I created a pen table to grey out or subdue certain levels on my plan sheets. For example, I wanted to grey the edge of pavement level.
Does anybody know why it only works when I select "true color" and attach the table? If I select "monochrome" or "grey scale" and attached the pen table it doesn't work.
In theory it should work right? The pent able is telling them to subdue certain levels so it doesn't matter what I selected. Am I not getting when to use true color, grey scale, and monochrome?
Also does anybody know why I can not change the color (to black) of the stock line styles that come with CONNECT. For example the double solid yellow strip pavement marking lines.
Its in the yellow pavement level but you cannot change the color. Even when you print and select "true color" and attached a pen table to back that level it out. Only time it works is when you
print "grey scale" and even then it comes out in grey. And again I can't use a pen table to change it back to black. If I print it in "monochrome" then they will all be in black and again I can't use a pen table to
change anything back to grey if I want.
I'm think I'm not grasping the concept here. I've been playing around, mix and match, testing it for hours now.
Thanks!
One trick that I have not seen mentioned on here is you can open the dgnlib (these are the file types used to create pen tables) file in a window such as NotePad, and make edits to the text. Then select the text file as a pen table, Micro knows what to do with it. To get a feel for it open the dgnlib, find a color value, change it and reload the table as a txt file. I was surprised this is supported but not discussed anywhere that I could find. Below is an example of what the file looks like in text. Its syntax is a bit mysterious (Bentley please point us to a chart) but I'm guessing you can figure a lot out just by playing around with this.
i.e.:
# C:\ProgramData\Bentley\WorkSpace\System\Tables\pen\blkbrdr.tbl
BEGIN_GLOBAL VERSION = 890 PLOTTING VIEWS = 1-8 SYMBOLOGY = AsDisplayed EXPLODE_SHARED_CELLS = 0 EXPLODE_DIMENSIONS = 0 EXPLODE_MULTILINES = 0 EXPLODE_TAGS = 1 MATCH_MULTIPLE_SECTIONS = 0 PST_COMPATIBLE_MODE = 0 SORT_EXPORTED_GRAPHICS = 0END_GLOBAL
BEGIN border IN_COLOR = 2-5 OUT_COLOR = 255 OUT_FILLCOLOR = 255END
Payton Gellner said:can open the dgnlib (these are the file types used to create pen tables) file in a window such as NotePad
You've got your file types confused. DGNLIB files are not used for pen tables and cannot be opened in NotePad.
A dgnlib file is a regular MicroStation dgn file that stores resources like levels, text styles, ribbons, etc. They can only be edited in MicroStation. The only print related resource stored in a dgnlib is a Print Style. The Print Style can include a reference to a Pen Table.
Pen Tables are indeed text files that can be edited in NotePad if desired, but most use the Pen Table Editor in MicroStation. They typically are given a .pen, .ptb, or .tbl file type.
Rod WingSenior Systems Analyst