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  • 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…
  • Pavement Markings Directional Arrows in Reference Files won't Gray Scale

    We recently received a Support Call where the user has a DSGNSP referenced to a PLANSG and the user wanted to grayscale the Pavement Markings, Messages and Arrows. Everything grayscaled except for the Directional Arrows when the user made edits to the…
  • Re: How to create a new pen table based on a FDOT supplied pen table?

    When editing a pen table, the logical names of references can be identified using “Regular Expressions” . Regular Expressions do not work exactly like wildcards (*) in Windows. In Regular Expressions the period is the wildcard and the asterisk tells it…
  • EDI created Pdf doesn't plot grayscale?

    When printing in Microstation v8i there is no issue printing grayscale. We use FDOT_GrayExisting.tbl for grayscale and a modified FDOT.tbl. Is there a way to use these .tbl in EDI to get grayscale or is there a setting for plotting grayscale in EDI?
  • After Printing Key Sheets With Filled Maps

    We received an email from a designer that succesfully accomplished the steps in the following link, but was not pleased with the results as the steps takes the fill out of the color map, even when grayscale is selected, and location arrows: http:/…
  • Re: Color_FDOTPDF.pltcfg Plot Configuration

    Hi Pat, You can customize a Pen Table and add an entry that will accomplish this. From the Print dialog attach the FDOT pen table and the select Save As to save it as a new name in you project directory. Add a new section ( Edit > Add…
  • Text Substitution for number of sheets within sub folder in Print Organizer

    I'm trying to determine a way to with the standard pen table substitutions or named expressions to print "Sheet X of Y" for various disciplines within one print set file. There is a named expression variable "PrintSet.PrintDefCount" that counts the total…
  • Pen Tables - Multiple level regular expressions

    I'm trying to create a pen table with multiple level regular expressions in the Element Search Criteria for an individual section. Putting in a single expression works just fine, but when I add a second the entire level expression is ignored. For example…
  • Pinting dynamic view + pdf

    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…
  • Open and Edit .TBL file

    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
  • 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…
  • Printing Raster Images in XM

    Working out the kinks on changing our shop to XM. In V8, when we plot sheets that have aerial photos in them, we can print black linework with a color image by changing the color mode to monochrome. In V8xm, when we plot sheets that have aerial…