Introduction

MicroStation´s printing tools provide many features that simplify the process of creating printed output of your designs.

Printing can be as simple as setting up a view or placing a fence around the area of interest and clicking the Print icon. Typically, the result will be printed output of what you see on the screen (refer to the Printing Basics chapter.)

For scaled prints, you can set the scale in the Print Size/Scale section of the Print dialog box. Creating completed scaled drawings that include a border typically requires extra planning and setting up prior to printing (see Border considerations).

MicroStation also lets you create and use pen tables to resymbolize your design. In other words, you can produce printed output that looks different from the on-screen view of the design. Thus, from a single design file, by using different pen tables, you can produce printed output having different element symbology to that of the original design.

The Print dialog box
Configuration considerations
Design resymbolization using a pen table
Printing and references
Previewing the printed output
Using print configuration files
Batch printing