When printing to PDF it does not display the new levels.
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?
Re: HELP: Nesting with plotter, MicroStation [HP 1050c plus]
With the exception of the printer driver language (nesting requires HPGL2), there really are no specific settings within the MicroStation or IPLOT software that need to be applied to use the nesting feature on an HP 1050c plus printer.
Jeff,
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Default PDF Colour Output
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…
Odd Colour Issue
I have been given a drawing that seems to have been converted from Autocad and saved as DGN. The colour table being used is the Microstation default colour table, and there are no overrides set. If I print the drawing to a colour printer the colours shown…
Draped Surface Printing
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…
Open and Edit .TBL file
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
Re: Color Books taking on Color Table Index Numbers
Andrew Edge:
Pen tables were designed for a simpler time. When named colors and RGB colors were introduced to MicroStation, it posed significant problems to the pen table architecture.
Andrew,
the issue I want to bring up is only indirectly…
Print Organizer and ProjectWise integration NOT Working
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…
Text Substitutions-Caps
My project has a font that is using all capital letters for all text, and small letters for symbols not on the keyboard. The problem is that all of my file names are in small letters and so is our Microstation username. When I do a predefined text substitution…
Print Organizer Error
I am getting an error in PO when I open a .pset and then double click on a file to see the Properties. The error reads "An error occurred in the print engine - Protection is disabled (click here for details)" and an OK box. It only pops up the first time…
Reference clipped elements appearing in prints
I have a file where a reference is clipped (using a fence but not rectangular). It appears fine on screen and when creating PDFs, but when I print to a printer or plotter, a hidden portion of the clipped reference is printing. Maybe my .pltcfg is incorrect…
Print Organizer and ProjectWise Managed Workspaces
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…
Difference between Plotting to PDF and Plotting to Plotter
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…
Where is MicroStation PDF Composer V8i?
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…
IPLOT Error Message
I am getting the error message shown in the picture on a machine that recently had V8i SS2 installed. We have other machines in the office that are running SS2 and have never had this problem, but when submitting a plot in Microstation be pushing the…
Re: Is there a default pen table?
To find the default weights:
1. Create a new pen table
2. In the Modify Pen Table dialog select Map Pen Weights
3. In the Map Design Weights dialog click Create
This will display the default weight mapping.
However, keep in mind that weight…
Pinting dynamic view + pdf
Hi all
I'm going to use V8I and ARCHITECTURE. We want to use DV. WE ARE COMING FROM 2004+TRIFORMA.
i wanted to know about your workflow and how you print sheet with dv referenced. i know that rasterised must be click. it make 15min to send a sheet…
Re: Rasters always print on top?
I have had a similar but perhaps unrelated problem to deal with. I recently needed to make a few hundred plots and found that when rasters were referenced to the dgn file they wanted to be on top. I am using V8 2004 8.05.00.64. The raster files I am referencing…
PDF.pltcfg poor quality of OLE objects
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…
Print Organizer not plotting all reference files
I've had a frustrating afternoon trying to get some new plan sheets to plot using print organizer. I've been using PO since March with much success but I stumped on this one, so I'm looking for some not so obvious things to check.
I've got several…
Keyword Assignment
We received a design script from a client that uses iPlot and I want to try to use as much of the script as possible in MS SS3 when printing our plans. I see they have a section that looks like straight up text substitution or keyword assignments (I am…
Problem assigning multiple print styles within same PSET
I have several sheets in the same PSET of varying type. I would like to be able to apply one print definition to several large color sheets and another to print definition to several small black and white exhibits. The process I'm attempting to achieve…
NOTICE: Batch Print is leaving the V8i building – PLEASE READ!
With MicroStation V8i, Print Organizer was introduced as the new interface for set printing in MicroStation. Although it is still delivered in both V8 i SELECTseries 1 and the upcoming SELECTseries 2 release, Batch Print was removed from the file menu…
3D printing
Has anyone be sucsesfull using V8i in creating 3D printable objects and if so how.
I seem not to be able to create a object in Microstation, export it with VRML into a printer usable file and print it.
It reports manifold error after uploading the…
Apply Print Style very Slooooooooooow !
Hi all,
When I choose "Settings > Apply Print Style" from the Print Dialog and change to another Print Style it takes ok not 5 min., but 4 min and 59 seconds to apply. What could be the problem? This is just too long. (V8i SS2)
TIA Mike