I'm in the process of researching tools that perform conversion from various design formats into PDF. I've looked into the command line options for Interplot in Dynamic Composition Server and there are several undesirable limitations that come with that setup. I'd like to inquire about the possibility of acquiring the specific modules that perform the conversion so I can build my own tools to use those modules. Is there someone specific at Bentley that I could contact to explore these options?
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Forum Post: PDF conversion modules
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Forum Post: RE: PDF conversion modules
What "undesirable limitations" are you finding?
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Forum Post: RE: PDF conversion modules
The main sticking point is that I don't have any windows machines set up in my environment so I'd have to spin up a virtual machine. Numerous points of failure exist with the setup we had to use to get the proof of concept working (cygwin server running open ssh with cygwin users mapped to windows users connecting to perform the requested conversions). The setup doesn't look like it's going to be feasible for a production environment.
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Forum Post: RE: PDF conversion modules
You are correct, iCS does require a Windows machine. We do not provide the components of either InterPlot or iCS as separate modules. They are built and delivered as a product and are designed to be used as such. If you would like to pursue this further, I recommend you talk to your Account Manager and possibly engage Professional Services. They may be able to provide a more customized approach per your requirements.
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Wiki Page: Digital InterPlot Design Script Extensions For ProjectWise Components [CS]
This Client Server article is republished in its entirety from 2004 for reference purposes. Did you know that you can use ProjectWise-related keywords in InterPlot Design Script language? With Digital InterPlot 2004 Edition, ProjectWise components can be identified with new Design Script (iplot pen table) keywords to resymbolize the plots, and to create content-rich PDF documents. The available ProjectWise component keywords are: PW_COMPONENT_PROPERTY_NAME - Specifies the ProjectWise component property. Syntax PW_COMPONENT_PROPERTY_NAME = string PW_SHEET - Specifies whether or not the current plot's master DGN is a ProjectWise-managed file. If the current plot is ProjectWise aware, then the value is TRUE. Otherwise it is FALSE. Type PW_COMPONENT_PROPERTY_VALUE_INTEGER - Specifies the ProjectWise component's value associated with the property name selected through PW_COMPONENT_PROPERTY_NAME as an integer. Type PW_COMPONENT_PROPERTY_VALUE_CHARACTER - Specifies the ProjectWise component's value associated with the property name selected through PW_COMPONENT_PROPERTY_NAME as a character string. Type PW_COMPONENT_PROPERTY_VALUE_REAL - Specifies the ProjectWise component's value associated with the property name selected through PW_COMPONENT_PROPERTY_NAME as a real number. Type PW_COMPONENT_CLASS_NAME - Specifies the ProjectWise component's class name associated with the current element. Generic class name, like "Sprinkler" or "Door." Type string PW_COMPONENT_BUSINESS_KEY - Specifies the ProjectWise component's business key associated with the current element. Specific identifying name associated with the component, like a serial number of internal id for facilities management. Type string PW_CURRENT_FILE_URL - Specifies the ProjectWise component's URL associated with the current design file being processed (Master or reference file). Type string PW_MASTER_FILE_URL - Specifies the ProjectWise component's URL associated with the master design file being processed. Type string PW_PLAN_SET_FILE_URL - Specifies the ProjectWise component's URL associated with the InterPlot plan set (ips) file being processed. Type string Example design script for resymbolization: ! If the PW component is a P0409 pump, then change its color to RED. if (pw_component_business_key .EQ. "P0409") then color = (255, 0, 0) endif Example design script for resymbolization and to create a bookmark: ! This design script resymbolizes (highlights) those items ! that require maintenance in a facilities drawing and creates a ! bookmark that points to that item. ! ! Check to see if the element is a ProjectWise component if ( pw_component_class_name .ne. "") then ! Set the Requires_Maintenance property ! and plot the element red. pw_component_property_name = "Requires_Maintanence" if (pw_component_property_value_integer eq 1) then color = "red" ! Define a Bookmark that will navigate ! to the piece of equipment. action_item = BOOKMARK action_name = PLOT_NAME + "." + PW_COMPONENT_BUSINESS_KEY action_type = AREA_OF_INTEREST action_instance = SINGLE_INSTANCE endif endif You can find more information about these action key words and rendition features in InterPlot Reference Help under the section for Plotting MicroStation data, Using Design Script/Pen Tables, Iplot keywords for Active Renditions and Creating Active Renditions. See Also Client Server Archive ProjectWise TechNotes And FAQs Comments or Corrections? Bentley's Technical Support Group requests that you please confine any comments you have on this Wiki entry to this "Comments or Corrections?" section. THANK YOU! Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group
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Wiki Page: InterPlot Organizer Integration With Bentley ProjectWise 8.1 [CS]
This Client Server article is republished in its entirety from 2003 for reference purposes. It was written for ProjectWise 8.1 and may not apply to any other version. InterPlot Organizer, an application delivered with InterPlot Client, allows users to plot MicroStation design files, AutoCAD drawing files, raster files, and DPR files. The application enables users to work on a group of plots as a single plot set, with the ability to add, delete, and rearrange plots; view and modify the properties of individual or multiple plots; or preview and print all or some of the plots. Have you ever wished you could log into Bentley ProjectWise from the InterPlot Organizer desktop? Would you like to create InterPlot Organizer plot sets from inside ProjectWise Explorer? Or select multiple files from a ProjectWise data source to add them into your InterPlot Organizer plot sets (IPS file)? Do you wish you did not have to wait for InterPlot Organizer to copy the files from a ProjectWise data source when you are opening an IPS file? How about a status window to display which file is being copied out? All of these new capabilities are available in the newly released InterPlot Client 8.01.02.30. ProjectWise login/logout from InterPlot Organizer InterPlot Organizer contains a ProjectWise log-in command. When you login to ProjectWise, you will be able to access files in the ProjectWise folder using InterPlot Organizer, and save IPS files into the ProjectWise data source. To access the ProjectWise login command, go to InterPlot Organizer, pull down the File menu, and click on ProjectWise Login. You can also log out of ProjectWise from File ProjectWise Logout. New commands inside ProjectWise Explorer From InterPlot Utilities InterPlot Client Configure Integrate, click on the ProjectWise tab, then click on "Toggle Integration." This will integrate InterPlot Organizer commands with ProjectWise. After the integration, the organizer commands will operate inside ProjectWise Explorer. From ProjectWise Explorer, the Document New Plot Set command allows you to create a new plot set file. Multi-file select option The InterPlot Organizer ProjectWise Select Files dialog allows you to select multiple files from the ProjectWise datasource. This means you can add multiple files to the plot set instead of adding them one file at a time. On demand file copyout InterPlot Organizer will not copy out ProjectWise-dependent files when an IPS file is first opened from within a ProjectWise session. This enhancement speeds the opening of IPS files. The copyout of files from ProjectWise will occur when the user edits the plots, or print/previews, or archives one or more plots. Copying out a file is done only once. For example, if the copyout occurred during an "edit" of the plot, it does not occur during a "print" of that same