Hi all I'm going to use V8I and ARCHITECTURE. We want to use DV. WE ARE COMING FROM 2004+TRIFORMA. i wanted to know about your workflow and how you print sheet with dv referenced. i know that rasterised must be click. it make 15min to send a sheet…

I've been experimenting with V8i recently and have created a 3D model of an electricity Substation. From this I have created the various sections as Saved Views using place fitted section. The Saved Views were then used to create new sheets to further…

We are having an issue with our line weights when we plot to PDF. When we plot to the printer, all of the line weights look exactly the way we want them. The problem occurs when we plot to PDF. Line weights get larger or smaller, but only for certain…

Hello, I am new to the site. I have been using microStation V8i since august of 2010 and have conformed to the typical usage of my office. I am not key on the way we go about printing pages because it takes more time then it should. The current process…

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…

When I go to reopen a .pset that has multiple shape boundaries in one file I get multiple shapes of the same boundary that was printed first. They are the correct number of sheets but they show the same image. Any help would be much appreciated. Also…

Hi folks, A simple thing I just can't a radar lock on.... editing a 'TBL' file. Someone might kindly got a line on that for me please? Much appreciated! Cheers

I have a whole load of drawings that I can print manually but if I use print organiser the references that include extractions from Bentley Architecture do not print. Is this a know problem? Does anyone have any ideas? I could send my print style…

I assume a specific prolog file can be added to pdf.pltcfg in the Printer Driver Configuration (editor), but none of the fields are labeled "Prolog File" or something similar. (I'm simulating the ye ol' prolog=<name>.pro line that existed with ye ol'…

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…

Is it possible to utilize Named Expresssions to list the references used to create a sheet at print time? This is necessary to enable us to recreate the sheet when the plot set is submitted. I have searched and not found any direct references to the references…

V8i: I might have missed this in previous threads and no reference in help, but... Default Print File Name has as a std. entry "$(MS_PLTFILES)$(basename(_DGNFILE))-$(MS_PLTMODELNAME)-<autoInc?digits=3?base=0> and this allows a pdf filename…

Hello, We have been using the batch print function and finally biting the bullet and moving to Print Organizer (PO). However, we are finding that the fonts are not plotting correctly and the default font is being substituted. When we plot from the…

Hi experts, Anyone can tell me how to print by selecting an object or area instead of using the fence command? For example I created a square that covers my drawings and I want to print the drawings inside that square. Instead of using the fence…

In V8i the View Display Style for Hidden Line assigns a global line weight overriding the element's line weight. In XM, the View Display Mode for Hidden Line preserved the line weights. I understand the logic in the View Display Style, but is there a…

I have an A4 sized sheet with 2 attached raster images (each original image is just over 1 Mb ), but the PDF output file is over 8Mb!!....not very useful..... can someone help - I've not touched the driver configuration.

Hi, Is there anyway I can make the Print Organizer choose the Paper Size automatically depending the size of the fence, maybe a part of a layer name or something else? Thanks, Andreas

Has any thought been given to adding the ability to select levels with a wildcard e.g S-* . When selecting level names; if another level is added in a reference later it will not be included in the pentable. If you could select via wildcard, if the level…