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      • How To Use InterPlot Organizer [TN]
      • Error when plotting from IPLOT dialog or Organizer interface
      • -General - ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer
        • "OS could not load c:\program files\common files\interplot\bin\iplotma.dll - error 126"
        • "Update from design file" will not update the new view group names in a saved IPS file.
        • 8355 - Creating PDF Files With InterPlot Products [TN]
        • A PDF files includes yellow “phantom lines”, which are not part of the design file..
        • ACAD ctb file in IPLOT
        • Adding Custom Columns To InterPlot Organizer [TN]
        • Adding customer specific PDF to Organizer gives "invalid input" error. What versions of Adobe are supported as input file to InterPlot Organizer?
        • Adding files to Organizer - CMDERR, executed ipmstnsrvm, which failed error
        • Archive: System Error: unable to query for free space on disk.
        • Archiving plot job fails when printing the same print job is successfull
        • Archiving tif files displays rotated file
        • ASCII settings file - Paper size
        • Author setting in PDF
        • Bring Win32app "at the beginning of the System Variable Path
        • Can I create PDF output files using the IPLOT command line?
        • Can I use a UNC path to define the location of the User and Project workspace in IPLOT?
        • Can InterPlot read AutoCAD files to determine if a Plot Style (.CTB or .STB) is being used?
        • Can multiple default settings files be used?
        • Can multiple pattern libraries with the same resolution be used with IPLOT?
        • Can you specify the start location in InterPlot Organizer?
        • Cannot create a PDF file from a drawing with XWMS reference file
        • Cannot find shape inside a cell when searching for the plot area using InterPlot Organizer or Print Organizer.
        • Cannot locate settings file definition
        • CMDERR ipsubmit failed
        • Colored elements in your designs plot in shades of gray on monochrome devices.
        • Common ProjectWise InterPlot FAQs
        • Common reference files are getting copied out multiple times out of ProjectWise when plotting from Organizer.
        • Configuring ProjectWise InterPlot Server 08.11.07.Xx For Archiving On Windows Server 2008 64-Bit [TN]
        • Customer is converting an Equorum pen table to an IPLOT design script. How do you convert a CMYK value to RGB?
        • Customer is plotting to a HP LaserJet 5550 and gets only symbols on the plot.
        • Customized font does not plot correctly when I use Organizer. It plots correctly when I use the IPLOT dialog box.
        • Data Extraction For Accounting And Digital Archive Attributes [TN]
        • Defining IPLOT_MSENGINE_OPTIONS is not working
        • Design script testing on color, the elements in question are using level symbology.
        • Design Script text substitution to print the design file name without the .dgn extension.
        • Did you know, that you can create PDF files on a Windows 7 client computer, on which only the software MicroStation J and ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer Version 08.11.11.56 is installed?
        • Digital InterPlot Design Script Extensions For ProjectWise Components [CS]
        • Does InterPlot create geospatially coordinated PDF files?
        • Elements plotted outside fence in dialog
        • Ensure your Entire file is Exported to PDF using InterPlot Organizer
        • Error updating NQS Spool file
        • Error when Exporting to PDF from the IPLOT Main dialog or InterPlot Organizer
        • Executing a VB Script causes ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer to crash
        • Executive Server Error 103
        • Executive Server Error 157
        • Features And Benefits Of The InterPlot Plotting Solution [CS]
        • Fields are not getting automatically updated when printing using InterPlot Organizer.
        • File Self-registration Error 161
        • Fonts not picking up weights
        • How can I add columns to InterPlot Organizer?
        • How can I check the Print Processor settings?
        • How can I display the level names instead of level numbers in a IPARM file?
        • How can I get my tag data exported to the PDF file using InterPlot/IPLOT?
        • How can I write in a pen table or design script that changes the color and fill color of the cell.
        • How can InterPlot Organizer be configured to output an “Export PDF” to a specific folder?
        • How can the design file name be printed without the .dgn extension using a Design Script?
        • How do you define a form containing quotes (11" x 17") in an ASCII settings file?
        • How do you get the Welcome dialog to display when opening Organizer once you have selected the option to "Don't display this screen again"?
        • How do you redefine the plot work folder?
        • How does one control the way Organizer's Save command works with Projectwise
        • How does the IPLOT dialog interface determine default workspace?
        • How to change the Bookmark name created inside the PDF and replace it with a value stored in a tag?
        • How to change the PDF default rotation
        • How to check a iplot design script for syntax errors?
        • How to create a InterPlot Diagnostic Report?
        • How to Create Multiple Plots from a Single DGN
        • How to disable "Use Full Sheet" in IPLOT dialog
        • How to edit Feature Tables with ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer?
        • How to preview IPLOT menu from appearing
        • How to remove (uninstall) ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer after an unsuccessful installation
        • How to sort plots in Interplot Organizer
        • How to submit double-sided prints from InterPlot Organizer
        • How to upgrade VPR
        • How to use a MicroStation variable in an IPLOT design script
        • In Organizer, how do you control what the Add Plots directory displays as its initial directory? IPLOT_DGN_PATH does not affect this.
        • Integrating InterPlot Organizer
        • InterPlot configuration variables in a ProjectWise Managed Workspace
        • InterPlot Design Script - testing on reference file name
        • InterPlot OLE object print quality
        • InterPlot Organizer File - Print options
        • InterPlot Organizer Integration With Bentley ProjectWise 8.1 [CS]
        • InterPlot Organizer is generating the following error when importing DGNs with more than 50 plot shapes: "SHAPELIM, The maximum number of matching shape elements, 50, was found. Increase the configurable shape limit or refine the search criteria."
        • InterPlot Organizer is not updating Fields
        • InterPlot Organizer opens slowly
        • InterPlot Pattern Libraries [TN]
        • InterPlot Products Are Now Part Of The ProjectWise Family What Does This Mean To Todays InterPlot User [CS]