plot, and vice versa. User can set up flags inside ProjectWise, so that the subsequent action of the same files will not cause a copyout to occur again, unless the file in ProjectWise is newer than the one that was left on disk from a previous session of Interplot Organizer. From ProjectWise Explorer, Tool Option Settings Document set the following flags: Leave local copy on "free" Leave local copy on "check in" Leave up-to-date copy on "copy out" Leave up-to-date copy on "check out" Status bar Whenever a copyout is performed, InterPlot Organizer's status window will display the following set of messages for each file being copied out: Copying out master file: (projectid=xx, docid=xx)....copying out :\c:\prwork\dmsxxx\xxx.dgn (projectid=xx, docid=xx) The status window will include a status bar displaying a percentage of the copying action. Organizer OLE Methods for ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer object linking and embedding (OLE) automation methods can be used with ProjectWise. The following OLE methods are added: ProjectWiseLogin(bstrDatasource, bstrUsername, bstrPassword) Log in to ProjectWise. ProjectWiseLogin must be called prior to calling any other ProjectWise method. ProjectWiseLogout() Log out of ProjectWise. ProjectWiseOpenPlotSet(vaultID, documentID, bCopyOutReferences) Opens an existing ProjectWise plot set. ProjectWiseAddPlot(vaultId, documentId, bstrPlotName, bstrSettingsFile) Adds a ProjectWise file to a plot set. ProjectWiseSavePlotSet(vaultId, pbstrSavedFilename) Saves a plot set into ProjectWise. For detailed syntax on these OLE methods, please refer to the "InterPlot Organizer Developer's Kit for Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Automation Methods." This document is available through InterPlot support. See Also Client Server Archive ProjectWise TechNotes And FAQs Comments or Corrections? Bentley's Technical Support Group requests that you please confine any comments you have on this Wiki entry to this "Comments or Corrections?" section. THANK YOU! Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group
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Wiki Page: InterPlot Products Are Now Part Of The ProjectWise Family What Does This Mean To Todays InterPlot User [CS]
Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group This Client Server article is republished in its entirety from 2007 for reference purposes. InterPlot Client and Digital InterPlot are now a part of the ProjectWise family of products and have been renamed. InterPlot Client is now named ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer. InterPlot Server and Digital InterPlot are now combined as ProjectWise InterPlot Server. The InterPlot Utilities program group that provided access to Accounting, Error Log, Help, and the Configure utilities has been renamed ProjectWise InterPlot Utilities. The InterPlot Reference Help that supported IPLOT, APLOT, Raster, and DPR is now ProjectWise InterPlot Help. The InterPlot Server Help and Digital InterPlot Help are now ProjectWise InterPlot Server Help. The ProjectWise Plotting products including ProjectWise Plot Drivers are licensed exclusively through SELECT Server V8 XM Edition. Licensing of these products is no longer a real-time activity. Licensed applications do not need a constant connection to the license server, as long as they can connect at least once every 30 days. The primary goal is to ensure that the user is never shut out of the application. Although the InterPlot products are now part of the ProjectWise family, they can be used without installing other ProjectWise products. Upgrading to ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer There are two ways to upgrade to ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer. You can remove a previous InterPlot version first and then install the new software, or you can leave that InterPlot installation and overwrite it with the new software. Each method affects your current configuration differently. If you remove the previous InterPlot version, the ProjectWise Plotting software will be installed as if it were being installed for the first time in c:\Program Files\ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer, setting all customizable variables to standard defaults. You must then copy your previously saved configuration files, settings files, and resource files to the proper folders. You can manually copy new configuration variables from the *.def file to the existing configuration file, or you can click the Reset button within the Configuration Utility. Clicking the Reset button copies all of the configuration variables from the .def file to the configuration file, removing any customized configuration variables. ProjectWise InterPlot Utilities will be added to Programs Bentley. If you choose to overwrite the previous InterPlot version, the ProjectWise Plotting software is installed in the same location as the previous software in c:\Program Files\InterPlot Client, with the exception of the configuration files. By default, ProjectWise Plot Organizer does not overwrite configuration files. Instead, it delivers *.def files to the configuration folders, which may contain new configuration variables. ProjectWise InterPlot Utilities will be added to Programs Bentley. In addition, InterPlot Utilities will still exist under Programs. Since the older product is not removed, the InterPlot utilities folder remains and the new driver pack links are added in the same folder. There will be some plotting entries under Program Bentley and some plotting entries will be under Program Bentley ProjectWise InterPlot Utilities. Upgrading to ProjectWise InterPlot Server Similarly, there are two ways to upgrade to ProjectWise InterPlot Server from a previous version of Digital InterPlot, InterPlot Server, InterPlot Digital Print Room, or Digital Print Room Workgroup 10.x. You can remove the previous version first and then install the new software, or you can leave the previous installation and overwrite it with the new software. Again, each method affects your current configuration differently. If you remove a previous InterPlot version first, ProjectWise InterPlot Server installs the software as if it were being installed for the first time, setting all customizable variables to standard defaults. You must now copy your previously saved configuration files, settings files, and resource files to the proper folders. If you overwrite a previous version, ProjectWise InterPlot Server installs the new software in the same location as the previous software. Note: If you plan to upgrade existing (prior to 10.0) archives, you must retain the previous installation and overwrite it with the new software. See the ProjectWise InterPlot Server Help for more information. ProjectWise Plotting Compatibility Guidelines The DWG format for AutoCAD 2004 to AutoCAD 2007 is now supported through the IPLOT subsystem. This means that when invoking APLOT from the AutoCAD 2004 and higher application, IPLOT is being used under the hood. This requires that IPLOT design scripts and settings files be used. APLOT pen tables and settings files will no longer work for these versions of AutoCAD. InterPlot Client 8.5.2 can submit plots to a plot server running ProjectWise InterPlot Server 8.9.x. ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer cannot submit to older InterPlot servers. You must upgrade the plot server first to ProjectWise InterPlot Server. ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer 8.9.3 can plot to ProjectWise InterPlot Server 8.9.2. The ProjectWise Plotting Driver Packs can be installed on plot servers running InterPlot Server 8.5.2 or Digital InterPlot 8.5.2. ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer 8.9.x can use MicroStation V8 XM (8.9.x) or MicroStation 2004 Edition (8.5.x) as the print engine. ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer 8.9.x installs ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer for J to be used with MicroStation/J as the print engine. ProjectWise application users can use ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer 8.9.x with ProjectWise 2004 or ProjectWise XM, but not both at the same time. See Also Client Server Archive ProjectWise TechNotes And FAQs Comments or Corrections? Bentley's Technical Support Group requests that you please confine any comments you have on this Wiki entry to this "Comments or Corrections?" section. THANK YOU!
