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IsoOverView

For users

  • Set the Debug On switch in the Schedule Batch Job screen during isometric sheet creation and start Iso as usual.

  • 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.

For the administrator

Automatic hits file generation

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.

Program execution

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

Creation of the Seed files

Seed files are Microstation 2D files.

IsoOverView seed file

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.

IsoCoverSheet (ICS) seed file

This file is usually a copy of the IsoGen border file. The additional dimension table entries should also be made here.

LOG file

The Temp folder (often c:\temp) contains a LOG file (iov.log). Thanks to this file, it is easy to identify errors.

INI file

[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

Variables in the IsoOverView section

Seedfile

Specifies the seed file for IOV (e.g.: EQP top view exported to a 2D file).

Pipeco

Color number of the drawn pipeline.

Pipelv

Level of the drawn pipeline.

All Microstation elements on this level in the isometric sheet are deleted.

Pipewt

Line weight of the drawn pipeline.

Pipelc

Line type of the drawn pipeline.

DelLevel

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)

Mstnseedview

Name of the Saved View in the IOV seed file

Refscale

Scaling for referencing the IOV file in the ISO sheet.

Refpoint

Insertion point for the IOV file in the ISO sheet.

isopath

The software itself enters the value of this variable.

Unitfactor

Factor for unit conversion (default 1000)

NotUsedComponent

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.

Variables in the IsoCoverSheet section

LENtext??

Color, level, weight, text height etc. of the line terminal number in the CoverSheet top view (for the ISO view, see [I3D])

TABtext??

Color, level, weight, text height etc. of the table in the CoverSheet

TABlineheight

Table settings (measured with reference to the grid). Y coordinate of the first line (line height)

TABlinespacing

Table settings (measured with reference to the grid). Line spacing.

TABnumberpoint

Table settings (measured with reference to the grid). X coordinate of the serial number.

TABlabelpoint

Table settings (measured with reference to the grid). X coordinate of the label (Connected to.)

TAB?point

Table settings (measured with reference to the grid). X coordinate of delta X, delta Y or delta Z

TABround

Number of decimal places for distance to grid lines.

TABfactor

The distance to the grid lines is multiplied by this factor.

TABaccuracy

Coordinates from the h file and the idf file are different. This value is necessary to identify the "Connection to" text.

ICSmacro

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.

ICSseedfile

ICS seed file.

Gridfile

The PDS file for grid measurement. This is created using PDS.

ICSrefscale

Insertion scale for IOV in the ICS file.

ICSrefpoint

Insertion point for IOV in the ICS file.

gridextension

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.

Variables in the Programm section

Lizenz

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.

INI-File

The value of this variable is entered by the software itself.

Variables in the Iplot section

Iparmfile

This variable specifies the Iplot-Iparm file.

IPlotque1 to Iplotque5

These variables make it possible to specify up to 5 plotters or printers. These are then listed in the drop-down list box.

Variables in the I3D section

I3Dseedfile

3D mstnfile as the seed file for the isometric view.

I3Drefscale

Insertion scale for IOV in the ICS file.

I3Drefpoint

Insertion point for IOV in the ICS file.

I3DLENtext??

Color, level, weight,text height etc. of the line terminal number for the isometric view.

Tools

b DGN Find and Replace

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 Fill Text Nodes

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.