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CreatedBy:DavidKleinot Page1of18
EIPL‐18‐001
5/10/2018
DelawareDepartmentofTransportation
ENGINEERINGINSTRUCTION
Title:CreatingIPARMfiles(.i)forusewithProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizer
IPARMfiles(.i)areusedtogenerateeitherapapercopyorelectroniccopyofaprojectsheetfile,viatheuseoftheProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizer.TogenerateanIPARMfile,followtheworkflowandsettingslistedbelow.ItisimportanttoinstalltheDOT0533Eplotterbeforestartingthisprocess.Ifyoualreadyhavethisplotterinstalled,skiptostep4.1. OnWindows10,presstheWindowskey+RtobringuptheRuncommand.Type
in“Controlprinters”andhitOK.ThiswillbringuptheDevicesandPrinterssectionoftheControlPanel.
2. Clickon“Addaprinter”.Whenthedialogcomesupignoretheprogressbarandclick“TheprinterthatIwantisn’tlisted”.
3. Select“Findaprinterinthedirectory,basedonlocationorfeature”andhitNext.Copyandpastethefollowingtextintothe“Name:”fieldandhit“FindNow”:DOT0533E
SelecttheprinterfromthelistandhitOK.Hit“Next”andthen“Finish”onthenextwindow.Itisrecommendedthatyoudonotsetasdefault.
4. OpentheMicroStationdesignfilethatcontainsthegraphicsyouwouldliketoplot.
5. IfyouareinaDesignorDrawingmodel,thenyouwillneedtoplaceafence
aroundthegraphicsorsheetborderthatistobeplotted.6. ChooseFile>IPLOT…fromtheMicroStationMenuBar.
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EIPL‐18‐001
5/10/2018
DelawareDepartmentofTransportation
ENGINEERINGINSTRUCTION
Title:CreatingIPARMfiles(.i)forusewithProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizer
7. FromtheIPlot‐Maindialog,selecttheFile>SelectSettings…menuoption.
8. Thiswillopenthedialogwhereyouselectasettingsfile(.set)forthetypeofplotyou’retryingtogenerate.SelecttheappropriatesettingsfileandclicktheOpenbutton.Pleaserefertochapter7oftheCADDmanualforafulllistanddescriptionofthesettingfiles.
Note,youmayseeerrorsintheStatusfieldatthebottomoftheIPLOTwindowsayingthatalevelisnotvalidforthismodel.Thisisnormalandcanbeignored.
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EIPL‐18‐001
5/10/2018
DelawareDepartmentofTransportation
ENGINEERINGINSTRUCTION
Title:CreatingIPARMfiles(.i)forusewithProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizer
IPLOTStandardEntries
JobName:EnterthenameoftheIPARMfile.RecommendedIPARMfilenamingconventionsarefoundinChapter2–DirectoryandFileNamingoftheCADDManual.
Printer:Thedefaultsettingis“\\DOTASCADD04\DOT0533E”.ThisistheOCEColorWaveplotterthatresidesintheDelDOTAdminbuilding,neartheSurveySection.TheplotterDOT0533EisspecificallysetupforworkingwithiPlot,soifyouhaveotherversionsofDOT0533(ieDOT0533A),onlyuseDOT0533EwithiPlot.
PaperSize:Thedefaultis“ANSID(22x34in)”butmayneedtobeselectedfromthelistifyoudonothaveDOT0533Esetup.Usefullpapersize:Thedefaultis“Checked”.Uncheckingthisoptionwillintroduceprinter/plottermarginsandwillskewyourscale.
PlotArea:Thedefaultis“Fence”,butcanbechangetowhateverisnecessary.View:NotnecessarytosettoanythingunlessthePlotAreaentryissettoView.Units:Thedefaultis“in”.