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Wiki Page: InterPlot Pattern Libraries [TN]
Applies To Product(s): ProjectWise InterPlot Version(s): InterPlot Client, InterPlot Professional, InterPlot Server 9.1, 10.X Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group Pattern Libraries Pattern libraries are collections of area fill patterns. Each pattern has a name, size, rotation and graphical definition. The graphical definition is a 1-bit raster image. IPLOT uses only raster pattern libraries; APLOT supports both metafile pattern libraries and raster pattern libraries. Raster pattern libraries are not valid with vector devices. Separate patterns need to be drawn for each unique plotter resolution. For example, for a 300 dpi plotter, you should make the raster file pattern size 300x300 pixels. For a 600 dpi plotter, you should make the raster file pattern size 600x600 pixels. By default, 4 pattern libraries are delivered for each resolution: pat100.plb, pat300.plb, pat400.plb, and pat600.plb. Using Pattern Libraries You must use a pen table or feature table to plot elements with the patterns stored in pattern libraries. When you assign a pattern to an element, you can also define its foreground and background colors. The following IPLOT pen table fills all shaped elements on Level 1 with a blue and yellow hatch pattern: if ((level == 1) && (type == shape)) then area_fill = true pattern = 'hatch' # pattern name fill_color = 'blue' # background color pattern_color = 'yellow' # foreground color endif The following APLOT pen table fills all closed polylines with a blue and yellow hatch pattern: if ((entity_type == polyline) && (closed == true)) then area_fill = true pattern = 'ansi31' # pattern name pattern_color = 'yellow' # pattern color color = 'blue' # background color endif Creating a Raster Pattern This is the process for creating a raster pattern: Create the graphical representation for the pattern. You can draw the graphical representation with a raster editor like Paint Shop Pro TM . Create a 1-bit raster image (TIFF is the recommended format). Be sure to create graphical representations for each unique plotter resolution. If you would like to add your pattern to an existing pattern library, proceed to Step 3. To create a new pattern library, choose the name for the library. The extension .PLB is used to indicate that the file is a pattern library. Use the IPLOT pattern library editor (plib) or the APLOT pattern library editor (applib) as follows: plib cre iplotpat400.plb applib cre aplotpat400.plb Add your pattern to an existing library, or to the new one created in Step 2. plib add -entry=mypat1 -file=mypattern.tif iplotpat400.plb applib add -entry=mypat1 -file=mypattern.tif aplotpat400.plb This example adds a pattern to the 400 dpi pattern library. The graphical representation should have been created at a resolution of 400 dpi. Set the pattern size to 1 inch. The default units setting is centimeters and the default size is 1 cm. The maximum size is 4 centimeters, or about 1.575 inches. plib modify -entry=mypat1 -size=1 -units=in iplotpat400.plb applib modify -entry=mypat1 -size=1 -units=in aplotpat400.plb To use the new pattern, copy the pattern library containing the pattern to the c:\Program Files\Common Files\InterPlot\iplot\resrc\custom directory for IPLOT or c:\Program Files\Common Files\InterPlot\aplot\resrc\custom directory for APLOT. It is recommended that you maintain a backup copy in a different directory. Configuration Variables (iplotsrv.cfg) IPLOTSRV_PATTERN_LIB_LIST This variable contains a list of InterPlot pattern library names IPLOT Server reads to resolve pattern name references in pen and feature tables. Multiple library filenames may be specified within this variable, denoting different pattern libraries for different device resolutions. The format is filename , dpi ; filename , dpi ;... For example, the definition IPLOTSRV_PATTERN_LIB_LIST = LoRes.plb,100;MedRes.plb,300;HiRes.plb,600 causes IPLOT Server to use patterns defined in LoRes.plb when plotting to the 100 dpi preview window, but use the patterns in HiRes.plb when plotting to a 600 dpi laser printer. When selecting a library out of this list, IPLOT Server selects the first entry whose resolution matches the target device. If an exact match is not found, IPLOT Server always picks the highest resolution available that does not exceed the device resolution. IPLOTSRV_PATTERN_PATH This variable contains the directories that will be searched for the filenames specified by IPLOTSRV_PATTERN_LIB_LIST. When adding your own custom patterns, it's recommended that you copy the default *.plb files from resrc\system into resrc\custom. You may then add your new bitmap patterns to the resrc\custom\*.plb libraries. IPLOT Server will use the libraries found in resrc\custom without you having to modify this configuration file and your modified libraries will not be overwritten when re-installing the product. IP_NEGATIVE_PATTERNS This variable can be used to invert the foreground and background colors for all raster patterns plotted by IPLOT Server. You may need to set this variable to true if you are using custom pattern libraries derived from the default libraries delivered with InterPlot 9.1. This variable is false by default, meaning patterns are not inverted. Configuration Variables (aplotsrv.cfg) APLOTSRV_PATTERN_LIB_PATH This variable specifies the directories that are searched for the pattern library specified in the APARM. If no library is specified or the one specified is not found, the library defined in the APLOTSRV_DEFAULT_PATTERN_LIB variable is used instead. APLOTSRV_DEFAULT_PATTERN_LIB This variable defines the pattern library that will be used if no library is specified in the APARM or the one specified is not found. APLOTSRV_PATTERN_LIB_LIST This variable contains a list of InterPlot raster pattern library names APLOTSRV reads to resolve pattern name references in pen tables. If this variable is defined, it takes precedence over both the pattern library name stored in the APARM, and the value of the APLOTSRV_DEFAULT_PATTERN_LIB variable. Uncomment this variable definition if you wish to use the same raster pattern libraries that IPLOTSRV uses. Additional Tips Remember to copy the new pattern libraries to \Program Files\Common Files\InterPlot\iplot\resrc\system and edit iplotsrv.cfg to look at the new pattern libraries for IPLOT. Remember to copy the new pattern libraries to \Program Files\Common Files\InterPlot\aplot\resrc\system and edit iplotsrv.cfg to look at the new pattern libraries for APLOT. If a scaling issue occurs with the patterns, use the variable IP_NOSCALE_PATTERNS=TRUE in iplotsrv.cfg. This variable should only be used if a problem occurs. The default scaling for InterPlot is preferable. If the foreground/background colors do not plot correctly, invert the colors using your raster editor and save the file again. Then add the pattern to the pattern library. See Also Product TechNotes and FAQs ProjectWise TechNotes And FAQs External Links Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase Bentley LEARN Server Comments or Corrections? Bentley's Technical Support Group requests that you please confine any comments you have on this Wiki entry to this "Comments or Corrections?" section. THANK YOU!
