References not showing correctly when printed to PDF

When going to print my pdf the reference break, go missing and don't show colour. Colour is on because it can be seen at the bottom. 

Version: Microstation V8. References are saves by 'saved view'. Never had an issue till now.

Please help. Left is what is drawn & right is what the pdf comes out as.

  • looks like fill is turned of in your  print settings.  this is a  printer issue you in the wrong area...

    Are you using  customised  pdf.pltcfg?

    Have you looked at the print dialog  > print settings?

    What happens if you use printer.pltcfg and  print direct to a colour printer.. ( again check printer settings and  attributes)

    have you got a pentable loaded in addition to your pdf.pltcfg ?

    is the fill on a non printable level? look at the  level manager and turn on the extra attributes to see if print or no print is used for the red fills...

    Your snap shots are not enough to go on.. but  it looks like there are not missing refs just the fills dont  print.

    Lorys

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  • Hi Absta, 

    Thanks for the post.
    If you are experiencing troubles with printing your drawings, toggling on the Rasterized option within the Print dialog is a good "catch-all" solution.

    Based on your screenshot, it looks like you are potentially working with Dynamic Views.
    You can read more about printing Dynamic Views in the following Wiki article:
    communities.bentley.com/.../printing-dynamic-views-what-works-what-does-not

  • Hey Lorys,

    Fill is kept on once printing to pdf. No custom pdf, other documents are fine it's just this one. 

    Don't know how to check what levels are unprintable? Level manager doesn't show anything neither does the references. I think it might be the actual drawing as it was imported in from a client but me nor people in my office have come across this issue before.

    Attributes are fine, thank you for your reply though 

  • Hey,

    Yea i've had a play with the print dialog & attributes but unfortunately no luck.

    I've used dynamic views on microstation for years with no issue before.

    But thank you for your reply :) 

    A

  • in the level manager there are tabs across the  top line/ bar  you can add the  print option or add more via  rmb on the bar then you can see if specific level is barred or  locked from no print  or  print  tick on or tick off, also check what level the  fill is  also if imported from acad it might not be a fill at all but a very dense pattern  check the properties of the red fill....

    Try delete the  fill at the source and  rebuild the  fill on a new  level.. see if that fixes things

    Lorys

    Started msnt work 1990 - Retired  Nov 2022 ( oh boy am I old )

    But was long time user V8iss10 (8.11.09.919) dabbler CE  update 16 (10.16.00.80) 

    MicroStation user since 1990 Melbourne Australia.
    click link to PM me