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EIPL‐18‐001
5/10/2018
DelawareDepartmentofTransportation
ENGINEERINGINSTRUCTION
Title:CreatingIPARMfiles(.i)forusewithProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizer
Rasterized:Thedefaultissetas“Unchecked”,andneedstobekeptunchecked.Size‐X:Enterthesheetwidth,ininches.TheSize–Yvalue(height)willadjustautomaticallyaswellasthescaleentry.Size‐Y:Enterthesheetheight,ininches.TheSize–Xvalue(width)willadjustautomaticallyaswellasthescaleentry.Scale:Thiswillautomaticallyadjustbasedonthesizeentries.Rotation:Entertheanglethatthefenceisrotatedfromthepositivex‐axis.Anglesmeasuredcounter‐clockwisearetobeenteredasanegativeangle.
OriginX/Y:Thisisanoffsetrelativetotheplottedpaperspaceandissetto“0.00000”fornormalprinting.Inspecialcaseswhereyouwanttoonlyprintasmallersectionofthefullsizeplan,thesevaluesarebasedonthelowerleftcornerofthesheet.Inthebelowexample,a60scaleplotisbeinggenerated2”fromtheleftedgeand4”fromthebottomedge.
9. Onceallofthesettingshavebeenadjustedasnecessary,tocreatetheIPARMfile,selectFile‐>SaveAs…
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EIPL‐18‐001
5/10/2018
DelawareDepartmentofTransportation
ENGINEERINGINSTRUCTION
Title:CreatingIPARMfiles(.i)forusewithProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizer
10. ThisopenstheIPLOT–SaveIPARMAsdialog.SelectthefoldertosavetheIPARMfileandclickontheOKbutton.
Note,theIPARM(.i)filesshouldbesavedinthePlotdirectory.
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EIPL‐18‐001
5/10/2018
DelawareDepartmentofTransportation
ENGINEERINGINSTRUCTION
Title:CreatingIPARMfiles(.i)forusewithProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizer
CreatingPDFsorPlotsfromIParmFilesUsingInterPlotOrganizerOnceanIPARMfile(.i)hasbeengenerated,PDFsorpaperplotscanbecreatedfromthisfile.TogenerateanoutputfilefromanIPARMfile,youmustprocessthefilethroughtheInterPlotOrganizerapplication,usingthefollowingworkflowandsettingslistedbelow.1. FromMicroStation,selectFile‐>InterPlotOrganizer…orfromWindows,choose
Start>AllPrograms>Bentley>ProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizer.Note,ifyouencounteranyerrorssaying“Errorloadingcustomcommand…”youwillneedtomanuallyuninstallProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizerandthenreinstallitviatheDelDOTCADDInstallScript.
2. Whentheapplicationlaunchesforthefirsttime,youarepresentedwiththefollowingdialog.
Check“Don’tdisplaythisscreenagain”andhit“OK”.3. SelectFile‐>PrintSetup…toopenthePrintSetupdialog.
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EIPL‐18‐001
5/10/2018
DelawareDepartmentofTransportation
ENGINEERINGINSTRUCTION
Title:CreatingIPARMfiles(.i)forusewithProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizer
4. FromthePrintSetupdialog,selectDOT0533E,oraprinter/plotterthatwillsupportyourdocumentsize.ClickOKtoexitthisdialog.
5. Tocreateplots,selectFile‐>CreatePlots…,thatwillopentheCreatePlotsdialog.
6. ToaddIPARMfiles,clicktheAdd…buttonwhichwillopentheSelectFilesdialogwhereyoucannavigateandselecttheIPARMfile(s)thatyouwishtoplot,thenselecttheOpenbutton.
7. TheCreatePlotsdialogwilllisttheIPARMfilesyouhadselected.ByselectingasettingsfileviatheBrowse…button,youwilloverwriteanysettingsfilesusedwhencreatingtheIPARMfileslistedabove.Itisrecommendedthatthisbeleftblank.ClicktheOKbuttonwhenyouarefinishedaddingIPARMfiles.
8. TheProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizerwindowwillnowhavetheplotsyouselected.Verifyatthispointthatthesizeforeachdocumentmatchesthefinalplottingsizerequired.Asanalternativetosteps5‐7,youcandraganddrop.ifilesdirectlyfromFileExplorerintothiswindow.
