We have encountered an issue in which solid objects are printing wireframe/disappearing regardless of the view style settings within the Microstation file (which is set to hidden line). The picture on the left shows a detail within Microstation itself…

We switched over from traditional RSC fonts to a unified TrueType font (TTF) family and have been struggling with modern PDF applications (e.g. Acrobat, Bluebeam, web browsers, etc.) rendering the MicroStation-authored TrueType font characters such as…

If I print one of my drawings out of MicroStation V8i to a pdf with a hatch in the drawing (road hatch) then the pdf size is extremely large. If I turn the hatch layer off and print in the exact same way that I printed before, then the pdf size is normal…

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…

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…

We are using the Bentley PDF Print Driver to create PDF files of our project sheets. The driver is modified, some what; limited to form sizes, color settings, and PDF resolution to 300,300. We set our cross section sheets with a transparency 30 and…

When I print this file to pdf, the entire page goes is gray. I have only this problem in certain files with reference models but not on all of them. Any suggestions on what I can do to fix this?

I am doing some modifications in P&ID and PFD Drawing. The new lines multi lines are visible but the existing lines at drawing are becoming very thick. resulting in unable to understand the drawing. kindly help to resolve this issue. I have attached the…

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…

I am creating sheet files for road corridor with the Google Earth Image superimposed. I captured Google Earth image in the 3D file with correct coordinates and it came out good in my sheet files when referenced 3D file to base file I am using. Problem…

This is a comment and a question... We pay for Bentley Learn and while it can be handy and has some good content; sometimes I spend FAR more time trying to find the training than is reasonable (or frankly worth the effort). For example I wanted find…

As you may know, MicroStation PDF Composer was introduced with MicroStation V8 2004 Edition as a tool for users to easily take a set of design files and create a content rich PDF. There will not be a MicroStation PDF Composer for the V8i release. Instead…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Hi Is there a known issue with printing patterns to PDF using the Bentley PDF driver? We've found that hatching can increase the file size by a significant amount using the Bentley driver compared to printer.pltcfg and using Acrobat: Our…

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…

I have an A4 sized sheet with 2 attached raster images (each original image is just over 1 Mb ), but the PDF output file is over 8Mb!!....not very useful..... can someone help - I've not touched the driver configuration.

Hi Everyone, Maybe some can help me here. I have a question: Is there any possibility to print 3d drawings to -> 3d PDF with e-links to use inside 3d PDF? For example If i have 3d PDF to have inside with e-links to other pdf files. I want to create something…

Hello all, I am currently working with Microstation V8i. I am almost finished with some testing, but I still have the following problem. I am using PDF Factory Pro for plotting my files to PDF. With the pdf.pltcfg I get a layered pdf file, but when…

I don't seem to be able to get 3D PDF's with shadows! Is this a limitation or can anyone shed some light on it? Can we get this implemented? Ben

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…