Start IOV (iov.exe) Select the project-specific ini file Select one or more h files (isometric sheets). Select the plotter or printer. Click on "Start". Wait until Microstation terminates and the IOV message "ISO Over
View completed" is displayed. IOV requires the Hits file for each pipeline. Users can either set
the Debug On switch on generation of the isomorphic sheets or
word 16 can be set to 0 in INTERGRAPH_OPTIONS_BLOCK. Below is a brief summary of how the program executes in order to
improve readers' understanding of the process. The iov.ini file in the program folder is read The INI file selected by the user is read The seed file is copied to an iov file All the elements in the iov file are set to pipelv
level The pipeline is drawn The isometric sheet is opened All elements on pipelv are deleted The view mstnseedview from the iov file is referenced
with the scale refscale and insertion point
refpoint The reference file is copied into the isometric sheet The iov file is detached The line terminal numbers are written to the IOV file The grid file is read and the distance is calculated The "Connnect to" information is read from the IDF file The IsoCoverSheet is created (ICSseed copied) The IOV file is copied in (via refernece) The table is created The I3D file is created The line terminal numbers are written to the I3D file The I3D file is copied in (via reference) Microstation is terminated Seed files are Microstation 2D files. This contains the key plan drawing with the original coordinates and
the Saved View with the name taken from the
mstnseedview variable. The recommended procedure for creating the seed file is as
follows. Open the PDS model (Piping or EQP) with the referenced
grid. Reference the model with the most important components. File Export 2D... Select View: Top View. Edit the seed file, e.g. delete any surplus lines. Create a Saved View with the name from the mstnseedview
variable. This file is usually a copy of the IsoGen border file. The additional
dimension table entries should also be made here. The Temp folder (often c:\temp) contains a LOG file (iov.log). Thanks
to this file, it is easy to identify errors. [IsoOverView] seedfile=o:\sk\proj\lingen\defset\iovseed.dgn pipeco=3 pipelv=40 pipewt=4 pipelc=0 'Name of the Saved view in the IOV seed file mstnseedview=iov 'Insertion scale of the view in the Iso sheet (???.i01) refscale=7:1 'Insertion point of the view in the Iso sheet (???.i01) refpoint=100,35 isopath=O:\sk\proj\lingen\iso\ 'Factor for unit conversion (default 1000) Unitfactor=1000 'Elements that are not to be displayed (e.g. support segment), name
from the hits file (1st column). Multiple names can be specified if
separated by spaces. NotUsedComponent=SUPP [IsoCoverSheet] 'Color, Level, Weight, Text Height, etc. of the line terminal number
in the CoverSheet top view (for ISO view, see [I3D]) LENtextco=2 LENtextlv=1 LENtextwt=1 LENtextlc=0 LENtexttx=0.2 LENtexttw=0.2 LENtextJustification=CC 'Color, Level, Weight, Text Height, etc. of the table in the
CoverSheet TABtextco=1 TABtextlv=1 TABtextwt=1 TABtextlc=0 TABtexttx=3.5 TABtexttw=2.5 TABtextft=29 TABtextJustification=LC 'Table settings (measured with reference to grid) 'Y coordinate of first line TABlineheight=10 'Line spacing TABlinespacing=6 'C coordinate of serial number TABnumberpoint=15 'X coordinate of label (connection to) TABlabelpoint=35 'X coordinate of delta x TABXpoint=250 'X coordinate of delta y TABYpoint=320 'X coordinate of delta z TABZpoint=400 'Number of decimals for distance to grid lines TABround=0 'The distance to the grid lines is multiplied by this distance TABfactor=1000 'Coordinates read from the h file and the idf file are different,
value necessary to locate the "Connected to" text TABaccuracy=0.05 'MicroStation macro, fill in text field in ICS file. Isometric sheet
???.i01 is automatically referenced, this macro can then be used to copy
out the text field ICSmacro=o:\sk\proj\lingen\defset\icsmacro.bas 'ICS-Seed-File ICSseedfile=o:\sk\proj\lingen\defset\icsseed.dgn 'PDS file for grid measurement. Created using PDS. Gridfile=o:\sk\proj\lingen\defset\FW_lingen.dat 'Insertion scale for IOV in ICS file ICSrefscale=25:1 'Insertion point for IOV in ICS file ICSrefpoint=220,230 [Programm] 'These variables are used by the program itself. Lizenz=338070 inifile=o:\sk\proj\lingen\defset\iov.ini createIOV=1 createICS=1 createI3D=1 [IPlot] 'IPlot Iparm file IParmfile=o:\sk\proj\lingen\defset\plotseed.i 'Printer in format: \\server\drucker IPlotque1=\\XNS178\ls802_A3 IPlotque2=\\XNS178\ls802_A4 IPlotque3=\\S_MT200\5000A4Q [I3D] '3D mstnfile as seed file for isometric view I3Dseedfile=o:\sk\proj\lingen\defset\I3Dseed.dgn 'Insertion scale for IOV in ICS file I3Drefscale=2.2:1 'Insertion point for IOV in ICS file I3Drefpoint=450,320 'Color, Level, Weight, Text Height, etc of line terminal numbers or