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Wiki Page: InterPlot Settings Files [TN]
Applies To Product(s): Digital InterPlot Version(s): InterPlot Client, InterPlot Professional 9.1, 10.X Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group Settings Files Settings files provide an easy and flexible way of defining default plotting values for your plots and plot sets. Settings files, which can be either binary or ASCII, should be used to do the following: Store plotting parameters so that they can be easily reused. Establish settings that pertain to the entire plot set, such as printer name. Enforce drawing standards. Eliminate typographical errors. Group together plotting parameters so that you can apply them to a specific plot or plot set. Assist novice users -- settings files can reduce the need to navigate through dialog boxes entirely. Binary settings files: Allow settings for multiple data types to be defined in one settings file. Supported with InterPlot 9.0 or later. Created using the settings file editor in Organizer. ASCII settings files: Allow settings for IPLOT or APLOT only. Supported in all versions of InterPlot. Created using any ASCII text editor. Using Organizer to Create Binary Settings Files From the Organizer menu bar, choose Edit Settings File Create. In the Create Settings File dialog box, select a section from the "Sections to create" list, and then click the Create Section button. This removes the section entry from the "Sections to create" list and adds it to the "Sections created" list. Note: Only data type support that is installed will display in this dialog box. The Common section enables you to specify common settings. Common settings include printer name, archive name, rendering attributes filename, and plot set attributes. Click the Edit Section button to access the properties sheet. From the Create Settings property sheet, specify the settings you want. To get help on a specific item, click ? at the top of the Create Settings property sheet and drop it on the item you want help on. To exit the Create Settings property sheet, click OK. To add additional sections, repeat steps 2-5 (this step is optional). To remove a section from the settings file, select the section from the Sections created list and click the Delete Section button (this step is optional). This removes the section entry from the Sections created list and adds it to the "Sections to create" list. To save the settings file, click Save As. Specify the name of the settings file, and then click Save. To exit the Create Settings dialog box, click Close. Creating ASCII Settings Files ASCII settings files are text files that contain Create and Modify command line qualifiers. The format of the settings file is one qualifier per line (along with its associated value). The maximum length of any line in a settings file is 1024 characters. The leading dash (-) character is optional when used in a settings file, though the command line interface requires it. You can use any setting in a settings file except for the -settings qualifier. One additional setting you cannot use in a printer settings file is -printer. The following is an example of a settings file: # This settings file establishes a default printer, color table, pen table and turns off # the display of enter data fields and text nodes. queue=hp5si color_table=c:\program files\common files\interplot\iplot\misc\color.ctb pen_table=c:\data\pen\test.pen nodisplay=[enter_data, text_nodes] Types of Settings Files Default Settings File You can create a default settings file that stores plot parameters that will be applied automatically each time you create plots using the dialog, Organizer or command line interfaces. By default, you must name the settings file IPLOT.SET and put it in one of three directories: Your home directory (which allows "per user" defaults on machines with shared user accounts) The directory containing the drawing file or design file (which allows the same settings to be used for all of the files in the given directory) The settings subdirectory of the product directory (which allows "per machine" defaults) Printer Settings File When you select a printer, InterPlot searches for a printer settings file, which defines the parameters related to a specific printer. For example, suppose you have a printer named color that connects to a color plotter and a printer named mono that connects to a monochrome plotter. You can create a printer settings file for each printer and use the color table qualifier to specify a different color table for each printer. InterPlot searches for a printer settings file with the same name as the printer and with a .set extension appended to it. Using the previous example, InterPlot looks for a printer settings file named color.set when you use the color printer. Manually Applied Settings File Although InterPlot uses settings files automatically, you can manually load specific settings files by using Organizer, the dialog box or the command line. By manually applying settings files, you can store groups of commonly used qualifiers (along with their values) in a file and then reference them on demand. This method of referencing settings files is helpful when a group of plotting parameters is used only for a specific project or on an occasional basis. Priorities When Using Settings Files To ensure that you have an opportunity to override any settings file defaults, InterPlot always processes settings files and any specified qualifiers in a particular order. The following priority issues are applicable to the dialog, Organizer and command line interfaces: Any plotting parameters specified in the dialog, Organizer or in the command line interface after a settings file has been loaded always override any duplicate or mutually exclusive qualifiers that may have appeared in the loaded settings file. Mutually exclusive qualifiers are qualifiers that are not intended to be together, because using one of them would alter the value of the other. For example, Xsize and Scale are mutually exclusive qualifiers. If the loaded settings file contained Xsize and Scale was then specified, InterPlot would use the Scale value. When the configuration variable IP_APPLY_ALL_SETTINGS is set to true, all of the default and printer settings files found in the search path will be read and applied. Mutually exclusive qualifiers that may appear in subsequent default or printer settings files override the same qualifiers that appear in previous default or printer settings files. When this variable is set to false, only the first occurrence of a default and printer settings file will be read and applied; InterPlot does not search any of the remaining directories for the file. The default value for this configuration variable is false. If both a default and printer settings file exists, duplicate or mutually exclusive parameters in the printer settings file override those in the default settings file. This situation could occur if a default settings file (defined by the IP_DEFAULT_SETTINGS configuration file variable) is used and contains a reference to a printer that has a printer settings file associated with it. The following priority issues are applicable only to the command line: If you use a qualifier and a settings file that contain the same or mutually exclusive qualifiers in the same command line, then the value of the qualifier from the settings file is ignored. If you use the -settings qualifier with the Create or Modify commands and a default or printer settings file exists, any qualifiers in the file referenced by the -settings qualifier will override any duplicate or mutually exclusive qualifiers that InterPlot read from the default or printer settings file. Configuration File Variables There are several variables in the Common configuration file, ip.cfg, that relate to settings files. IP_DEFAULT_SETTINGS If you want to name the default settings file something other than iplot.set, you can change it. The default settings file name is defined by the configuration variable IP_DEFAULT_SETTINGS. IP_SETTINGS_PATH The directory locations for default and printer settings files can be changed. InterPlot searches the directories specified by the configuration variable IP_SETTINGS_PATH for default and printer settings files. Once it finds the first occurrence of the settings file, InterPlot does not search any of the remaining directories for the file. To specify a list of directories in the settings file search path, you must separate each directory with a semicolon. IP_SETTINGS_FILE_FILTER IP_SETTINGS_FILE_FILTER defines the settings file filter and is defined as set by default. Organizer and the dialog interfaces use this filter to determine which filenames to display in the file selection dialog box. IP_APPLY_ALL_SETTINGS By default, InterPlot finds the first occurrence of a default or printer settings file and does not search any of the remaining directories in the settings file search path. You can change this behavior and search multiple levels of default and printer settings files. The configuration variable IP_APPLY_ALL_SETTINGS allows you to set up multiple levels of default settings files. For example, some users may want to have company-wide default settings files that can be overridden on a per-user or per-site basis. To do this, you can set the configuration variable IP_APPLY_ALL_SETTINGS to true. When this configuration variable is set to true, all of the default settings files found in the search path are read and applied. The default value for this configuration variable is false. See Also Product TechNotes and FAQs ProjectWise TechNotes And FAQs External Links Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase Bentley LEARN Server Comments or Corrections? Bentley's Technical Support Group requests that you please confine any comments you have on this Wiki entry to this "Comments or Corrections?" section. THANK YOU!
