• Plotting: Lines are coming out blocky

    Maurice Casey
    Maurice Casey
    Hey, I'm relative new to MicroStation and I'm having trouble producing nice PDFs. The lines aren't coming out smooth when I plot. I don't think it's a line thickness issue and I think I've tried changing the stroke tolerance correctly. Any help? I…
    • over 3 years ago
    • Printing and Plotting
    • Printing and Plotting Forum
  • Plotting: Lines are coming out blocky

    Maurice Casey
    Maurice Casey
    Hey, I'm relative new to MicroStation and I'm having trouble producing nice PDFs. The lines aren't coming out smooth when I plot. I don't think it's a line thickness issue and I think I've tried changing the stroke tolerance correctly. Any help? I…
    • over 3 years ago
    • Printing and Plotting
    • Printing and Plotting Forum
  • Printing to PDF fades all colors with Transparency On

    Chris Dry
    Chris Dry
    SS2 - 08.11.07.443 When I print to pdf (using the standard microstation pdf plot driver), the colors change when transparency is turned on, even lines and objects that have no transparency settings on them. I've tried adjusting all of the driver settings…
    • over 12 years ago
    • Printing and Plotting
    • Printing and Plotting Forum
  • Linestyle plot as straight lines from Print Organizer

    jrueda
    jrueda
    I am having some trouble plotting some sheets with the Print Organizer. There is one linestyle that won't plot right. It comes out as a straight line. It doesn't make sense to me because it is stored in the same .rsc file as all the other linestyles that…
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    • over 10 years ago
    • Printing and Plotting
    • Printing and Plotting Forum
  • Print Organizer Output File names

    ngbuning
    ngbuning
    Is there a way to get the view number into the output file name?
    • over 12 years ago
    • Printing and Plotting
    • Printing and Plotting Forum
  • Creating a Custom sized PDF from the Plot Dialog

    cmeuser
    cmeuser
    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…
    • over 13 years ago
    • Printing and Plotting
    • Printing and Plotting Forum
  • Re: Printing files w/ pdf's attached - long print time. (Network issue?)

    Frank Klein
    Frank Klein
    HI Mathieu, Thank you for your detailed explanation, I should have known the mass of data! But when I'm watching the plot process LAN utilization over the time is almost zero for this map for more than 90minutes and CPU utilization is close to 5 or…
    • over 11 years ago
    • Printing and Plotting
    • Printing and Plotting Forum
  • Invisible layers + printing PDF issues.

    Khanh Nguyen
    Khanh Nguyen
    Hello Microstation Compatriots, I've been running into a bunch of issues on a recent project. All of them revolve around me printing PDFs. Firstly: There seems to be an invisible layer I can' seem to delete. This is how my drawing looks: …
    • over 10 years ago
    • Printing and Plotting
    • Printing and Plotting Forum
  • Printing custom line styles with Print Organizer

    rmaeng
    rmaeng
    We utilize custom line styles in our workspace i.e. a "w" inserted in a line for waterline. When we print this sheet using the standard print option and our pdf plt driver, it shows up correctly. I am new to Print Organizer so hang in there with me. I…
    • over 14 years ago
    • Printing and Plotting
    • Printing and Plotting Forum
  • PDF.pltcfg poor quality of OLE objects

    truckmann
    truckmann
    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…
    • over 11 years ago
    • Printing and Plotting
    • Printing and Plotting Forum
  • No "save as" dialogs appearing with use of Bentley PDF drivers.

    ROGWEB
    ROGWEB
    Hello all. We have begun having issues with newly created user accounts. When we add a new user to to ProjectWise ( SS3 - 09.11.09.109 ) they are unable to print to PDF files within MicroStation V8i ( SS2 - 08.11.07.443 ). The "save as" dialog which…
    • over 11 years ago
    • Printing and Plotting
    • Printing and Plotting Forum
  • Not getting all levels in PDF

    George A. Martin
    George A. Martin
    I am using V8i and am using a ,pltcfg that will generate levels in the PDF file that can be turned on-off. I am getting sporatic output results. About 20% of the time. I get a pdf that does not contain all the levels that were displayed…
    • over 14 years ago
    • Printing and Plotting
    • Printing and Plotting Forum
  • Re: Not getting all levels in PDF

    George A. Martin
    George A. Martin
    Hi! I don't think it is the same problem but might have to do with the PDF Driver or something about a problem level. I have attached a copy of the dgn file and a zip containing the pltcfg file I was using to create the pdf. When use this file…
    • PlotConfigFile.ZIP
    • over 14 years ago
    • Printing and Plotting
    • Printing and Plotting Forum
  • Difference between Plotting to PDF and Plotting to Plotter

    T Footle
    T Footle
    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…
    • over 13 years ago
    • Printing and Plotting
    • Printing and Plotting Forum
  • Draped Surface Printing

    Pablo Escobar
    Pablo Escobar
    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…
    • over 10 years ago
    • Printing and Plotting
    • Printing and Plotting Forum
  • Re: Not getting all levels in PDF

    George A. Martin
    George A. Martin
    Evidently It had a problem posting the dgn The attached zip contains both the dgn and pltcfg. Sorry!
    • PlotConfigFile.ZIP
    • over 14 years ago
    • Printing and Plotting
    • Printing and Plotting Forum
  • Re: Create single print files like the .ini on V8i

    Tim1978
    Tim1978
    OK i have been working with the printing styles and it works AWESOME! you need to setup your print driver configurations and then setup your print styles using the print driver configurations. i am in the process of adding a ton of print drivers and styles…
    • over 11 years ago
    • Printing and Plotting
    • Printing and Plotting Forum
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