        • InterPlot Settings Files [TN]
        • IPLOT Command plots get watermark
        • IPLOT Organizer for Microstation/J only delivery
        • IPLOT Plot Provider - CoCreateInstance() failed error
        • Is it possible to license InterPlot Client Version 8.5 with the passport license using the old SELECTserver 8.5?
        • Is it possible to use a MicroStation Named Expressions in a InterPlot Design Script?
        • Is there a way to print out the RGB of our custom color table?
        • Is there an InterPlot Design Script Assignment Keyword that corresponds the MicroStation Pen Table (or Autocad CTB) “Screening” setting?
        • Is there is a way to enable the "Disable Saved Views/Reference Bookmark" option via a variable or registry change?
        • Level override symbology are not printed correctly
        • Lines and text plot darker than the same RGB values for filled shapes on a Oce TDS 700
        • Modifying ips files in batch mode
        • MS ucf/pcf files and IPLOT variables
        • Organizer print jobs names
        • PDF file is blank, using Office documents
        • Pen table priorities not honored
        • Portable Plan Set With Digital InterPlot [CS]
        • Printer Settings could not be saved. Operation could not be completed (error 0x000006d9)
        • Printers list in IPLOT dialog
        • Printing fails to Windows 2008 R2 server
        • Producing Consistent Line Thickness With InterPlot [CS]
        • Project Explorer link to a xls file published in an exported PDF
        • ProjectWise InterPlot current versions
        • ProjectWise InterPlot installation error 1114
        • ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer Configure - integrate
        • ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer Configure- Integrate
        • ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer GUI does not display
        • ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer IPLOT caching
        • ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer print does not print
        • ProjectWise InterPlot Server installation Error: 1722
        • ProjectWise InterPlot Server installation order
        • ProjectWise InterPlot Server is no longer activated and therefore a banner appears on the plot
        • ProjectWise InterPlot V8i (SELECTseries 4) Minimum Requirements
        • ProjectWise InterPlot: Design Scripts
        • ProjectWise Managed Workspaces and Plotting
        • Raster attachments do not plot after applying settings file
        • Raster images still appear in color in preview/plot after selecting the "Plot raster references in grayscale" option from the Iplot dialog box under "Options>Raster".
        • Raster Offline job fails
        • Raster Offline output names get truncated
        • Reduce the pdf file size by using ghostscript parameter
        • Saving IPLOT iparms and metafiles
        • Several computers which are connected to a particular print server are getting this popup message: "Could not create the printer because the IP/Script interpreter is not installed. Reinistall the product and invoke Setup again."
        • Single sign on InterPlot Organizer
        • Takes long time to plot GEOPAK files
        • Text elements are not plotting as they should
        • Text elements which should be plotted small are being plotted as boxes with Xs in them.
        • Text using a text style is plotting as a black box when using a pen table.
        • The design file has changed since it was last saved.
        • The following points should be considered when licensing ProjectWise InterPlot products
        • The IPLOT and InterPlot Organizer interfaces are not available below MicroStation –> File menu after using customized workspace.
        • The last 20 cm of the paper printouts are printed filled in black
        • The new IP_PW_SETTINGS_PATH does not seem to work. The variable is defined correct.
        • The Organizer dialog is somehow completely off the screen. Re-starting Organizer, ending Organizer in the Task Manager, rebooting and reloading PW IP Organizer does not fix the problem.
        • TIMEOUT, ipmstnsrvm did not start within 60 seconds
        • Touch cell in border file only Via Design Script
        • True Type Font adjustment in IPLOT
        • Unreadable Text or Blank pages when I plot from IPLOT
        • Unrecognized characters on plot
        • Update fields in MicroStation design file do not get updated properly when plotting from Organizer.
        • Update Levels In InterPlot Plot Set And Parameter Files [CS]
        • User must manually login to PW from via Organizer (File>Projectwise Login) even though .ips file was opened from within PW Explorer
        • Using forms with quotes in an ASCII settings file
        • Using InterPlot Organizer For Group Plot [CS]
        • Using level names/numbers
        • V8i Plotting Options German Version [TN]
        • V8i Plotting Options [TN]
        • VBA script crashes InterPlot
        • Watermark on plots - The following product(s) are not activated: ProjectWise InterPlot Professional.
        • We need to find out what the line thickness is that correspond to each line weight in IPLOT
        • What are the IPLOT logicals for nested reference files?
        • What dictates line weights in an InterPlot Organizer Exported PDF file?
        • What does IPLOT_PROJECTWISE_INTEGRATION = true mean?
        • What does the ProjectWise tab control in the Integration menu mean?
        • What exactly does IPLOT_PROJECTWISE_WORKSPACE_INTEGRATION mean ?
        • What is the Rasterized Option in InterPlot?
        • When adding a design file to InterPlot Organizer the default origin is "Center" rather than 0,0
        • When attempting to add a design file named with international characters to InterPlot Organizer an "Invalid Input File" error displays.
        • When attempting to archive with a printer using a null port the printer status displays "error".
        • When creating a PDF file, how do you set the bookmark or page names in a PDF to the model name?
        • When creating a PDF from IPLOT, the clipping in the 3d view is not being honored.
        • Where are the default linestyle codes (1-7) that Interplot uses?
        • Where is the information saved for customized InterPlot Organizer columns?
        • Which MicroStation Version is acting as IPLOT Engine in ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer?
        • Why do I get only monochrome TIFF files using the ProjectWise InterPlot Digital Archive?
        • Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bits printer drivers for HP DesignJet 750
      • IPLOT performance is poor plotting to paper and Exporting to PDF.
      • OS could not load C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\InterPlot\IPLOT\bin\iplotman.dll, error 126
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    InterPlot Settings Files [TN]

