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MicroStation and All Things PDFMicroStation and All Things PDF

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• Basic PDF Creation from within MicroStation

• PDF Printer Drivers

• Printing 3D Design Geometry to a PDF File

• Sending Geospatial Data to a PDF

• Exporting Business Data to a PDF

• Adding Animation to a PDF

Agenda

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PDF files are created through MicroStation’s print facility

1. Select File>Print to open the Print dialog box.

2. In the Print dialog box, change the printer driver to pdf.pltcfg.

3. Select Print and choose a name and location for the PDF file.

How is a PDF created in MicroStation ?


PDF Print Driver PDF Print Driver ConfigurationConfiguration

PLTCFGs are in XML

markup format.

Can be edited with an

XML editor, but using

MicroStation is preferred.

-Don’t have to leave

MicroStation

-Nicely organized in

custom GUI

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Markup_pdf.pltcfg is a customized version of the delivered PDF printer driver

configuration file.

It’s used by the Markups dialog when creating PDF files.

Resolution, Raster Quality, and other settings are optimized for the Markup workflow.

Should not be renamed or removed from the workspace.

Markup_pdf.pltcfgMarkup_pdf.pltcfg


• PDF Output with Hierarchical Bookmarks

– Preserve the hierarchy defined in the originating print set

– Turn on Enable Bookmark Hierarchy in the PDF printer driver configuration property

Print OrganizerPrint Organizer

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• Turn on Enable Optional Content

MicroStation LevelsMicroStation Levels


• Engineering Links and links defined in Project Explorer transfer into the output PDF

• Utilize existing links created in MicroStation to make more intelligent PDFs

• Enable links in in the PDFprinter driver configuration file

LinksLinks

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• DGN must have valid Geographic Coordinate System defined.

• User-defined GCS’s may not be recognized. Reproject to a delivered GCS if needed.

• Enable Georeferencing must be enabled in the pltcfg.

Geospatial PDFs from MicroStationGeospatial PDFs from MicroStation


• Attach via Raster Manager

• Supports clipping, masking, transparency, georeferencing, etc.

• Change pages via right click menu in Raster Manager

Reference a PDFReference a PDF

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• Allows measuring within a PDF document

• Retains the model units for both the Master as well as Reference files

• Enable measuring in in thePDF pltcfg.

• Requires Enable Commenting and Analysis in Adobe Reader to be enabled via Acrobat Pro

• Only then can PDFs be measured in Adobe Reader.

PDF MeasuringPDF Measuring


• Ensure that Enable Plot to 3D is on in the driver.

• Turn on Print to 3D in the Print dialog.

• Alternate: Export to U3D and import resulting file into an existing PDF.

Printing 3D Design Geometry to a 3D PDFPrinting 3D Design Geometry to a 3D PDF

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• Adjust the 3D Plotting Options as required.


View Navigation Tools

View Perspective

Rendering Modes

Lighting

Background Color

Model Tree / Levels

Viewing 3D Design Geometry in

Adobe Reader

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3D PDF from 2D Sheet Model with 3D Reference3D PDF from 2D Sheet Model with 3D Reference

• Enable Plot as 3D (PDF) for the reference

• Print to 3D option will not be displayed

• Be sure to turn off the Rasterized option is off.


• Publish model properties directly to PDF

• Deliver design component data to all project participants

• View, navigate and select 3D properties using just Adobe Reader

• Extend the richness of your models to a broader audience

Business Data in PDFsBusiness Data in PDFs

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• Include Properties defined in the 3D Plotting Options dialog.

• Filter properties by Settings > PDF Property Filter


Animated 3D PDFsAnimated 3D PDFs

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• Enable Annotation settings in 3D Plotting Options dialog.


• Free application from www.Bentley.comwww.bentley.com/en-US/Free+Software/imodel+plugin+adobe+reader.htm

• Compatible with both Adobe Acrobat and Reader

• Adds the benefits of i-models to any standard PDF file.

• View, pan, zoom, rotate, and search these embedded i-models in a PDF document.

• If you do not integrate the plug-in with Adobe Acrobat or Reader, you can still see the initial view of an embedded i-model, but you will not be able to interact with the graphical content.

imodelimodel PluginPlugin for PDFfor PDF

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• Create an i-model from a design file

• From Adobe Acrobat, select File > Create > PDF From File.

• In the Files of type list box, select Bentley i-model (*.dgn).Select an i-model.

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• (Optional) Click Settings to change the margins, paper size, and orientation.The Page Setup dialog opens.

Create new PDF from Create new PDF from ii--modelmodel

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