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EIPL‐18‐001
5/10/2018
DelawareDepartmentofTransportation
ENGINEERINGINSTRUCTION
Title:CreatingIPARMfiles(.i)forusewithProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizer
Ifthescaleorsizeisnotcorrect,pleaseconfirmyoufollowedstep#3.
9. IfanychangesneedtobemadetoanyoftheIPARMfiles(suchassize),thenselecttheIPARMfile(s)thatyouwanttoeditbyclickingontheentryunder“PlotName”.Right‐clickthefile(s)selected,andclickProperties.Multiplefilescanbeeditedatonce.ItisnottheintentionofthisdocumenttofullydescribealloftheoptionsavailableinallofthetabsofthePropertiesdialog.Fromahighlevel,thefollowingaredescriptionsofitemsthatcanbefoundineachtab:
a. General Designfilename,colortable,pentable/designscript
b. Area Plotareadefinition(Sheet,Fence,Element,etc.)
c. Layout Papersize,scale,rotation.
d. ReferenceFiles Referencefilesattachedtothemasterdesignfile
e. Levels Levelsturnedon/offinmasterandreferencefiles
f. Display Displaypropertiesturnedon/offinmasterandreferencefiles
g. Variables Locationtosetvariables.
h. Caching Locationtosetcachefilelocation.
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EIPL‐18‐001
5/10/2018
DelawareDepartmentofTransportation
ENGINEERINGINSTRUCTION
Title:CreatingIPARMfiles(.i)forusewithProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizer
Whencompletewithnecessaryedits,clicktheOKbutton.
10. Whenreadytocreateaplottoanactualdevice,selectFile‐>Print…whichwillopenthePrintdialog.VerifytheprinterselectionandclickOKtosendthejob.
IfprintingtoaplotternotsetupforInterPlot(DOT0533Eistheonlyinternalplottersetupforthis),itisrecommendedtoprinttoaPDFfirst.
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EIPL‐18‐001
5/10/2018
DelawareDepartmentofTransportation
ENGINEERINGINSTRUCTION
Title:CreatingIPARMfiles(.i)forusewithProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizer
11. WhenreadytocreateaPDFplotset,selectFile‐>ExportPDF…whichwillopentheExportPDFdialog.
TwooptionsforcreatingPDFsareavailableatthispoint:
a. CreateonePDFfilecontainingallplots‐Createsamulti‐pagePDFwiththeplotfileslisted(orselected).ASavePDFFiledialogopensforyoutochoosethenameandlocationofthePDFtocreate.
b. CreateaseparatePDFfileforeachplot‐CreatesasinglePDFfileforeachplotlisted(orselected).ABrowseforFolderdialogopensforyoutochoosethelocationofwheretheindividualPDFfile(s)willbecreated
CreatedBy:DavidKleinot Page11of18
EIPL‐18‐001
5/10/2018
DelawareDepartmentofTransportation
ENGINEERINGINSTRUCTION
Title:CreatingIPARMfiles(.i)forusewithProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizer
LevelManagementinPlots Leveldisplaycanbenowhandledbythe.setfiles.YoucanalsomanuallyturnlevelsonoroffundertheLevelstabinthepropertiesforthefile(s)intheProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizermainwindow.Levelsthatarecheckedareonandlevelsthatareuncheckedareoff.Youcancheckandunchecklevelsinthedgn(IPLOT_MASTER)andthereferences(i.e.IPLOT_R1,IPLOT_R2orthelogicalname).
ItisimportanttonotethatwhenIPARMfilesarecreated,notalllevelsareincludedinthisIPARM,onlylevelsthathavebeenusedinthisDGN,atthetimeofIPARMcreation.Thisappliestoreferencefilesaswell.IfnewlevelsareusedinthisDGN,aftercreatingtheIPARMfile,youneedtoreloadthesettingsfileusedforeachsheet.
