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?

I'm new to Microstation v8 because I moved from v7 very recently. I have a problem with scaling the output while printing. In the printing dialog window 1. I choose Windows Driver 2. Set the scale of the print output …

We print directly to a printer and generate a pdf version as well using pdf plot driver file for both. Recently noticed that if I print the pdf version without opening it up in Adobe (right click on the file and select print) it looks exactly like the…

When running a batch plot in Microstation we sometimes get a message that pops up saying "Press <Reset> to Stop". What is the reset button that needs to be pressed? Or is there a way to cancel? What exactly does this message mean and why does it come…

We have a stipple / stucco / dot pattern which always prints lighter than desired. If we use the cell library "archpatv8.cel" and a PNT-type pattern "Stucco" to create a hatch, it prints light. If we place the same cell at the same scale into our drawing…

Hey, I seem to be having trouble printing some drawings. all of my ref's to do with the actualy project dont print out. But the title block does...... Has anyone run into a problem like this before. I was playing around with some new MDL…

Not sure if this is possible. What I need is a way to set some default print attributes from my plot driver so that the users don't have to keep setting them. I have had a look at printer configuration files and managed to turn the attributes off this…

I've been using Microstation for about 4 years now. Printing has always seemed to take many steps. Just so I'm not doing it the long way I want to be sure I'm printing correctly/efficiently. I set my fence, go to configuration, open my *.ini file and…

08.05.02.70 I'm trying to print some drawings with TrueType fonts from MicroStation but the text is too dark / bold / thick. I can print other drawings with TT fonts through IPlot and they look fine, but I need to be able to do this through…

When I select the print icon it opens behind my MicroStation screen. Has anyone seen this before? Is there a fix? I'm running V08.05.02.55. Thanks,

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…

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…

I know that I can force Microstation to print to a certain filename / location with: default_outFile /auto_overwrite = "C:\TEMP\$(basename(_DGNFILE)).pdf" But what if I want the printer icon to open to a specific folder and then allow me to name…

I am new to Microstation and currently trying to configure a plt file to printer to an Oce 9300. Using a HPGL2 plt file I have set up custom weight strokes for pen thickness. When I use the plt file to print to the 9300 I get no line thickness at all…

version 08.05.02.70: We're using a state DOT-supplied border on our drawings, which includes a profile grid composed of Line Strings which have been joined into a Complex Chain. When this border is left intact as a cell (i.e., not dropped), I…

We have just upgraded our MicroStation from V8 and XM to V8i. I use Level Symbology to print grayscale by assigning a screened gray to certain color numbers. I am using the same plot drivers and pen tables as I used with V8i and XM. However, my print…