       
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      Product(s): Digital InterPlot
      Version(s): InterPlot Client, InterPlot Professional 9.1, 10.X
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    Settings Files

    Settings files provide an easy and flexible way of defining default plotting values for your plots and plot sets. Settings files, which can be either binary or ASCII, should be used to do the following:

    • Store plotting parameters so that they can be easily reused.
    • Establish settings that pertain to the entire plot set, such as printer name.
    • Enforce drawing standards.
    • Eliminate typographical errors.
    • Group together plotting parameters so that you can apply them to a specific plot or plot set.
    • Assist novice users -- settings files can reduce the need to navigate through dialog boxes entirely.

    Binary settings files:

    • Allow settings for multiple data types to be defined in one settings file.
    • Supported with InterPlot 9.0 or later.
    • Created using the settings file editor in Organizer.

    ASCII settings files:

    • Allow settings for IPLOT or APLOT only.
    • Supported in all versions of InterPlot.
    • Created using any ASCII text editor.

    Using Organizer to Create Binary Settings Files

    1. From the Organizer menu bar, choose Edit > Settings File > Create.
    2. In the Create Settings File dialog box, select a section from the "Sections to create" list, and then click the Create Section button. This removes the section entry from the "Sections to create" list and adds it to the "Sections created" list.

      Note: Only data type support that is installed will display in this dialog box. The Common section enables you to specify common settings. Common settings include printer name, archive name, rendering attributes filename, and plot set attributes.

       

    3. Click the Edit Section button to access the properties sheet.
    4. From the Create Settings property sheet, specify the settings you want. To get help on a specific item, click ? at the top of the Create Settings property sheet and drop it on the item you want help on.
    5. To exit the Create Settings property sheet, click OK.
    6. To add additional sections, repeat steps 2-5 (this step is optional).
    7. To remove a section from the settings file, select the section from the Sections created list and click the Delete Section button (this step is optional). This removes the section entry from the Sections created list and adds it to the "Sections to create" list.
    8. To save the settings file, click Save As. Specify the name of the settings file, and then click Save.
    9. To exit the Create Settings dialog box, click Close.

    Creating ASCII Settings Files

    ASCII settings files are text files that contain Create and Modify command line qualifiers. The format of the settings file is one qualifier per line (along with its associated value). The maximum length of any line in a settings file is 1024 characters. The leading dash (-) character is optional when used in a settings file, though the command line interface requires it.

