How To Reduce Printing Time in OpenPlant Modeler
Applies To
Product(s):
OpenPlant Modeler
Version(s):
08.11.09.XXX (SS5) | 08.11.11.XX (SS6)
Environment:
Windows 7/8.1/10 (64 bit)
Area:
Plotting
Subarea:
Print to Pdf
Original Author:
Deepak Singh, Bentley…
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…
iPlot pen table ignored by MicroStation?
Greetings,
I have a client-delivered iPlot pen table (*.pen) that I"m trying to use to plot DGN files to PDF. However, my preview and resulting PDFs are acting like no pen table is attached - "what you see if what you get" (WYSIWYG) is what I get when…
What ltscale is necessary to correctly plot Linestyles?
Applies To
Product(s):
MicroStation
Version(s):
08.05.02.35
Environment:
N\A
Area:
Custom Line Styles
Subarea:
N\A
Original Author:
Bentley Technical Support Group …
Print 2d files with rendered 3d files attached without rasterizing the entire file
I am trying to create a pdf file that contains a 3d rendered file referenced into a 2d model.
The only way I get the rendering to print is to toggle Rasterized.
When I toggle this it rasterizes the entire file wipping out my pen table. That means…
Plotting wave spectrum
Q: Can I use MOSES to plot the wave Spectrum? REV 7.01
A: You can plot the sea spectrum from the MAIN menu:
&status sea_spect -hard -plot
vlist
plot 1 3 -no
There is an example of this in the test files, please see env_info.
How to force images to plot behind graphics rather than on top?
Hi,
Is there a setting or option available in InterPlot (ICS) to force images to be plotted behind the graphical elements rather than on top of them?
A configuration variable? A toggle within InterPlot? A design script command? Anything...?
I'd…
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…
Raster Manager [FAQ]
Applies To
Product(s):
Raster Manager
Version(s):
All
Environment:
N/A
Area:
N/A
Subarea:
N/A
Original Author:
Bentley Technical Support Group
…
Bentley Descartes V8 General [FAQ]
Document Information
Document Type: FAQ
Product(s): Bentley Descartes
Version(s): V8
Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group
Legacy Document Number: 6306
What is Bentley Descartes V8?
Bentley Descartes V8 adds high performance…
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
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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…
RE: Subpart grips are plotting when they shouldn't (using PUBLISH)...
when using the Publish command please try to switch puish in Background off
that should solve the issue.
ProjectWise - Replacing Old PDFs When Printing
Greetings,
My organization typically sets up our deliverables (our sheets) such that they are named based on the file that created them. Thus, in a Sheets directory, one might see: file1.dgn file1.pdf file2.dgn file2.pdf and so on.
I'm wondering what…
[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…
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…
PlotBorder_dp Warning in Print Organizer
I have been receiving this warning from Print Organizer for quite some time. The warning message is " 'Plotborder_dp' is not a valid level for file '...' and occurs with each file added to the print set. I have to hit ok in order for the program to add…
EDI – Printer icon with a red X and Postscript File is listed in Blue
I had a designer that stated that he had just added a sheet in Sheet Navigator and ran the Sheet Navigator Renumbering/Multi Edit Process to renumber the sheets. After this process he initiated EDI and mined the data and some of the Postscript files were…
Keysheet Color County Map Filled Shape Fix
Please see the following link to download the FDOT.tbl file to fix the Keysheet Color County Map Filled Shape (Black Blob) Plotting issue.
http://communities.bentley.com/communities/user_communities/fdot_cadd_support/f/343089/t/81203.aspx
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…
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…
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:/…