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EIPL‐18‐001
5/10/2018
DelawareDepartmentofTransportation
ENGINEERINGINSTRUCTION
Title:CreatingIPARMfiles(.i)forusewithProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizer
1. InsidethemainProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizerwindowselectthefile(s)youwanttoupdateandgotoEdit‐>SettingsFile‐>Apply…
2. WhentheSelectaSettingsFilewindowopens,navigateto\\DOTFS08\CADD\Active_Designs\msv8\PenTables\IPlot\SettingsandselecttheappropriatesettingsfileandselectOpen.Notethat,dependingonthenumberoffilesselected,thismaytakeamoment.Foreachfileselected,InterPlotwillsequentiallyupdatethelevelsfromtheDGNanditsreferences,andthenturnallthelevelson/offperthesettingsfileused.IfyouhaveattachednewDGNsasreferencesaftercreatingtheIPARM(.i)file,youwillneedtoupdatethe.ifilefromtheDGN.Todothis,selecttheplotorplotsyouwouldliketoupdate,rightclickandgotoProperties‐>General.Ifyouhaveselectedonefile,youwillseeabuttonsaying“UpdatefromDesignFile”.Ifyouhavemultiplefilesselected,itwillbeacheckbox,whichyouwillhavetocheckandthenhit“OK”.Youwillthenneedtoapplythecorrectsettingsfiles.
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EIPL‐18‐001
5/10/2018
DelawareDepartmentofTransportation
ENGINEERINGINSTRUCTION
Title:CreatingIPARMfiles(.i)forusewithProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizer
AutomatedcreationofIPARMfiles(.i)
TheaboveprocesshasbeenautomatedtoreducethenumberofstepsittakestocreateIPARMfiles(.i).Somesetupneedstobedonetotakeadvantageofthisautomationfeature.1. InsideaMicroStationdesignmodel,createafencealongtheplotborder.Ifusingthe
“Shape”fencetype,startatthetopleftcornerandgoclockwise.Ifusingthe“Block”fencetype,startatthetopleftcornerandendatthebottomrightcorner.
2. RuntheIPARMGenerator.ThiscanbeloadedthroughtheDelDOTCommonmenubyselectingDelDOTCommon‐>IPARMGenerator‐>RunProgram….Youwillneedtoruntheprogrammultipletimes,soitisrecommendthatyouassignittoafunctionkeyforquickaccess.
a. Toassigntheprogramtoafunctionkey,gotoWorkspace‐>FunctionKeys…Copyandpastethefollowingtextintothedesiredfunctionkey.Intheexamplebelow,ithasbeentiedtoF4.vbarun[IPARM]main.IPARM_Generator
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EIPL‐18‐001
5/10/2018
DelawareDepartmentofTransportation
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Title:CreatingIPARMfiles(.i)forusewithProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizer
3. TheprogramwillcreateaParameterBlockintheupperleftcorner.
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EIPL‐18‐001
5/10/2018
DelawareDepartmentofTransportation
ENGINEERINGINSTRUCTION
Title:CreatingIPARMfiles(.i)forusewithProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizer
4. Theprogramcanacceptthefollowingparameters.Ifnotprovided,thedefaultisused.
Type Code DescriptionCoordinates #.#,#.# Thiscontainsthenorthingandeastingofeachcornerof
theprintarea.Thisshouldbegeneratedbytheprogramandcannotbeomitted.
IPARMsavePath PTH ThisiswheretheIPARMfile(.i)willbesaved.DefaultlocationisthePlotfolderwithintheprojectdirectoryoftheopendesignfile.Ifthiscannotbefound,itwillbethesamelocationasthedesignfile.Note:MicroStationhasafeaturewithinthetexteditorthatlooksforcharactercodesandreplacesthemwithpre‐assignedvalues.Anexampleofthiscodeis“\294”.MicroStationreplacesthiswithan“H”.Togetaroundthis,youneedadditionalbackslashes“\”.Thepathwillthenbecome:“Y:\\NEWCASTL\\294\\road\\T201404101\\Plot\\”Note,onceyouexitthetexteditor,youwillnolongerseetheextrabackslashes.TherecommendedfontisDelDOT_61.
