin in printer driver configuration file or in pen table, on plot the differences in thickness are hardly seen.
    - Is another display style used than Wireframe?
    - When a standard delivered printer driver configuration file is used. Does that change line weight on plot
    - Is there a difference when Option rasterized is enabled / disabled

    When this does not help. Is it possible you send us a simple test file, the used PDF.PLTCFG file, and created PDF file for investigation.
    A simple DGN file containing line with different line weight will do.

  • Thank You for your answer,
    1. I tried with various pen tables, also very thick so it should be visible
    2. I dont understand what the Wireframe is or how to change it
    3. I used various printer driver configuration, but I'll double check on the standard.
    4. Actually that one provided very interesting results - it took forever to print a small drawing (usually it took about 5 seconds for this size, but with "rasterized" it was about 15 minutes) but in the output pdf the line weights were correct.

    I will prepare some files, thank you.

    Also - a big plot twist, which might affect the whole thread - as I just learned that its not only Microstation problem, all the PDF's that are generated by AutoCAD also face the same issue... Therefore it appears the whole computer is a problem. I'm afraid I'll be forced to reinstall whole system, which would be very unpleasant.
  • Hereby my reaction:

    -In cases printing in rasterized mode lasts longer. (When in other cases it will be quicker). It's good to know that thickness is correct.

    -MicroStation printing to PDF has nothing to do with AutoCAD printing, considering that MicroStation PDF.PLTCFG has been used.

    -Display Style can be found in Settings - View Attributes
    -I'm looking forward for your test files.