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Wiki Page: Producing Consistent Line Thickness With InterPlot [CS]
Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group This Client Server article is republished in its entirety from 2003 for reference purposes. Consistent Line Thickness You can produce a consistent line thickness across various plotters and printers by utilizing an InterPlot pen table, which may be created with a text editor. This article will cover a basic Interplot pen table using the weight_base and weight_delta keywords. When preceded by an exclamation point (!), the information is considered to be a comment within the pen table. The weight_base and weight_delta keywords map line weights to physical thicknesses on the plot. Using these keywords, you can get consistent line thicknesse Weight Plot Thickness 0 0.10 cm 1 0.15 cm 2 0.20 cm . . . . . . 31 1.65 cm s across a number of plotters. The weight_base keyword specifies the line thickness for an element of weight 0. The weight_delta keyword specifies an additional line thickness increment to add for each line weight above 0. Use the following formula to calculate line thickness using the weight_base and weight_delta keywords: plot thickness = weight_base + (element weight * weight_delta) For example, if the weight_base is 0.1 cm and weight_delta is 0.05 cm, the following values are used: You must define the weight_base and weight_delta keywords at the beginning of the pen table. Syntax: weight_base = positive_real weight_delta = positive_real Example: ! ! Map element's line weight to a thickness on ! the plot. ! weight 0 = 0.10 mm ! weight 1 = 0.15 mm ! weight 2 = 0.20 mm ! weight 3 = 0.25 mm ! . ! . ! . ! weight 31 = 1.65 mm The following information would be the active data in the pen table: units = mm weight_base = 0.1 weight_delta = 0.05 In this case the pen table is named weight.pen. The .pen extension is the default for all InterPlot pen tables. Upon completion of the pen table, the user should access the MSDOS command prompt and change directories to the location of the pen table. InterPlot provides a utility called penck, which is used for checking the pen table for syntax errors. If there are any syntax errors, penck will output an error message identifying each error and the line number where the error occurred. Example: penck weight.pen See Also Client Server Archive ProjectWise TechNotes And FAQs Comments or Corrections? Bentley's Technical Support Group requests that you please confine any comments you have on this Wiki entry to this "Comments or Corrections?" section. THANK YOU!
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Wiki Page: Portable Plan Set With Digital InterPlot [CS]
This Client Server article is republished in its entirety from 2002 for reference purposes. It was written for Digital InterPlot v1.1 and may not apply to any other version. Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group A new feature is available in Digital InterPlot v1.1 for creating and viewing Portable Plan Set. This is a powerful tool for creating and distributing electronic plots and their attributes, along with the Digital InterPlot viewer, all in one file without the need for an Internet connection. Delivery can take place via a CD, FTP or E-mail. This feature allows the distribution of electronic plots to every corner of the world, even where Web access is not available. After submitting the plots to a Digital InterPlot Archive, the new Portable Plan Set utility (CreatePPS.exe) can be used to browse an archive, and "add" the plot to a Portable Plan Set collection. When the collection is complete, the Portable Plan Set is ready for creation. This utility will create an executable that contains the plots with their attributes. This Portable Plan Set can be distributed to allow remote users to view and print the contained plot sheets. Here are the steps to create and view a Portable Plan Set: Creation of Portable Plan Set Run CreatePPS.exe in the c:\program files\Digital InterPlot\bin directory. From File pull down, select Open (Figure 1). Key-in your Web page path for your Digital InterPlot archives (Figure 2). This will bring up the Web page in the right frame of the CreatePPS window (Figure 3). Add a folder. Go to Tools Add folder or select the fourth icon to add a top-level folder. This will create a new folder in the left frame of the CreatePPS window (Figure 4). Note: You can add one top-level folder and as many sub-folders as you need. Browse the archives and select an archive. Select a plot set. Select a plot by clicking the thumbnail to show the DPR view of the plot. To add a plot to the Portable Plan Set you have to be at the DPR view level. Once at this level, the Add button will become active. Click on Add button to add the plot to the folder (Figure 5). When finished adding plots to the list, select Tools Create PPS or click the icon (next to the About icon). Type in a file name (Figure 6). This will create a Portable Plan Set file with an .exe extension. This file will contain the plots in DPR format, their attributes, and the active-x control for viewing and printing. Viewing the Portable Plan Set Run the Portable Plan Set file (filename.exe) that was created. Select one of the files, and you will see the DPR view in the right frame of the CreatePPS window. The attributes are listed below the DPR view. This includes the plot attributes as well as the plot set attributes. Viewing and printing the plots - the Portable Plan Set allows the full DPR Webplot capability. Constraints: The CreatePPS.exe requires Internet Explorer 5.0 and above, Netscape is not supported. The viewer requires Internet Explorer 4.0 and above See Also Client Server Archive ProjectWise TechNotes And FAQs Comments or Corrections? Bentley's Technical Support Group requests that you please confine any comments you have on this Wiki entry to this "Comments or Corrections?" section. THANK YOU!
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Wiki Page: ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer installation error 1114
Applies To Product(s): ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer Version(s): N/A Environment: N/A Area: Installation Subarea: Original Author: Todd Combs, Bentley Technical Support Group Problem Description During the installation of ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer several dll files do not self-register. They fail to self-register with an error 1114: A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed. Steps to Resolve The error message is coming from the system and indicates something may be wrong with the registry or some other part of the operating system. There is nothing about the installation or operation of InterPlot that would be a cause of this situation, therefore we suggest repairing the operating system by way of a system restore or a third party repair tool.
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Wiki Page: ProjectWise InterPlot V8 2004 Minimum Requirements
ProjectWise InterPlot V8i Minimum Requirements Document Information Document Type: TechNote Product(s): ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer and Professional, ProjectWise InterPlot Server, ProjectWise InterPlot Driver Pack, ProjectWise InterPlot Mid-Volume Driver Pack, ProjectWise InterPlot High Volume Driver Pack, ProjectWise InterPlot Raster Offline Driver Pack, ProjectWise InterPlot High Volume Driver Pack, ProjectWise InterPlot Raster Offline Driver Pack Version(s): ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer 08.11.xx.xx Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group Overview This technote lists the minimum techinal requirements for the ProjectWise InterPlot V8i Products. Minimum Suggested ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer and Professional Specifications ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer is required on each machine needing to submit plots to ProjectWise InterPlot Server. ProjectWise InterPlot Professional can submit plots to ProjectWise InterPlot Server or plot in a standalone mode without ProjectWise InterPlot Server. Processor: Intel® or AMD® processor 3.0 Ghz or greater Memory: 256 MB minimum, 512 MB recommended. More memory will almost always improve performance. Operating Requirements: Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional, or Windows Server 2003 (SP1 or later) Supports 32-bit versions of the above Operating Systems running on 64-bit processors. Supported File Formats: MicroStation (all versions), AutoCAD (releases 10 through 2008), raster files (such as TIFF, CALS G4, and JPEG), and ProjectWise InterPlot (DPR) files. Minimum Suggested ProjectWise InterPlot Server Specifications Processor: Pentium® III 700 Mhz Processor minimum Memory: 512 MB of RAM minimum, 1GB recommended. Operating System: Windows Server 2003 Supports 32-bit versions of the above Operating Systems running on 64-bit processors. The following specifications are for using ProjectWise InterPlot's Digital Archiving Feature: File server: To store the digital plots created for ProjectWise InterPlot Server archives, the file server must expose LAN Manager file shares that are accessible with Microsoft's Universal Naming Convention (UNC). Web server: To view ProjectWise InterPlot Server archive web pages, Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 or later Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 (SP2 or later) Supported Databases: To store ProjectWise InterPlot Server archive attributes, Oracle9i*, Oracle10g, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 * Requires Oracle8 Client software Supported Web browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 or later Minimum Suggested ProjectWise InterPlot Driver Product Specifications Processor: Pentium® III 700 Mhz Processor minimum Memory: 512 MB of RAM minimum, 1GB recommended. Operating System: Windows Server 2003 Supports 32-bit versions of the above Operating Systems running on 64-bit processors.
