change display style in Print Organizer

Is it possible to change the display style of a file in Print Organizer to ensure it is wireframe at print time? We want to see visible edges in some files and use a display style set that way. When printing an individual file I can add a command line to the stream of print commands that will change it, but I can't see a way to do this using Print Organizer.

Thanks for any help,

Stephanie

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  • There is nothing in a Print Style that will allow you to control the Display Style being used.  Maybe you can use your command line string along with the Print Organizer key-ins to create a print definition and subsequently your plot.

    Answer Verified By: Stephanie Doherty 

  • In the case of Printing (not with Organizer) I could pre-pend a command to change the view to wireframe, but I'd like to be able to set the view back after printing. If it could be done, I can see where it would require 2 tasks, neither of which I'm well versed. First, I'd need to check (and save) the ActiveView.DisplayStyleName, to see if it is WireFrame. I think that could be done using named expressions, but I couldn't find enough documentation or the right examples to explain how to do that. The other part is how to follow up a print command with a command to set the DisplayStyle back to what it was before opening the print window. I thought I might be able to use the Print Driver Configuration File's post-print Program Command to do this, but that only appears to run programs/commands outside of MicroStation, so I'm not sure how to accomplish this either.

    Any ideas, anyone?

    Stephanie

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  • In the case of Printing (not with Organizer) I could pre-pend a command to change the view to wireframe, but I'd like to be able to set the view back after printing. If it could be done, I can see where it would require 2 tasks, neither of which I'm well versed. First, I'd need to check (and save) the ActiveView.DisplayStyleName, to see if it is WireFrame. I think that could be done using named expressions, but I couldn't find enough documentation or the right examples to explain how to do that. The other part is how to follow up a print command with a command to set the DisplayStyle back to what it was before opening the print window. I thought I might be able to use the Print Driver Configuration File's post-print Program Command to do this, but that only appears to run programs/commands outside of MicroStation, so I'm not sure how to accomplish this either.

    Any ideas, anyone?

    Stephanie

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