isometric view I3DLENtextco=2 I3DLENtextlv=1 I3DLENtextwt=1 I3DLENtextlc=0 I3DLENtexttx=2 I3DLENtexttw=2 I3DLENtextJustification=CC Specifies the seed file for IOV (e.g.: EQP top view exported to a 2D
file). Color number of the drawn pipeline. Level of the drawn pipeline. Line weight of the drawn pipeline. Line type of the drawn pipeline. Deletes all elements on this level. This is useful
if the level has been changed during testing. Specify as usual in MicroStation (e.g. 10,12,50-60) Name of the Saved View in the IOV seed file Scaling for referencing the IOV file in the ISO sheet. Insertion point for the IOV file in the ISO sheet. The software itself enters the value of this variable. Factor for unit conversion (default 1000) Elements that are not to be displayed (e.g. support segments), name
from the hits file (1st column). You can specify multiple names as long
as they are separated by spaces. Color, level, weight, text height etc. of the line terminal number in
the CoverSheet top view (for the ISO view, see [I3D]) Color, level, weight, text height etc. of the table in the
CoverSheet Table settings (measured with reference to the grid). Y coordinate of
the first line (line height) Table settings (measured with reference to the grid). Line
spacing. Table settings (measured with reference to the grid). X coordinate of
the serial number. Table settings (measured with reference to the grid). X coordinate of
the label (Connected to.) Table settings (measured with reference to the grid). X coordinate of
delta X, delta Y or delta Z Number of decimal places for distance to grid lines. The distance to the grid lines is multiplied by this factor. Coordinates from the h file and the idf file are different. This
value is necessary to identify the "Connection to" text. MicroStation macro, fill in text field in the ICS file. Isometric
sheet ???.i01 is automatically referenced. This macro can be used to
copy out the text field. ICS seed file. The PDS file for grid measurement. This is created using PDS. Insertion scale for IOV in the ICS file. Insertion point for IOV in the ICS file. Excess grid. The terminal point may lie outside the grid if still
within this value. This is of value if multiple grids are in use. If this value is not specified then the terminal point may be located
at any distance from the edge of the grid. You enter the licence number here. The licence number is supplied by
ITC-Schlegel. The licence applies to the entire domain, i.e. you can use
the program throughout the entire network. The value of this variable is entered by the software itself. This variable specifies the Iplot-Iparm file. These variables make it possible to specify up to 5 plotters or
printers. These are then listed in the drop-down list box. 3D mstnfile as the seed file for the isometric view. Insertion scale for IOV in the ICS file. Insertion point for IOV in the ICS file. Color, level, weight,text height etc. of the line terminal number for
the isometric view. DGNFindReplace is a tool to find text in DGN files and replace the
text with desired text defined in one Excel sheet. In following example sheet, the text ‘A’ in level 6, with color 0 and
weight 1 will be replaced with text ‘O’. One can define a folder, where the DGN files will be searched with
given extensions. And one can also add the desired DGN files to the file
list to process them. The Excel configuration file can be created manually, or can be
created automatically using “Extract text to Excel” function. DGN FillNode is a tool to fill DGN file text nodes with text defined
in one Excel sheet. In following example Excel sheet, all files, whose names contain
substring ‘abc’, will be filled with text ‘demo1’ for text node number
753. All files, whose names contain substring ‘.i0’ will be filled with
text ‘demo2’ for text node number 701.
IsoOverView
For users
For the administrator
Automatic hits file
generation
Program execution
Creation of the Seed files
IsoOverView seed file
IsoCoverSheet (ICS) seed file
LOG file
INI file
Variables in the
IsoOverView section
Seedfile
Pipeco
Pipelv
All Microstation elements on this level in the isometric sheet are
deleted.Pipewt
Pipelc
DelLevel
Mstnseedview
Refscale
Refpoint
isopath
Unitfactor
NotUsedComponent
Variables in the
IsoCoverSheet section
LENtext??
TABtext??
TABlineheight
TABlinespacing
TABnumberpoint
TABlabelpoint
TAB?point
TABround
TABfactor
TABaccuracy
ICSmacro
ICSseedfile
Gridfile
ICSrefscale
ICSrefpoint
gridextension
Variables in the Programm
section
Lizenz
INI-File
Variables in the Iplot
section
Iparmfile
IPlotque1 to Iplotque5
Variables in the I3D section
I3Dseedfile
I3Drefscale
I3Drefpoint
I3DLENtext??
Tools
b DGN Find and Replace
DGN Fill Text Nodes