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Wiki Page: ProjectWise InterPlot: Design Scripts
Sample Design Scripts Modify References based on reference filename # Only check elements in reference files, this skips any element # in the master file if (file 0) then # Next assign the logical name of the current element's # reference file to the ip_logical_index. This # is required to make ip_short_ref_filename contain # the filename for the current reference file. # Note that iplot assigns unique logical names to # references that do not have logical names. This # means the code below works with ALL reference # files. ip_logical_index = lname # look up the filename (with extension, but no path) # based on the ip_logical_index set above. Compare it # to *ref1.dgn. * matches any character in any number. # this comparison matches any reference filename ending # in ref1.dgn if (ip_short_ref_filename == "*ref1.dgn") then color = 'red' endif # same as above but for files ending in ref2.dgn if (ip_short_ref_filename == "*ref2.dgn") then color = 'green' endif Endif Offsetting Page Numbers Requires InterPlot 8.9.3.xx or higher # Offset sheet numbers by 11 if (characters == 'page_number') then # Create new variable for page numbers envr_variable = "IPLOT_PageNum" # Store current page number envr_value = page_number # Add offset to current page number envr_value_num = envr_value_num + 11 # Substitute new page number in for characters characters = envr_value endif if (characters == 'total_pages') then # Create new variable for total page number envr_variable = "IPLOT_TotalPages" # Store current number of pages envr_value = total_pages # Add offset to total pages envr_value_num = envr_value_num + 11 # Substitute new total page number in for characters characters = envr_value endif
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Wiki Page: ProjectWise InterPlot V8 XM Minimum Requirements [TN]
Applies To Product(s): ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer, ProjectWise InterPlot Server, ProjectWise InterPlot Driver Pack, ProjectWise InterPlot Mid-Volume Driver Pack, ProjectWise InterPlot High Volume Driver Pack, ProjectWise InterPlot Raster Offline Driver Pack Version(s): V8 XM Edition Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group Overview This technote provides the minimum system requirements for the ProjectWise InterPlot XM version of products. Minimum Suggested ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer Specifications ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer is required on each machine needing to submit plots to ProjectWise InterPlot Server. Processor: Intel® Pentium® or AMD Athlon TM Memory: 256 MB minimum, 512 MB recommended. More memory will almost always improve performance. Operating Requirements: Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 Professional (SP3 or later), Windows 2000 Server, or Windows Server 2003 (SP1 or later) Supports 32-bit versions of the above Operating Systems running on 64-bit processors. Supported File Formats: MicroStation (all versions), AutoCAD (releases 10 through 2007), raster files (such as TIFF, CALS G4, and JPEG), and ProjectWise InterPlot (DPR) files. Minimum Suggested ProjectWise InterPlot Server Specifications Processor : Pentium® III 700 Mhz Processor minimum Memory: 512 MB of RAM minimum, 1GB recommended. More memory will almost always improve performance. Operating System: Windows 2000 Server (SP3 or later), or Windows Server 2003 Supports 32-bit versions of the above Operating Systems running on 64-bit processors. The following specification are for using ProjectWise InterPlot's Digital Archiving Feature: File server: To store the contents of ProjectWise InterPlot Server, the file server must expose LAN Manager file shares that are accessible with Microsoft's Universal Naming Convention (UNC). Web server: Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 or later Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 (SP2 or later) Supported Databases: Oracle9i*, Oracle10g*, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 * Requires Oracle8 Client software Supported Web browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 or later Minimum Suggested ProjectWise InterPlot Driver Product Specifications Processor : Pentium® III 700 Mhz Processor minimum Memory: 512 MB of RAM minimum, 1GB recommended. More memory will almost always improve performance. Operating System: Windows 2000 Server (SP3 or later), or Windows Server 2003 Supports 32-bit versions of the above Operating Systems running on 64-bit processors. See Also Product TechNotes and FAQs ProjectWise TechNotes And FAQs External Links Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase Bentley LEARN Server Comments or Corrections? Bentley's Technical Support Group requests that you please confine any comments you have on this Wiki entry to this "Comments or Corrections?" section. THANK YOU!
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Wiki Page: ProjectWise InterPlot V8i (SELECTseries 2)
What's New & Changed in ProjectWise InterPlot V8i (SELECTseries 2)? Office Printing: Force to Paper Size When printing Microsoft Office documents using ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer, you can now force all prints to a standard paper size. This feature overrides the default behavior, which is to choose the paper size from the document size. Printing PDF Comments Using ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer, you can print PDF comments that were created using ProjectWise Dynamic Plot or some other PDF authoring software. PDF comments are produced from a variety of markup tools such as shapes, lines, clouds, curves, symbols, images, polygons, and the pencil tool. (This feature only applies to PDF documents.) APLOT Features The APLOT dialog is now supported in AutoCAD 2010.
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Wiki Page: ProjectWise InterPlot V8i SELECTseries 2 Minimum Requirements [TN]
Applies To Product(s): ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer and Professional, ProjectWise InterPlot Server, ProjectWise InterPlot Driver Pack, ProjectWise InterPlot Mid-Volume Driver Pack, ProjectWise InterPlot High Volume Driver Pack, ProjectWise InterPlot Raster Offline Driver Pack, ProjectWise InterPlot High Volume Driver Pack, ProjectWise InterPlot Raster Offline Driver Pack Version(s): InterPlot Organizer 08.11.xx.xx Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group Overview This technote lists the minimum techinal requirements for the ProjectWise InterPlot V8i Products. Minimum Suggested ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer and Professional Specifications ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer is required on each machine needing to submit plots to ProjectWise InterPlot Server. ProjectWise InterPlot Professional can submit plots to ProjectWise InterPlot Server or plot in a standalone mode without ProjectWise InterPlot Server. Processor: Intel® or AMD® processor 3.0 Ghz or greater. Memory: 512 MB minimum, 2 GB recommended. More memory will almost always improve performance. Operating Requirements: Windows XP Professional 32-bit, 64-bit, Windows 7 32-bit, 64-bit, Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later 32-bit, or Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit. Supports 32-bit versions of the above Operating Systems running on 64-bit processors. Supported File Formats: MicroStation (all versions), AutoCAD (releases 10 through 2010), raster files (such as TIFF, CALS G4, and JPEG), and ProjectWise InterPlot (DPR) files. Minimum Suggested ProjectWise InterPlot Server Specifications Processor: Intel® or AMD® processor 3.0 Ghz or greater. Memory: 1 GB of RAM minimum, 2GB recommended. Operating System: Windows Server 2003 32-bit, Widnows Server 2008 64-bit, Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit. Supports 32-bit versions of the above Operating Systems running on 64-bit processors. The following specifications are for using ProjectWise InterPlot's Digital Archiving Feature: File server: To store the digital plots created for ProjectWise InterPlot Server archives, the file server must expose LAN Manager file shares that are accessible with Microsoft's Universal Naming Convention (UNC). Web server: To view ProjectWise InterPlot Server archive web pages, Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 or later, Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 SP3 or later. Supported Databases: To store ProjectWise InterPlot Server archive attributes, Oracle9i*, Oracle10g (10.2g), Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft SQL Server 2008. * Requires Oracle8 Client software Supported Web browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 or later. Minimum Suggested ProjectWise InterPlot Driver Product Specifications Processor: Intel® or AMD® processor 3.0 Ghz or greater. Memory: 1 GB of RAM minimum, 2GB recommended. Operating System: Windows Server 2003 32-bit, Widnows Server 2008 64-bit, Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit. Supports 32-bit versions of the above Operating Systems running on 64-bit processors. See Also Product TechNotes and FAQs ProjectWise TechNotes And FAQs External Links Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase Bentley LEARN Server Comments or Corrections? Bentley's Technical Support Group requests that you please confine any comments you have on this Wiki entry to this "Comments or Corrections?" section. THANK YOU!
