Background: We very recently upgraded to v8i, skipping XM and coming directly from v8.5 (2004).
I cannot figure out how to get rasters to print underneath the linework. Right now every raster prints atop all linework no matter what I've tried, covering up the linework upon plotting. I've looked into all option screens, property and preference screens and found no setting for something like "print rasters first, then print linework". I've selected the linework in microstation and done EDIT-BRING TO FRONT, but the raster still obliterates it upon printing.
Our workflow here is to print to PDF, then plot the PDF when needed. Oddly, when I open the PDF files, the linework appears briefly, then it is covered by the raster images as they load in. So the linework IS indeed plotting, but the plot order is wrong and I cannot figure out why.
I realize this could possibly be a print driver issue, and that's out of my league. Hopeful someone can suggest an option/config/preference change to help me here. Why am I having this trouble with v8i? Thanks. Al B.
i recall having the same problem when starting to use XM. For some reason, when a file was opened in XM that was created in 2004, the rasters printed on top, but after closing and re-opening, it worked correctly. There is a thread starting on 8/2/07 in the old microstation.imaging newsgroup about this.There is a problem with the rasters not being assigned to a level that has not been fixed. You need to set the config variable MS_RASTER_DEFAULT_LEVEL to a level name (like Raster) - this will assign the rasters from the 2004 files to a level when the file is opened. The level will be created if it doesn't already exist. This variable is only for situation when files are upgraded from pre-XM versions.
John