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…

Hi, I was trying to play around of the printing method in case the ICS server is down. When I do create rendition, the following code for printing file name works. if (characters eq "$FILE$") then envr_var = "RENDSVC_VAULTPATHNAME" characters =…

Hi everyone. One of our employees’ microstation crashes as soon as she tries to print. When you click print the print dialog does not even open, instead it freezes a little bit and then opens the send error dialog, if you close it, it opens another…

Hi, how can I export stl files in higher resolution? The dgn files that I export to stl files is not perfect round but instead small lines put together in a circle?

hello all i have a filled complex shape - color = 0, linestyle = custom (doesnt matter, acts same with predefined ones), weight = 1, fill = 0. While weight was set to 0, i wasnt able to see the boundary (i found this 'work around' on this bentley forum…

We have a requirement to generate and insert a QR Code on our Microstation drawings. A search of the Bentley Site returns no hits. Can anyone suggest a course of further investigation or is anyone aware of a third party developer who may have an application…

Picking a printstyle, other than the default, via the "Apply PrintStyle" selection of the print dialog box is very slow. I have tried to simplify things as much as possible by having only (2) .pltcfg files where line weights and linestyle scales are set…

Hi I used to use IPLOT to create pdf's but found that the standard Print Organizer i much faster. But I have a problem when I need to create more than 500 print (plotshapes). I know where to changes this for IPLOT, but can't find the same config…

Hi folks, your guidance is needed. Situation We have a Canon iPF825 large format color printer. In the windows printer settings I can create a larger paper size, lets say ISO A1x2. It will print an A1 that is twice as long (594*1682 mm). My problem…

Hello! In all versions of V8XM and V8i tif driver (tif.pltcfg) has a problem. If you set any resolution and then you print, the result will always be of 3072x2304 pixels. Matteo

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…

In the define print styles dialog for the print ogranizer, it doesn't appear you can select a plot driver from ProjectWise? Clicking the browse button only goes to your typical windows dialog. Oddly enough, when selecting a pen table, you can navigate…

I would like to see the current editor able to operate on multiple files. I a field did not have the same definition it could be grayed out. Any field changed would be set in all edited pltcgf files. Another approach would be inheritable settings which…

Is there a way to have MicroStation keep the last used PrintStyle instead of changing to the Default PrintStyle when changing drawings?

When working with model spaces within a DGN file, our presentation files have several model spaces that make up various stages of our presentations. Is there anyway to have a tag of some sort printed somewhere within the printed copy that places which…

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…

Hello, I am new to the site. I have been using microStation V8i since august of 2010 and have conformed to the typical usage of my office. I am not key on the way we go about printing pages because it takes more time then it should. The current process…

Hi folks, A simple thing I just can't a radar lock on.... editing a 'TBL' file. Someone might kindly got a line on that for me please? Much appreciated! Cheers

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…

Following Andrew Edge's tutorial on Automating Printing through Print Styles I'm running into difficulties. I have all networked printers. I run into problems when creating the print styles because I am unable to set the Paper size combo box to 'ANSI…

We have set Preferences -> 'Automatically Save Design Changes' to off [un-ticked] MS_DGNAUTOSAVE = 0 When I open a DGN to plot, the modified date is changed by the application even though I have not changed the content of the file. I had migrated…