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Wiki Page: V8i Plotting Options German Version [TN]
Applies To Product(s): ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer, MicroStation V8i Version(s): 08.11.xx.xx Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group Overview Mit der Einführung der neuen MicroStation V8i stehen Ihnen nun mehrere Druck - Optionen zur Verfügung. Diese Technote wird Ihnen die Unterschiede dieser Optionen erklären und einige daraus resultierende Fragen beantworten. Was passiert mit dem Stapeldruck? Die Stapeldruck - Funktion wird im MicroStation Datei - Menü nicht mehr angezeigt und wird durch den Print Organizer ersetzt. Der Print Organizer ist eine Anwendung zur Erzeugung, Verwaltung und Publizieren von Dateien. Der Print Organizer ist eine Stapeldruck - Anwendung zum Drucken und wiederholten Drucken von Print - Sets, welche Dateien und Modelle enthalten können. Die individuellen Dateien und Modelle werden als „Print Definition" bezeichnet und können in Verzeichnisse und Unterverzeichnisse gruppiert werden. Die gesamte Print Definition wird als Print Set bezeichnet. Ein weiterer Vorteil des Print Organizer gegenüber der bisherigen Stapeldruck - Funktion ist, dass jede Print - Definition Ihre eigenen Einstellungen (Settings) haben kann, im bisherigen Stapeldruck verändert jede Änderung alle Ausdrucke der Stapeldatei. Ältere für den Stapeldruck erzeugte Daten, wie Plotkonventionen und „Dateien mit Stapelauftragsgruppen" (*,job) werden vom Print Organizer unterstützt. Wenn Sie bis zur endgültigen Einarbeitung mit dem Print Organizer vorerst die bisherige Stapeldruck Funktion verwenden möchten, können Sie die Stapeldruck - Funktion mit der MicroStation - Eingabeaufforderung "mdl load batchplt" aufrufen. Was passiert mit dem PDF Composer? Der MicroStation PDF Composer erschien mit der MicroStation V8 2004 Edition und diente zur einfachen PDF - Erzeugung aus einer Gruppe von Zeichnungen. Für das MicroStation V8i Release wird es keinen MicroStation PDF Composer mehr geben. Alle MicroStation SELECT - Kunden erhalten eine kostenlose ProjectWise Passport Lizenz, mit dieser Passport Lizenz können Sie den ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer V8i verwenden. ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer verfügt über alle im MicroStation PDF Composer enthaltenen Funktionen. Alle mit dem MicroStation PDF Composer erzeugten Plotsets, Design Scripts (Pen Table) oder Settings - Dateien, funktionieren auch mit dem ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer. Als zusätzliche Formate können Sie PDF und Microsoft Office (DOC, XLS und PPT) Dokumente zu Ihrem Plotset hinzufügen. Dies ermöglicht Ihnen eine komplette PDF - Dokumentation Ihrer Zeichnungen und den dazugehörigen Spezifikationen. Zur Verarbeitung der Microsoft Office Dateien mit dem ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer muss auf Ihrem System Adobe Acrobat oder Ghostscript (Kostenlose Software) installiert sein. Zur Benutzung des ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer benötigen Sie keinen ProjectWise Server oder ProjectWise InterPlot Server. Eine Integration dieser beiden Server - Produkte würde Ihnen weitere Vorteile und Funktionen zur Verfügung stellen, wie z.B. das Netzwerkdrucken und das digitale Plotarchiv, welches Sie mit dem ProjectWise InterPlot Server erstellen können. MicroStation PDF Composer V8 2004 Edition und V8 XM Stehen Ihnen weiterhin zur Verfügung. Bevor Sie den ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer laden, müssen Sie den MicroStation PDF Composer entfernen. Was ist der Unterschied zwischen Print Organizer und InterPlot Organizer? ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer behält seine Einstellungen bei, der Print Organizer jedoch nicht. Das bedeutet, dass der ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer alle vorgenommen Einstellungen, wie z.B. Ebenen und Referenzdatei - Einstellungen, beibehält. Der Print Organizer behält diese Information nicht bei, sondern übernimmt die aktuellen Einstellungen der Zeichnungsdatei. Es ist somit nicht sichergestellt, dass Sie den gleichen Ausdruck erhalten, wenn Sie die Zeichnung zu unterschiedlichen Zeitpunkten drucken. Mit dem Print Organizer erstellte PDF's sind nicht so inhaltvoll wie mit dem ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer erstelle PDF's. Mit dem Print Organizer erzeugte PDF's können Bookmarks, Engineering links, optionale Inhalte, Textsuche und 3D - Daten enthalten. Der InterPlot Organizer ermöglicht die Erzeugung intelligenter PDF's, welche z.B. MicroStation Project Explorer Links, digitales Unterschriftsfeld und Objekt - Eigenschaften enthalten können. Mit dem Print Organizer erzeugte PDF´s unterstützen die Maßstabs - Information des Messbefehles im Acrobat nicht. ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer unterstützt diese Funktion. Mit dem Print Organizer können Sie dem Print Set Zeichnungsdateien von MicroStation (DGNs) und AutoCAD (DWGs) hinzufügen. Im ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer Plotset können Rasterdateien, Office - Dokumente wie Word, Excel, und PowerPoint, PDF - Dokumente, und dpr Dateien zusätzlich zu den MicroStation (DGNs) und AutoCAD (DWGs) enthalten sein. Weitere Vorteile des ProjectWise InterPlot sind: ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer kann über die Eingabeaufforderung betrieben werden. ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer Design Scripts sind wesentlich umfangreicher als Print Organizer Pen Tables. ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer kann außerhalb von MicroStation betrieben werden, während der Print Organizer innerhalb von MicroStation gestartet werden muss. ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer kann über den ProjectWise InterPlot Server drucken, welches eine zentrale Druckverwaltung und die digitale Archivierungsfunktion beinhaltet. Druckoptionen Abhängig von der bei Ihnen installierten Software können in Ihrem MicoStation V8i Datei - Menu bis zu 5 Druckoptionen enthalten sein: InterPlot Organizer - Die Stapeldruck - Funktion des ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer. Dies ist der Ersatz für den MicroStation PDF Composer. IPLOT - Das IPLOT GUI für das interaktive Drucken von Zeichnungsdateien mit MicroStation V8i. Das GUI wird mit dem ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer geliefert. Vorschau Drucken - Die Vorschau - Option der MicroStation V8i Druck - Dialogbox, welche mit MicroStation V8i geliefert wird. Drucken - Die MicroStation V8i Druck - Dialogbox, welche mit MicroStation V8i geliefert wird. Dies ist die gleiche Druck - Dialogbox, wie sie auch schon in der Vorgänger - Version verwendet wurde. Print Organizer - Die neue MicroStation V8i Stapeldruck - Funktion, welche die alte Stapeldruck - Funktion ersetzt.
