• 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…
  • Some elements not showing up when printing drawings

    We have encountered an issue in which solid objects are printing wireframe/disappearing regardless of the view style settings within the Microstation file (which is set to hidden line). The picture on the left shows a detail within Microstation itself…
  • Plotting to PDF from Microstation

    Hello All, We are trying to deprecate the print to plotter functionality and replace the same with Print to PDF. Our Users have Microstation Select Series 10 , Descartes and IPLOT Organizer on the System. Although IPLOT has Export to PDF option , we…
  • Get Rid of "-model-000" from PDF file names

    In the New MicroStation Connect, every time I print to a PDF, I keep getting a default "-Model-000.pdf" added to the file name. For example: The drawing name is: "4-111_Arch_A-101_Floor_Plan.DGN". I want to print it as a pdf as: "4-111_Arch_A-101_Floor_Plan…
  • Raster disappearing when printing PDF

    Good morning, I have a sheet model that has a raster attached, a logo, and when I print to PDF, it disappears. I tried copying it from the model instead of attaching from the sheet and I tried creating a saved view of the logo in the model and…
  • Support for Embedded TrueType (TTF) font in MicroStation Print/Interplot/ICS authored PDF files

    We switched over from traditional RSC fonts to a unified TrueType font (TTF) family and have been struggling with modern PDF applications (e.g. Acrobat, Bluebeam, web browsers, etc.) rendering the MicroStation-authored TrueType font characters such as…
  • CREATE BOOKMARKS FROM MODEL NAME

    How do you create bookmarks in your pdf using the model name \ sheet name and not the file name? I found this,but where is the ip.cfg file? If I create a script file the variables are not supported in the print organizer file In ip.cfg, set IP_EXTRACT_VARIABLES_ON_CREATE_PLOTS…
  • can't use the printer driver configuration tool

    I can't edit the print driver pdf.pltcfg file with the print driver configuration tool on Microstation Connect. I have tried to set it as the active one and edit it by going to File> edit print driver configuration tool on the printing window, but it…
  • Trouble Printing with Hatches

    If I print one of my drawings out of MicroStation V8i to a pdf with a hatch in the drawing (road hatch) then the pdf size is extremely large. If I turn the hatch layer off and print in the exact same way that I printed before, then the pdf size is normal…
  • Printing in back over a raster Image

    Good day all, I have a peculiar issue here that I cannot figure out. I have a drawing that has a raster image as the background. Now, I have two text elements. One appears with a white background in the paper space, which is more desirable for me…
  • [VBA] [CE] “printorganizer add model” is really slow in opposite to V8

    Hello everyone. Scenario: I have to plot 200 ~ 300 Models from Cel-Libraries into one PDF. Printorganizer does this job. I have a validated list in the form “File-name Model-name” The workflow: Create pSet file Start plotting with pSet file…
  • creating or printing PDF to match drawing file names

    I have just loaded MicroStation PowerDraft CONNECT select Edition - PC - Microsoft Windows 10. Research for hours, but can't find the right answer and have been trying different ways. I am trying to configure the software to print the PDFs to match…
  • Raster Display In Print Organizer

    I am currently having an issue with raster images not printing using the Print Organizer. I was previously trying to figure out why rasters were not showing up in my current view and came across posts about the Raster Display Key-ins. I was able to fix…
  • Problem with printing border from Print Organizer in Microstation v8

    I created a Print Organizer in Microstation v8 and tried to print my files to PDF. Some of them printed without borders, although the border was set up the same way in all files. Is this a common problem that anyone knows a fix for? Thank you!
  • MicroStation plotting to PDF. intermittently I get what

    intermittently I get what the two pics show in my screen shots. These are a clients TB and we work on their workspace for their projects. Just wondering if anyone else has run into this. I use V8i (series4). THanks for any help.
  • Plotting: Lines are coming out blocky

    Hey, I'm relative new to MicroStation and I'm having trouble producing nice PDFs. The lines aren't coming out smooth when I plot. I don't think it's a line thickness issue and I think I've tried changing the stroke tolerance correctly. Any help? I…
  • Plotting: Lines are coming out blocky

    Hey, I'm relative new to MicroStation and I'm having trouble producing nice PDFs. The lines aren't coming out smooth when I plot. I don't think it's a line thickness issue and I think I've tried changing the stroke tolerance correctly. Any help? I…
  • PDF's With Transparent Elements Creates Long Print Times

    We are using the Bentley PDF Print Driver to create PDF files of our project sheets. The driver is modified, some what; limited to form sizes, color settings, and PDF resolution to 300,300. We set our cross section sheets with a transparency 30 and…
  • CONNECT: gray when printing to pdf

    When I print this file to pdf, the entire page goes is gray. I have only this problem in certain files with reference models but not on all of them. Any suggestions on what I can do to fix this?
  • How to take print of Drawing while I have added some multi lines over existed lines of Drawing.

    I am doing some modifications in P&ID and PFD Drawing. The new lines multi lines are visible but the existing lines at drawing are becoming very thick. resulting in unable to understand the drawing. kindly help to resolve this issue. I have attached the…
  • V8i PowerDraft SS4 VBA - Calling Print Organizer, opening PSETs error handling?

    Hi Guys, I'm using Excel VBA to call Microstation and then from a list of directories open .pset files (previously created manually) contained within each directory. The intention is to open each pset, print to PDF and move onto the next PSET until…
  • Missing Levels in the drawing after Printing Drawing to PDF

    Hi folks, I've only just started to use Microstation a month ago- so I am still a beginner with this program. I currently have a drawing file with 2x references. A Drawing frame A Model When I attempt to print to pdf, it does not fully print…
  • PDF raster print with MicroStation Connect updt9

    Hello everyone I find problem with the PDF raster print, the slowness of CONNECT is unsustaineable respect the v8i releases, so I solve only changing in low parameters the point/inch resolution into the driver config. Can someone suggest me another solution…
  • Plotting to PDF GeoReferencing - uStn V8iSS4

    We are needing to add some 'accuracy' disclaimers to our GeoReferenced PDF that we are creating from uStn. All of our models are setup with the appropriate Local Projection Coordinates, and these are magically 'transformed' into the Lat/Long coordinates…
  • Plotting rasters with transparency from 3d model

    Hey team, I've had this issue for a while and basically got around it by creating 2d models for the plan I'm having the issue with but I think it's time I got to the bottom of it. Basically if I have a raster attached to a 3d model and make it transparent…