    You can use any setting in a settings file except for the -settings qualifier. One additional setting you cannot use in a printer settings file is -printer. The following is an example of a settings file:

      # This settings file establishes a default printer, color table, pen table and turns off  # the display of enter data fields and text nodes.  queue=hp5si  color_table=c:\program files\common files\interplot\iplot\misc\color.ctb  pen_table=c:\data\pen\test.pen  nodisplay=[enter_data, text_nodes]
    

    Types of Settings Files

    Default Settings File
    You can create a default settings file that stores plot parameters that will be applied automatically each time you create plots using the dialog, Organizer or command line interfaces. By default, you must name the settings file IPLOT.SET and put it in one of three directories:

    • Your home directory (which allows "per user" defaults on machines with shared user accounts)
    • The directory containing the drawing file or design file (which allows the same settings to be used for all of the files in the given directory)
    • The settings subdirectory of the product directory (which allows "per machine" defaults)

    Printer Settings File
    When you select a printer, InterPlot searches for a printer settings file, which defines the parameters related to a specific printer. For example, suppose you have a printer named color that connects to a color plotter and a printer named mono that connects to a monochrome plotter. You can create a printer settings file for each printer and use the color table qualifier to specify a different color table for each printer.

    InterPlot searches for a printer settings file with the same name as the printer and with a .set extension appended to it. Using the previous example, InterPlot looks for a printer settings file named color.set when you use the color printer.

    Manually Applied Settings File
    Although InterPlot uses settings files automatically, you can manually load specific settings files by using Organizer, the dialog box or the command line. By manually applying settings files, you can store groups of commonly used qualifiers (along with their values) in a file and then reference them on demand. This method of referencing settings files is helpful when a group of plotting parameters is used only for a specific project or on an occasional basis.

     

    Priorities When Using Settings Files

    To ensure that you have an opportunity to override any settings file defaults, InterPlot always processes settings files and any specified qualifiers in a particular order. The following priority issues are applicable to the dialog, Organizer and command line interfaces:

    • Any plotting parameters specified in the dialog, Organizer or in the command line interface after a settings file has been loaded always override any duplicate or mutually exclusive qualifiers that may have appeared in the loaded settings file. Mutually exclusive qualifiers are qualifiers that are not intended to be together, because using one of them would alter the value of the other. For example, Xsize and Scale are mutually exclusive qualifiers. If the loaded settings file contained Xsize and Scale was then specified, InterPlot would use the Scale value.
    • When the configuration variable IP_APPLY_ALL_SETTINGS is set to true, all of the default and printer settings files found in the search path will be read and applied. Mutually exclusive qualifiers that may appear in subsequent default or printer settings files override the same qualifiers that appear in previous default or printer settings files. When this variable is set to false, only the first occurrence of a default and printer settings file will be read and applied; InterPlot does not search any of the remaining directories for the file. The default value for this configuration variable is false.
    • If both a default and printer settings file exists, duplicate or mutually exclusive parameters in the printer settings file override those in the default settings file. This situation could occur if a default settings file (defined by the IP_DEFAULT_SETTINGS configuration file variable) is used and contains a reference to a printer that has a printer settings file associated with it.

    The following priority issues are applicable only to the command line:

    • If you use a qualifier and a settings file that contain the same or mutually exclusive qualifiers in the same command line, then the value of the qualifier from the settings file is ignored.
    • If you use the -settings qualifier with the Create or Modify commands and a default or printer settings file exists, any qualifiers in the file referenced by the -settings qualifier will override any duplicate or mutually exclusive qualifiers that InterPlot read from the default or printer settings file.

    Configuration File Variables

    There are several variables in the Common configuration file, ip.cfg, that relate to settings files.

    IP_DEFAULT_SETTINGS
    If you want to name the default settings file something other than iplot.set, you can change it. The default settings file name is defined by the configuration variable IP_DEFAULT_SETTINGS.

    IP_SETTINGS_PATH
    The directory locations for default and printer settings files can be changed. InterPlot searches the directories specified by the configuration variable IP_SETTINGS_PATH for default and printer settings files. Once it finds the first occurrence of the settings file, InterPlot does not search any of the remaining directories for the file. To specify a list of directories in the settings file search path, you must separate each directory with a semicolon.

    IP_SETTINGS_FILE_FILTER
    IP_SETTINGS_FILE_FILTER defines the settings file filter and is defined as set by default. Organizer and the dialog interfaces use this filter to determine which filenames to display in the file selection dialog box.

    IP_APPLY_ALL_SETTINGS
    By default, InterPlot finds the first occurrence of a default or printer settings file and does not search any of the remaining directories in the settings file search path. You can change this behavior and search multiple levels of default and printer settings files.

    The configuration variable IP_APPLY_ALL_SETTINGS allows you to set up multiple levels of default settings files. For example, some users may want to have company-wide default settings files that can be overridden on a per-user or per-site basis. To do this, you can set the configuration variable IP_APPLY_ALL_SETTINGS to true. When this configuration variable is set to true, all of the default settings files found in the search path are read and applied. The default value for this configuration variable is false.

    See Also

    Product TechNotes and FAQs

    ProjectWise TechNotes And FAQs

    External Links

    Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase

    Bentley LEARN Server

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