Configuring the MicroStation rendering options


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Configuring the MicroStation rendering options

The MicroStation rendering options specify which drawing layouts to render and to which format in the destination system. The rendering module starts MicroStation in the background and executes a macro that sets the output parameters. The macro is executed before the Print Run command in MicroStation. The macro file is installed by Publisher and its name is BlueCieloECM.Renditions.MicroStation.bas.

Note If you modify the macro file, back up or delete the previous compiled macro file named BlueCieloECM.Renditions.MicroStation.ba. The macro source file that you modified will be compiled into a new resource file.

To configure the MicroStation rendering options:

In BlueCielo Application Manager, expand the name of the publishing job in the configuration tree that you want to configure.
Select the Configuration branch in the configuration tree. The job's configuration pages appear in the right pane.
Click the Rendition tab. The Rendition configuration page appears.
Select Bentley MicroStation and click Options. The MicroStation Rendering Options dialog box appears.
Click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.

General options
Option	Description
File extensions	A semicolon-delimited (;) list of source file extensions to be rendered by this module. Each file extension selected enables corresponding options in the Output group to be configured. To modify the list: Click Change. The Input File Extensions dialog box appears. Select the file extensions that you want to be rendered by MicroStation. Click Close. The list is refreshed to show your selections.
Timeout	The number of seconds for the rendering module to wait for MicroStation to complete rendering before the publishing job is stopped and the MicroStation process terminated. A timeout can occur if there is a data error in the source document.
Run MicroStation interactively	Shows the MicroStation user interface during rendering for monitoring or troubleshooting. If cleared, MicroStation runs invisibly in the background.
Use global paper settings	Select this option if the page size and orientation are stored as property values for the source documents and the corresponding options are selected as described in Configuring the rendering options. If those options are not selected, select default values from Paper size and Orientation.
Use defaults if paper settings can not be matched	Select this option to configure a default page size and orientation if the values that are retrieved as described in Configuring the rendering options are missing or do not match those provided by the operating system. For acceptable page size property values, see NEW Page size names.
Rendition type	Select a rendition type: Default– Renders drawings with MicroStation using the options that are set in the Print to PDF group as described in the corresponding table that follows. Batch plot – Shows options with which you can batch plot drawings using a MicroStation printer driver configuration file. Select or type options using the descriptions in the corresponding table that follows.

Print to PDF options
Option	Description
Color	Select a color format from the Value list or select a property name in the From property list that contains one of the same values as in the Value list.
View	Select the number of a view in the drawing to render from View or select a property name in the From property list that contains the view number.
Line weights	Applies the line weights that are specified in the macro to the rendered output.
Enable macro "BlueCieloECM.Renditions. MicroStation.bas"	Enables the MicroStation macro described at the beginning of this topic. If cleared, only the output parameters specified in the publishing job are applied.

Batch plot options
Option	Description
Default View	Type the name of a view in the drawing to render. View names can be specified as _VIEW_n, where n=1...8 or as _SVIEW_<Name>. If no view is specified, the active view when the drawing is saved will be used.
Printer driver configuration file	Type the full path to the printer driver configuration file (.pltcfg, .plt) to use for rendering or click and select a file.
Path to template	Type the full path to the template file (*.spc) to use for rendering or click and select a file. If a valid template is specified, the following settings from the template are applied to the batch: Printer PlotArea Display And the following settings are overridden by the preceding rendering module options: outputDir docSetOutputFile outputDestination driverFile fileExt paperSize orientation viewNum viewName

Click OK to save your rendering options.
Click to save the configuration changes.

Another workaround is to place the offending commands in a Visual Basic for Applications procedure instead, which has more access to read-only files:

Create the procedure in the file default.mvba file located in: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Bentley\MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries)\WorkSpace\Projects\Untitled\vba.
Set the MS_VBAAUTOLOADPROJECTS configuration variable to include the path so that the file loads automatically.
Call the procedure from the macro, similar to the following example:
```
MbeSendKeyin "vba run MyModule.MySub"
```

Related concepts

Understanding the MicroStation rendering module