• Reference boundary is popping out in print out. Any idea of how to turn it off?

    Reference boundary is popping out in print out. Any idea of how to turn it off? "Note: There are 2 references in same drawing, but border of only one reference pops out when I pull print out. Boundary display is off in attributes." PRINT OUT SA…
  • Error in printing from print organizer

    Hello, If I given single sheet print via print option I'm able to give the print, but at the same time when I'm giving print from print organizer, I'm getting an error in message centre as Error writing print file 'C:\Users\<name>\AppData\Local\Temp…
  • 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…
  • Print Organizer Works With Some Drawings And Not With Others

    Hi! I'm running into kind of weird issue with Print Organizer - I have found a workaround, but would like to know why this may occur. So, I'll start up one of the DGNs that don't seem to work with the Print Organizer, start the Print Organizer. After…
  • PEN Table exception to make fill/backgrounds white?

    Our agency has PEN tables that allow utilities to appear in color and certain grays to plot and be transparent. There is a section in the PEN table wording that encompasses all other levels and sets them to black. Unfortunately, this also applies to the…
  • 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…
  • PrintStyles not Showing up in "Apply Print Styles"

    I am attempting to convert some workspaces from v8i to Connect but the only thing I cannot get working is print styles. The DGNLIB that my print styles are in is stored in $(_USTN_WORKSETSTANDARDS)Dgnlib\Printing\ as configured in MS_DGNLIBLIST_PRINTING…
  • Microstation crashes when trying to print

    Hi everyone. One of our employees’ microstation crashes as soon as she tries to print. When you click print the print dialog does not even open, instead it freezes a little bit and then opens the send error dialog, if you close it, it opens another…
  • MicroStation CONNECT Edition - Black PDF

    Late last year, after a change of owners, the company swapped our laptops and along with them, all of the software. Since then, when I try to print to a PDF using a configuration file that has worked prior to the changes, the drawing area (inside the…
  • Printing paper and PDF takes too much time

    Printing paper and PDF takes too much time (30 minutes at a time...) Is there an option to reduce this time?
  • 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!
  • Open roads link codes

    Is it possible using link codes to get a point to be a start of a line string and also be the end of an arc? We have a point that is the start of a line string but we also need it to be the end of an arc. Can a point have two link codes? Just want to…
  • 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.
  • [CONNECT] Printer Scale Clipping

    The variable MS_PLT_ENABLE_SCALE_CLIPPING states that plots will not be clipped if set to "0". Refer image below. Has anyone else noticed this setting is not honoured in CE for all situations? e.g. If I FENCE an A1 in DESIGN MODEL, set scale to 1…
  • Low resolution when exporting to stl?

    Hi, how can I export stl files in higher resolution? The dgn files that I export to stl files is not perfect round but instead small lines put together in a circle?
  • Can one efficiently list all of the affected drawings (IFC drawings issued externally) resulting from modification of a model?

    In short, a MicroStation model is completed, IFC drawings are published and issued to the Contractor. Eventually, a design amendment is required (say, re-positioning of a few light posts), requiring changes in multiple IFC drawing packages across multiple…
  • Files not getting added to print organizer

    Hi All, When I am trying to drag and drop to print organizer it is not taking the files, But for some i am able to add but the print definitions I can't define for these. I have tried several print styles. But if a create a new file and move all these…
  • Microstation Printing issue

    Hi Team, One of my team member is facing Microstation printing problem, he is unable to print the file form Microstation app(please refer attached screen shot). It is a printing DLL problem. Can you please look this issue on priority and provide your…
  • Microstation SS4 I plot configuration

    Hi All, I would like to know whether I-Plot option is available in SS4 microstation or not. If available, then how to get it in microstation. Thanks in advance.
  • When raster print it comes out with color, when non-raster no color just a black border

    When raster print it comes out with color, no problem but when when I un tick rasterize (therefore non-rasterized) no color just a black border. Is there a setting that I have to change or is this by default and can't be fixed? First image non-pasteurized…
  • In microstation ss4 when I am changing the sheet model size from A0 to A1, the drawing contents like the text and other elements dont get scaled proportionally. Is there any solution?

    In microstation ss4 when I am changing the sheet model size from A0 to A1, the drawing contents like the text and other elements dont get scaled proportionally. Is there any solution? When the sheet model is in A0 the content is like as show below:…
  • [CONNECT] Border Attachment Printing Issues

    [PD CONNECT 10.10.00.23][Win10] We are trying to speed up our sheet creation process, and are attempting to use 'Border Attachment', but are having an issue with printing. I have previously had the same, unresolved issue with v8i. TR342679 SR8001430780…
  • Print Organizatin Error

    Hello, I am not able to add any file to Microstation Print Organizer. I am getting following error - exception encountered inside workermicrostationproxy.load design file. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I have Microstation V8i (SELECTseries…
  • Creating custom output file names using: MS_PLT_DEFAULT_OUTPUT_FILENAME_EXPRESSION System.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension (PrintDefinition.SourceFile)

    Hello all, I tried asking this on a related post but that post is from 10 years ago so not sure anyone will answer so i decided to create a new one. The config variable: MS_PLT_DEFAULT_OUTPUT_FILENAME_EXPRESSION System.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension…
  • Microstation v8i Print organizer- Unable to add "Files to set..."

    Hello, I am unable to add new files to set on plot organizer. Please see attached screenshot for the error microstation outputs. Thanks,