Plotting Roll Plans Within MicroStation

Plotting Roll Plans Within MicroStation

Define the area to plot with a fence.
Click on the Print icon in MicroStation.
Select Fence from the Entity pull-down menu. This will prevent MicroStation from plotting any additional area that it would otherwise plot if it were to use the default plot limit of the View.
Select the Plotter Driver icon.
Select OceRoll.plt from the list of drivers, then OK.
Select the Page Setup icon and set the page size to Roll, then OK.
Select the Plot Layout icon.

Note the first Scale to value. MicroStation defaults to plotting at a scale of 100% of normal (it will cover as much of the paper as possible with the fenced elements).
Change the second Scale to box to a desired scale factor, use the following scale factors:

Design Scale

"Scale to" Factor

Metric

1:250

6.35 m/in

1:500

12.7 m/in

1:600

15.24 m/in

1:1000

25.4 m/in

other scales

scale/39.37
(ex. 1000/39.37≈25.4)

Imperial

20 scale, 1:240

20 ft/in

50 scale, 1:600

50 ft/in

Note that MicroStation will accept this Scale to factor only if you are increasing the default factor. This will automatically reduce the plotting scale shown in the first Scale to box to a value less than 100%. If not, then either plot to a larger scale (with a different scale factor), or redefine your fence to a narrower region.

Select OK.

Select the Plot icon

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