• Setting "Default Line Cap" via iPlot / PW Renditions

    All, I need to change the "Default Line Cap" setting to "Flat" but I can't seem to find any way to do in iPlot / Renditions. We use .set and .dscript files with iPlot, but after looking through the documentation, I cannot find a setting or means to…

  • [Connect] Transparency when plotting raster to PDF

    Hello After our company switched to Connect Edition, we are having issues with plotting PDF's and Raster. As I can read on the forums, there are several with the same annoying issue. The solution seems to be Rasterizing the plot, but we deal mostly…

  • ORD R3 Update 9 V 10.09.00.91 Excel Tables not printing

    I have a teammate who is assisting me on a project and cannot print any of the sheets that have an excel table linked to them. We cannot remove the links as the tables still change and need to be easily updated. He is able to insert, move, and update…

  • Test for scale in pentable

    Hi Everyone, We have a workflow for legacy projects that goes like this... Open file, place fence on sheet boundary 'ticks', open Print Dialog (ctrl+p), choose pltcfg, enter scale into Print Dialog, choose pen table (one of 3 that change the size…

  • 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

  • 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?

  • Is there a way to extract the file names saved a .pset file?

    I am trying to create a vba code that extracts the name of files saved into a .pset. Is there anyway to open a .pset with out opening microstation. When i open with notepad its all in garbled coding language that i can not utilize the information. …

  • 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…

  • Plot to PDF with an Aerial Background issue

    Running Power geopak ss4, (version .845) on window 10. When I save out a pdf, it creates random "No image" camera box tiles, on my pdf. It is not shown inmy drawing, or the print preview. Also. It did not do this in Windows 7. Now, using WIndows 10…

  • Microstation VJ Print Dialog Entity Fence

    I know Version J is an ancient software and I'm not sure if this is the place to inquire about this question, BUT. We have to use version J on our citrix server and IT has many options locked out so idiot users will not change anything to increase their…

  • Does not pick up color keyword in pen table

    very simple code all I need is to have everything in back except few line on level 63 when I create PDF with pen table. after I run this code everything turn black, if I take out the first 2 lines everything on level 63 show up in the correct color…

  • Re: Is there a default pen table?

    To find the default weights: 1. Create a new pen table 2. In the Modify Pen Table dialog select Map Pen Weights 3. In the Map Design Weights dialog click Create This will display the default weight mapping. However, keep in mind that weight…

  • Print Organizer really slow at printing cross section sheets

    Print organizer is very slow at printing cross section sheets (20+ seconds / sheet). Originally thinking it was just because of a certain linestyle or settings I tried multiple combinations of options and linestyles (even turning off linestyles…

  • Print Organizer and ProjectWise Managed Workspaces

    We are having an issue where Print Organizer is not reading the PW managed workspaces, so when we print our files, our custom linestyles, fonts, named expressions, text substitutions, etc, etc, are not being processed since that information does not reside…

  • Re: Create single print files like the .ini on V8i

    OK i have been working with the printing styles and it works AWESOME! you need to setup your print driver configurations and then setup your print styles using the print driver configurations. i am in the process of adding a ton of print drivers and styles…

  • 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: Not getting all levels in PDF

    Hi Andrew! Doing what you said I investigated my workspace settings and found the answer. It was an internal custom mdl application that did not seem to have anything to do with plotting and I have never had a problem with since V8 began. I will…

  • MS V8i SS2 - Printing from Windows 7 Pro

    I have 2 users that are trying to print from MicroStation V8i SS2 using a networked PLTCFG on a Windows 7 Pro 64bit operating system and gets this error; "Error Opening Print File "SAI-DCPS1\HP Designjet 4500ps HPGL2" I have other users using Windows…

  • Re: Not getting all levels in PDF

    Evidently It had a problem posting the dgn The attached zip contains both the dgn and pltcfg. Sorry!
    • PlotConfigFile.ZIP

  • Text Substitutions-Caps

    My project has a font that is using all capital letters for all text, and small letters for symbols not on the keyboard. The problem is that all of my file names are in small letters and so is our Microstation username. When I do a predefined text substitution…

  • slow creating plots from 3d

    I am trying to create pdf files using saved hidden line views and its slow. Is there a way to speed this process up The way I am composing my files I am referencing saved views into ( in with) a 2d model. That 2d model is then referenced into…

  • Description of pltcfg file

    Hi folks, where can I find description of variables and values they can purchase? I tried to search in help but there are differencies in values between pltcfg file stored in MSTN installetion andvalues described in help. Just an example…

  • Draped Surface Printing

    I created an aerial using the google earth image capture feature in Microstation V8i. As you may know, microstation does this by creating a triangulated surface or mesh, which is then draped by an image, as if the image were a material. The end result…

  • Print Organizer Error

    I am getting an error in PO when I open a .pset and then double click on a file to see the Properties. The error reads "An error occurred in the print engine - Protection is disabled (click here for details)" and an OK box. It only pops up the first time…
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