• 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…
  • 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…
  • HELP: Nesting with plotter, MicroStation [HP 1050c plus]

    I've wasted enough paper..maybe someone can shed some insight on this problem: Is there anything special I need to do if I'm trying to nest from MicroStation [iPlot] to a HP DesignJet 1050c plus? Just can't get to the bottom of this…
  • Extension lines not plotting; NEW to Microstation, please help.

    I am trying to plot several Microstation V8 files to pdf, and each time I do this the extension lines on all of my dimensions do not show. I am very new to Microstation, so I have no idea which command or edit I need to do to fix the problem. I have been…
  • HPGL2.plt

    I am new to Microstation and currently trying to configure a plt file to printer to an Oce 9300. Using a HPGL2 plt file I have set up custom weight strokes for pen thickness. When I use the plt file to print to the 9300 I get no line thickness at all…
  • 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…
  • Created new levels on my file but are not displayed after I print to PDF

    I created a few new levels on my working drawing, so it makes things easier for editing...... but when I print the file to PDF, the PDF file does not display the lines I drew with the new Levels. All the Plot are checked on. Any ideas how can…
  • Stipple pattern print weight different from same cell placed

    We have a stipple / stucco / dot pattern which always prints lighter than desired. If we use the cell library "archpatv8.cel" and a PNT-type pattern "Stucco" to create a hatch, it prints light. If we place the same cell at the same scale into our drawing…
  • Plotting Grayscale - Migrated from V8 and XM to V8i

    We have just upgraded our MicroStation from V8 and XM to V8i. I use Level Symbology to print grayscale by assigning a screened gray to certain color numbers. I am using the same plot drivers and pen tables as I used with V8i and XM. However, my print…