• OpenRoads (+ProjectWise) Text Substitution

    Hi, I am using OpenRoads Designer CONNECT (2020 Release 3) alongside with ProjectWise. I am trying to automatically populate multiple fields from a border reference file. This border is referenced into each sheet, where the fields will have different…
  • Printing with pen table

    Ok, my brain has officially checked out today... Is there any reason that 2 .dgns would print differently given the following criteria... Using v8i ss4 Both v8 dgns Using print dialog (ctrl+p) same pen table same view attributes same color…
  • 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…
  • iam using bentley map enterprises v8i select series 4background raster is not printing vector is in seeing preview

  • How to print multiple file in Aecosim?

    I Would like to print Multiple files in one go, is it possible in AECOsim? like Batchplot or Publish etc
  • 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.
  • Design Script

    Attempting to use design scripts for text replacement in a multi-line string. IE - SEE SHEET $SNUM$. This can be done fairly quickly with a config variable and concating the text. My problem is that the SEE SHEET is not standard, and can be basically…
  • Printer Driver Configuration

    When I select the relevant printer driver configuration we use at work, it does not take affect when I print or export at pdf. We have tried reinstalling Microstation Powerdraft V8i but it still does not work. Does anyone have suggestions on how to…
  • Plotting an element twice?

    When we plot yellow elements, we need to print it in black first and then yellow so that there's a yellow highlight, but it's still legible. We do this with shapes and text. To do this today, we add a reference of our dgn and the plotting rules will…
  • Bentley ICS - Date Time and USERNAME stamp in PDF Renditions

    We are using ICS to Rendition PDFs of Autocad 2015 drawings from Projectwise We would like to apply a date/time and Username stamp in the PDF at plot time. The Date and Time is working well However the Username being inserted into the PDF is the…
  • RE: How to show mesh elements in 3D pdf?

    Thanks for your files, if I open the supplied DGN and PDF they appear to be identical what am I missing ? Could it be when viewing the PDF a different Model Render Mode would answer your query .
  • Printing White Text Over Mesh

    Currently using MicroStation V8i SS3. Using the Geographic Tools in a separate file I imported an image from Google Earth that exists as a mesh element type. This file is then referenced into my sheet file to be shown as a background image, similar to…
  • Direct Print output differs from pdf printed from same printer.

    I have set up my plot drivers so that A3 pdf and A3 plotter are identical, lineweights/line styles etc etc. Likewise with A1pdf and A1 plotter drivers, identical. When I print the A3 pdf from the same A3 plotter, the output is different, in that the…
  • Issues after changing version of microstation (current 8-07-11-443)

    7633.fill.tbl CELL TEST FOR BE CO.dgn I have been working on some cells that were made in the early 2000's, and in doing so I have noticed that when I printed a cell, part of the fill was shading and another part of the same fill pattern, layer, color…
  • V8i SS3 Printing with Design Script - One Cell is causing a problem for the entire plotted sheet, affecting other elements

    I have a drawing which does not plot correctly. I am using a client-provided design script which "drops" elements to make them look like they are screened. The design script basically searches for elements by level and if the elements are within a certain…
  • [V8i] Plotting issues

    Thanks in advance for taking the time to help me out. I am extremely new to Microstation with moderate CAD training on other software. I began a new job in a civil engineering firm and have set up my console to replicate the previous employee and I am…
  • Apply Print Style very Slooooooooooow !

    Hi all, When I choose "Settings > Apply Print Style" from the Print Dialog and change to another Print Style it takes ok not 5 min., but 4 min and 59 seconds to apply. What could be the problem? This is just too long. (V8i SS2) TIA Mike
  • 3D printing

    Has anyone be sucsesfull using V8i in creating 3D printable objects and if so how. I seem not to be able to create a object in Microstation, export it with VRML into a printer usable file and print it. It reports manifold error after uploading the…
  • NOTICE: Batch Print is leaving the V8i building – PLEASE READ!

    With MicroStation V8i, Print Organizer was introduced as the new interface for set printing in MicroStation. Although it is still delivered in both V8 i SELECTseries 1 and the upcoming SELECTseries 2 release, Batch Print was removed from the file menu…
  • Problem assigning multiple print styles within same PSET

    I have several sheets in the same PSET of varying type. I would like to be able to apply one print definition to several large color sheets and another to print definition to several small black and white exhibits. The process I'm attempting to achieve…
  • Keyword Assignment

    We received a design script from a client that uses iPlot and I want to try to use as much of the script as possible in MS SS3 when printing our plans. I see they have a section that looks like straight up text substitution or keyword assignments (I am…
  • Update Printing Capabilities

    I have a couple of questions about when and how to update printing capabilities. We like to have them setup on the network rather than each individual PC. Are all of the new printing features in new versions of MicroStation taken care of in the…
  • Print Organizer not plotting all reference files

    I've had a frustrating afternoon trying to get some new plan sheets to plot using print organizer. I've been using PO since March with much success but I stumped on this one, so I'm looking for some not so obvious things to check. I've got several…
  • PDF.pltcfg poor quality of OLE objects

    Is there a way to not have the pdf.pltcfg not rasterize OLE objects? Attached excel files look terrible when they are rasterized unless the DPI is set much higher that should be needed for a good print. I know I can use a regular printer.pltcfg set…