Hello, We have an .xwms file we are using for a background aerial in a project. I have not worked with these files in the past. It is currently displaying/printing in color. The "Print raster in grayscale" option on the Modify Properties window in Print…

Hi! I'm running into kind of weird issue with Print Organizer - I have found a workaround, but would like to know why this may occur. So, I'll start up one of the DGNs that don't seem to work with the Print Organizer, start the Print Organizer. After…

Good day all, I have a peculiar issue here that I cannot figure out. I have a drawing that has a raster image as the background. Now, I have two text elements. One appears with a white background in the paper space, which is more desirable for me…

Hi Everyone, We have a workflow for legacy projects that goes like this... Open file, place fence on sheet boundary 'ticks', open Print Dialog (ctrl+p), choose pltcfg, enter scale into Print Dialog, choose pen table (one of 3 that change the size…

intermittently I get what the two pics show in my screen shots. These are a clients TB and we work on their workspace for their projects. Just wondering if anyone else has run into this. I use V8i (series4). THanks for any help.

Wonder if we can code a text substitution to substitute another text substitution. $SHTNO$ = "_FILES_" => If PP01.dgn is open, this SHTNO = PP01.dgn PP01.dgn = "10" => then, SHTNO = 10 The idea is that we can use the same $SHTNO$ text substitute…

I am using microstation v8i ss4 I get these unwanted dots in pdf when converting the dgn to pdf. These contents were converted from suppliers pdf drawing to dxf and then taken into dgn. When I print the pdf the unwanted dots appear. How can I hide or…

Hi Guys, I'm using Excel VBA to call Microstation and then from a list of directories open .pset files (previously created manually) contained within each directory. The intention is to open each pset, print to PDF and move onto the next PSET until…

See Edit I'm attempting to plot sheets created in Microstation V8i, and I'm getting inappropriate fills on some sheets and not on others, and cannot discern why. The sheets were created with saved views cut from a 3D model. Once the saved views were…

Hi Team, We are facing an issue with Microstation printing problem, unable to print the file form Microstation app(please refer attached screen shot). It seems a printing driver configuration problem. Can you please look this issue on priority and…

1. How to reduce the Line Weight in the Plot? 2. How to customize the existing Pen Settings? 3. How to create new Plot File?

Hi Support We are installing a FollowMe concept at one of our costumer who has Microstation V8i, but we have an issue with identifying the user. We experience the following behavour: If we print from using iPlot, from a user, we can see, if we…

Using V8i Select Series 4 I am trying to make a simple microstation design script that will print a different font than the original used in a nested reference file. I have if ((file <> 0) AND (type == text)) then font = 164 endif As far as…

In microstation ss4 when I am changing the sheet model size from A0 to A1, the drawing contents like the text and other elements dont get scaled proportionally. Is there any solution? When the sheet model is in A0 the content is like as show below:…

I am trying to use a design script to turn some levels off based on the content stored inside a tag value inside the microstation file. For example I have a stamp that I am putting on the drawing and it has text in the stamp for the different stages of…

Whenever I am attaching heavy 3d model file to a 2d drawing and in the reference dialog box when I am changing the default visible edge setting of dynamic view to cached legacy view. It takes longer time. Is there any solution by which I can keep the…

can anybody suggest some settings in plotdriver configuration which can reduce the time to create pdf without raster option.

whenever I am printing pdf in micostation v8i select series 4 using the pdf.pltcfg driver, the pdf content comes totally black. why is it so? When I remove the title block and make pdf then it comes fine.

Please look at the snapshots below. The left one is dgn and right is the pdf. Can anybody help me to get the actual shape of the elements in pdf as in dgn. Can anybody tell me whats the problem with this.

I am not able to convert this section view to monochrome pdf. this section view is cut from call out and it contains few vendor models. When I try to make the pdf it goes on spooling and microstation stops working. What should I do ?

I have an issue that I cant seem to fix no matter what I try and google. I have a Paper/Sheet Space with the current file referenced - and when I clip the reference the clipping extents then become printable. Below is if the reference is turned…

We have logged a service request [7000789496] already but maybe some users have encountered this and have a solution already... We are using Mstn V8i SS3 we dont have Pwise. We all the same pcs with 16Gb Ram and core i7 cpus so its not about memory…

Good Afternoon Folks, I'm working in: MicroStation v8i SS2, plotter is a OCE PlotWave750 I'm trying to setup a printstyle for Print Organizer so I can print a set of plans with a Windows driver (or more specifically a OCE print driver in this case…

If somebody is successfully Publishing to I-model using V8i (SS4) in batch mode , I'd like to hear about it the process. I just finished some Record Drawings for archival purpose into PDF format and I'd like to Publish the DGNs into a locked .i.dgn…

Hello, Please I need some help, I want to know how to set the colors when printing. For example, If I have something in red it will be printed in red, everything in white will be printed in black, everything in blue will be printed in black too and…