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Wiki Page: Using InterPlot Organizer For Group Plot [CS]
Editor's note: This article was adopted from the Bentley TechNote, which contains more information about using InterPlot Organizer. TechNotes provide detailed technical and instructional information about many Bentley products. InterPlot Organizer is a Windows application delivered with InterPlot Client/InterPlot Professional for plotting MicroStation design files, AutoCAD drawing files, raster files, and Digital Print Room files. InterPlot Organizer allows you to work on a group of plots as a single plot set. It gives you full control over plot sets and the plots they contain. You can add, delete, and rearrange plots; view and modify the properties of individual or multiple plots; and preview and print all or some of the plots. You can also control how information about the plots in a set is displayed in the main window. InterPlot Organizer offers you several advantages: The interface allows you to work easily with large sets of plots At the beginning of a project, you can create a plot set file that corresponds to project drawings As the design progresses, you can easily produce new sets of drawings by using the InterPlot Organizer dialog box and the original plot set file Using InterPlot Organizer is often faster than plotting with the dialog box because you do not have to wait for MicroStation to load the design file or AutoCAD to load the drawing file before you plot InterPlot Organizer allows you to create and edit settings files and to edit configuration files How to use InterPlot Organizer To start InterPlot Organizer, do one of the following: From Windows Explorer, double-click the name of an existing plot set From the Start Programs InterPlot Utilities folder, click the InterPlot Organizer command To Start InterPlot Organizer from the Command Prompt: Add the bin subdirectory of the product directory to the system path (\Program Files\InterPlot Professional\bin or \Program Files\InterPlot Client\bin). Type the executable filename and one command line argument (optional): (iplotorg.exe ). If you started InterPlot Organizer without specifying a plot set, a Welcome dialog box appears. The Welcome dialog box contains shortcuts for the two operations that load information into Organizer: Creating new plot sets from files you select and opening an existing plot set. Click the appropriate option from the Welcome to InterPlot Organizer dialog box. Click OK to dismiss the Welcome dialog box and perform the selected operation. Click Cancel to exit the Welcome dialog box without performing any operation. Delivered with InterPlot Organizer is a tutorial designed to introduce you to InterPlot Organizer's key features. When you have completed this tutorial, you should have a basic understanding of InterPlot Organizer and its features. Organizer Command Line Interface InterPlot Client/Professional includes an InterPlot Organizer command line interface that runs from the command prompt. You can use the command line interface to create, modify, preview, print, and archive plot sets, and to export plots from plot sets. Plot sets can be composed of MicroStation, AutoCAD, raster, and Digital Print Room data. The InterPlot Organizer command line provides the following commands: Create - Creates plot set files Modify - Modifies plot set files Export - Exports plots from a plot set file as PARM files Preview - Displays plots on the screen before printing Print - Prints a plot set Archive - Archives a plot set file without printing An InterPlot Organizer command line has the following syntax: iplotorg -qualifiers plotset_file See Also Client Server Archive ProjectWise TechNotes And FAQs Comments or Corrections? Bentley's Technical Support Group requests that you please confine any comments you have on this Wiki entry to this "Comments or Corrections?" section. THANK YOU! This Client Server article is republished in its entirety from 2003 for reference purposes. Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group
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Wiki Page: Update Levels In InterPlot Plot Set And Parameter Files [CS]
This Client Server article is republished in its entirety from 2006 for reference purposes. InterPlot has three interfaces to plot design files: InterPlot Organizer, IPLOT Dialog, and IPLOT Command line. Using the interface InterPlot Organizer, the plot definition information is stored in InterPlot plot set files (IPS); using IPLOT Dialog and IPLOT Command line, the information is stored in InterPlot parameter (IPARM) files. IPS files contain information about several plot jobs, whereas IPARM files contain information about one plot only. In both file types, the information about the plot job is the same and contains non-state information like the printer, paper size, and rotation, as well as state data about the DGN file and references. This discussion is limited to the state data in IPS and IPARM files and the commands used to update that data from a DGN file. When an IPS or IPARM file is created, the settings of the file are inherited from the DGN file. The settings include the levels that are switched on, what view settings are switched on or off, and similar information. These settings can be modified when needed. Modifications to the settings define what the plot looks like, which can be different from what is displayed on screen. When no modifications are made, the plot is created as displayed in MicroStation at the time the IPS and IPARM files are created. IPS and IPARM files let the user plot multiple times using the same settings, independent of the settings in the DGN file when the plot is created. When changes are made to a DGN file, the IPS file or IPARM files must be updated if the user wants the changes to be reflected in a plot. Rather than making these modifications manually, the Update from Design File command lets the user update all the settings in the IPS and IPARM files. This command has existed for quite some time. Update from DGN file The Update from Design File command updates the settings in the IPS and IPARM files with current data from the DGN and references. This includes the following: master DGN file global origin view extents view rotation view scale working units display on/off settings levels on/off level symbology list of attached references list of raster reference files display update sequence attached references file name logical name file number display and fast flags levels on/off reference file scaling/rotation reference file origin reference file description reference file level symbology clip fence whether the file is displayed or not IPLOT generated full path name The levels that are switched on or off are known levels in the IPS or IPARM file. For new levels in a design file or reference files, use the newer command, Update Levels. Update Levels command The Update Levels command updates the selected plot jobs with the current levels from the master file and all associated reference files. A configuration variable (IPLOT_UPDATE_LEVEL_STATE) in the IPLOT.CFG configuration file determines which levels are updated. The following values are valid for IPLOT_UPDATE_LEVEL_STATE: on - newly added levels will be turned on and will plot off - newly added levels will be turned off and will not plot dgn - IPLOT will use the design file setting of the new level to determine the plot/no plot setting Use the IPLOT Client Configure utility to set the value for this configuration variable. The default value for IPLOT_UPDATE_LEVEL_STATE is "DGN". InterPlot Organizer The Update Levels command is located under Tab Levels. As previously mentioned, the Update Levels command updates both DGN and reference files for the selected plot jobs. A selection between master file and individual reference files is not possible. In other words, the selection as displayed in figure above does not affect the Update Levels command. After the Update Levels command is invoked, the default settings file is updated. InterPlot command line The Update Levels command takes the qualifier -update_levels. In the IPLOT Create and IPLOT Modify commands, the qualifier -update_levels is valid. Here are several examples: iplot modify -update_levels plot1 iplot create -design=learn.dgn -update_levels learn After the command "iplot modify -update_levels" is invoked, the default settings file (IPLOT.SET) is updated. In practice, the qualifier -update_levels will be used with the IPLOT Modify command, since when an IPARM file is created, the information is retrieved from the design files and reference files anyway. In MicroStation V7 files, only a fixed number of levels (1-63) are supported. Therefore, the -update_levels qualifier is valid in MicroStation V8 only. See Also Client Server Archive ProjectWise TechNotes And FAQs Comments or Corrections? Bentley's Technical Support Group requests that you please confine any comments you have on this Wiki entry to this "Comments or Corrections?" section. THANK YOU! Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group
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