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  • HP Pagewide XL PRO 5200 MFP - Issues/concerns with Iplot setup and integration

    Our company is interested in leasing the HP Pagewide XL PRO 5200 MF Printer. Has anyone experienced issue with the integration of this printer with Interplot ? When using the driver for the XL5200 supplied with the mid volume driver pack, are there…
  • 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
  • IPlot Custom Line Styles changing

    When using I-Plot, some of my line styles are changing to different custom line styles and even changing from custom to line style 0. I also experience changes in my line weights. Everything is fine in the file and I even checked override settings. These…
  • Need Help with ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer Tutorial Please.

    I must be missing something. While using the tutorial below everthing works except when you preview the drawings the Sheet S# of T# do not get filled in. ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer Tutorial Extracting Variables The Design Script on the previous…
  • InterPlot not honoring Timeout setting

    I'm trying to plot a large raster file and InterPlot keeps timing out at 30 minutes. I've changed the setting of IPLOT_MSTN_TIMEOUT in the iplot.cfg to several different values, from 0 which is supposed to set no timeout, to 180, to 18000, and still it…
  • 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…
  • Creating a Custom sized PDF from the Plot Dialog

    Is there an easy way to create a PDF using the PDF.PLTCFG plot drivere that will act in a similar way as a plotter, basically a roll plot? I have to make a PDF's of a large areas that range in sizes, all of which are not standard. I created a page size…
  • 3D printing

    Has anyone be sucsesfull using V8i in creating 3D printable objects and if so how. I seem not to be able to create a object in Microstation, export it with VRML into a printer usable file and print it. It reports manifold error after uploading the…
  • PDF.pltcfg poor quality of OLE objects

    Is there a way to not have the pdf.pltcfg not rasterize OLE objects? Attached excel files look terrible when they are rasterized unless the DPI is set much higher that should be needed for a good print. I know I can use a regular printer.pltcfg set…
  • Difference between Plotting to PDF and Plotting to Plotter

    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…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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: 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…
  • When printing to PDF it does not display the new levels.

    I created a few new levels on my working file to make it easier to edit...... but when I print to PDF the lines I drew with the new levels are not displayed. Any ideas how to fix this? or do I just have to stick to the existing levels?
  • Default PDF Colour Output

    Hi I am using the pdf.plt and noticed that I can set the pens to 1 to make only monochrome printing available, my question is, is there a way to have colour and monochrome printing available but set the default to monochrome as I noticed when I have 256…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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…