• 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…

  • Use pdf.pltcfg Microstation V8 2004

    Hi, you can use the driver pdf.pltcfg into microstation v8 2004? We need to create PDF prints larger than 200 inches long. Thank you soo much.

  • Positional Keyboard Navigation or Equivalent in V8 2004

    Is there any way to utilize Positional Keyboard Navigation (PKN) within V8 2004? I learned V8i using PKN in college and the company I work at currently are using v8 2004 which does not have this feature as far as I know. As you can imagine repetitive…

  • Print Limit 500 Microstation Print Organizer

    Hi I used to use IPLOT to create pdf's but found that the standard Print Organizer i much faster. But I have a problem when I need to create more than 500 print (plotshapes). I know where to changes this for IPLOT, but can't find the same config…

  • 3D PDF with levels

    Hello I am trying to print a 3D PDF with levels but it does not work. Each time I try I only get a 3D PDF. I can do just a #D PDF or just a PDF with levels but am unable to do both together. Any pointers would be welcomed.

  • Re: Plotting Levels to PDF

    Charles, Thomas already mentioned 3D funtionality. As you want to output maps 2D functionality may be helpful. 1. Do not use the Adobe Acrobat Printer driver, which can not produce PDF with levels. 2. Creating PDF with levels is…

  • V8i Affecting File Modified Date When Plotting

    We have set Preferences -> 'Automatically Save Design Changes' to off [un-ticked] MS_DGNAUTOSAVE = 0 When I open a DGN to plot, the modified date is changed by the application even though I have not changed the content of the file. I had migrated…

  • Re: 3d PDF - Measure in Acrobat Reader 9

    Patrick, I am not quite sure what you are talking about. There is digital rights management. Some features may have been restricted by the owner/publisher of the document by digital rights management. Typical features restricted by this…

  • Re: Printing w/ windows "Adobe PDF"

    Johnny, which version of MicroStation and Adobe Acrobat do you use? As Bear already suggested in MicroStation V8 the original Bentley pdf.plt or pdf.pltcfg will give you complete control and best results. To control print output…
    • KOP_PDF.plt

  • Re: Set sheet printer driver

    Elar, Kevins advice is about how to setup a system printer for a specific default sheet size in the system printer configuration file (printer.plt), not how to switch between different printers. I don´t know about a method to automatically…

  • Scale Reset While Printing

    I'm new to Microstation v8 because I moved from v7 very recently. I have a problem with scaling the output while printing. In the printing dialog window 1. I choose Windows Driver 2. Set the scale of the print output …

  • Plotting a Metric drawing using Iplot English units

    Hi, Hope someone can help me with this one. I'm trying to plot a metric drawing that was done in V7 using Iplot setting files in V8. The problem I have is my weights and line styles are coming out too big because of the conversion from Metric…

  • Re: How to have full indexed PDF with Microstation V8

    Hi Jan, I hope I was able to transfert this PDF example. There are some texts that you can select (and are searchable on Acrobat Reader) and others that you can't ; and I don't know why. The curious part is when we tried to copy one of the non…

  • Microstation Batch Plot message "Press Reset to Stop"

    When running a batch plot in Microstation we sometimes get a message that pops up saying "Press <Reset> to Stop". What is the reset button that needs to be pressed? Or is there a way to cancel? What exactly does this message mean and why does it come…

  • Setting default print attributes from printer.plt

    Not sure if this is possible. What I need is a way to set some default print attributes from my plot driver so that the users don't have to keep setting them. I have had a look at printer configuration files and managed to turn the attributes off this…

  • How to have full indexed PDF with Microstation V8

    Hello, I'm trying to print some indexed PDF (SearchableText=on in the driver), but not all the texts are made searchable in the PDF file. Is there a way to be sure that all the texts are made searchable ? Think you for your answers. Gildas…

  • Creating Searchable PDF's with pscript.plt

    Hello We are using a document management system that uses acrobat distiller to auto generate PDF's when a drawing/document is issued. I am aware that you can create searchable PDF's with the pdf.plt but because I need to go through a document management…
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