IPARMname NAM Thisisthenameofthe .ifile.DefaultnameisthesameastheDGN.
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EIPL‐18‐001
5/10/2018
DelawareDepartmentofTransportation
ENGINEERINGINSTRUCTION
Title:CreatingIPARMfiles(.i)forusewithProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizer
Settingsfile SET Thisisthesettingsfiletobeused.DefaultSettingsfileis_Default.set.Itisimportanttospecifythecorrectsettingsfile,as_Default.setwillnotsetupthecorrectlevelsordesignscript,andyouwillneedtosetthecorrectdscriptinsideofProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizer.
Rotation ROT ThisisnotrequiredandwillsupersedetherotationoftheParameterBlock.Ifyouareworkinginarotatedview,specificallyonerotatedtoyoursheetborder,enter“ROT=0”.Beawarethatthiswillcauseissuesifyoutrytoplotinanun‐rotatedview,soitisnotrecommendedthatthisbeused.
SilentMode NJA ThisflagdetermineswhethertheprogramwillruninSilentMode.InSilentMode,theuserwillnothavetointeractwithanydialogboxesandwillnotbeinterruptedifanyerrorsareencountered.Iferrorsareencountered,thedefaultvalueslistedabovewillbeused.AllerrorsandwarningswillbeloggedintheMessageCenter.
5. SelecttheParameterBlockandruntheprogramagaintogeneratetheIPARMfile(.i).
Note:IfonlythecoordinatesarespecifiedintheParameterBlock,theprogramwillcreateafence,loadiPlot,andsetuptheplotter,sheetsizeandrotation.Theuserwillneedtospecifyadscript.Thisisusefulifyoudonotwanttheleveldisplaycontrolledbythesettingsfile.
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EIPL‐18‐001
5/10/2018
DelawareDepartmentofTransportation
ENGINEERINGINSTRUCTION
Title:CreatingIPARMfiles(.i)forusewithProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizer
CreatingMultipleIPARMfiles(.i)fromoneDGN.Itispossibletocreatemultiple.ifilesfromoneDGN.Todothis,theuserwillneedtocopytheParameterBlockforeach.ifiletobecreated.
1. CopytheParameterBlockofftothesideandchangetheparametersasnecessaryfor
each.ifiletobecreated.Donotmodifythecoordinatevalues.
Itisrecommendthatthe“PTH”,“NAM”,“SET”befilledoutcorrectlyandtestedbeforeattemptingtorunmultipleParameterBlocks.Itisalsorecommendthat“NJA”besetsothatalldialogboxesanderrormessagesaresuppressed.
2. SelecttheParameterBlocksthatyouwanttocreateplotsfromandruntheprogram.
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EIPL‐18‐001
5/10/2018
DelawareDepartmentofTransportation
ENGINEERINGINSTRUCTION
Title:CreatingIPARMfiles(.i)forusewithProjectWiseInterPlotOrganizer
Itisimportanttobeawareofthefollowing:
1. YoudonotneedtosetLevelDisplayOn/OffthroughtheDelDOTcommonmenubeforerunningtheprogram,astheprogramhandlesthisautomaticallythroughthesettingsfiles.Itisimportantthatyouspecifythecorrectsettingsfile.PleaserefertotheCADDManualformoreinformationoneachsettingsfile.
2. Ifthe“NJA”flagisset,youwillseedialogwindowspopupandthendisappear,donotattempttoclosedialogsorinteractwiththem.
3. TheprogramusestheMessageCentertodisplaywarningsanderrors.IferrorsoccurwhiletheNJAflagisset,youwillnotbenotified.ItisimportanttochecktheMessageCentertodetermineifanythingwentwrongduringtheprocess.
WithintheMessageCenter,clickingonanentrywilldisplayadditionaldataabouttheerrorthatwasencountered.