These options apply to .dgn files from MicroStation-based applications.
Working Units
Keep units from V8 source file
Allows Smart Interop Publisher to use the unit system information available in the MicroStation V8 source files. This option is enabled by default. Clear this option to set custom Master Units and Sub Units for the source files translated with the translation settings group you are currently defining. For any MicroStation V8 source file, Smart Interop Publisher supports the units that are defined in the Translation Settings. For any other units in the source file, Smart Interop Publisher defaults to meters.
Master Units\Sub Units
See Working Units.
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For MicroStation-based source files containing proxy objects, MicroStation V8i must be installed and activated on the same system performing the translation.
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Translation of MicroStation V7 source files always uses only the working units defined in the source file.
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For both MicroStation V7 and V8, if there are unsupported units in the source files, or if the Sub Units Per Master Units ratio is incorrect, then Smart Interop Publisher defaults all units to meters.
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When a MicroStation V8 .dgn file has an associated .drv file in the same source folder location, Smart Interop Publisher uses the .drv file for the translation.
Model Options
Translate active design model only
Turns on or off the ability to translate only the active design model, which is the model that displays by default when the .dgn file is opened. Clear this option to translate all design models in the .dgn file. By default, this option is enabled.
You can enable this option, and then specify the required model to translate by entering
-M[model name] in the Command line arguments option. For example, to translate only the model "Plan", enter -MPlan in the Command line arguments box.
Translate each design model separately
Translates the individual design models in the V8 .dgn file to create separate Smart Models. Smart Interop Publisher uses the naming convention [Smart Model name]_[design model file name]. If a Smart Model already exists with the name [Smart Model name]_[design model name], then Smart Interop Publisher assigns the name [Smart model name]_[design model name](2) to the new Smart Model. For .drv file, Smart Interop Publisher uses the naming convention [source_file_name]_[design_model_name].drv for each design model.
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If you change the Translate each design model separately after a Smart Model has been translated, Smart Interop Publisher does not apply the option change if you update that Smart Model; instead, it applies the default setting during the update. Your file is updated with the Translate active design model only option enabled, which is the default setting. You must re-translate the source files and create a new Smart Model to see any changes.
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The Translate each design model separately option takes precedence over the -M command in the Command line arguments option. Smart Interop Publisher ignores the design model specified with the -M command line switch during translation.
Translate all design models into a single model
Translate all design models in the MicroStation .dgn file into one Smart Model.
Translate reference models
Turns on or off translating reference models in a .dgn file. Clear the option to disable it and ignore the reference models so that Smart Interop Publisher translates only those models that exist in the input file. By default, this setting is enabled.
If you use the Command line arguments option and enter MicroStation arguments containing -O (Do not open any references), Smart Interop Publisher does not publish any reference models even if you have this option selected.
Display Options
Translate all levels
Turns on or off the translation of objects in levels defined in V8 .dgn files. Although objects in the levels set to OFF or FROZEN in MicroStation do not display, they can be translated and displayed in target applications using this option. This option is selected by default. See Use level mapping for graphics.
Keep construction elements
Turns on or off the display of construction elements in V7 and V8 .dgn files in the translated Smart Models. Select the option to display construction elements. By default, this option is not active.
Keep named views
Keeps any named views found in the MicroStation design file. This option is specific to the Smart Review target application. MicroStation can save named views to .dgn files. When you select this option. Smart Interop Publisher translates the named views to the Smart Model so that you can open those views using the Smart Review Save and Recall Views command. Saved views in Smart Review can be used to create key frame animations and other presentation images.
Smart Review does not support saved views with roll angles other than 0 degrees or
360 degrees. Smart Interop Publisher does not translate these unsupported saved views. If you selected the Detailed Log option in your project settings, the software writes the names of the untranslated
saved views to the log file.
MicroStation V7 .dgn files
If a view group is not available, the software creates a new group called Named views from DGN files and translates the named views into the group. The software saves named views from .dgn files the first time they are encountered. If the named view exists, it is not overwritten during subsequent sessions.
MicroStation V8 .dgn files
Because saved views are stored in each model of the V8 design file, Smart Interop Publisher creates a view group for each model (including reference models) and stores the saved views of the model in the group. Smart Interop Publisher translates MicroStation saved view settings such as Description, Aspect Ratio, Near/Far Clipping Planes, Shaded/Wireframe, Axis Display, and Shadows Display to their equivalent settings in Smart Review.
When you translate multiple source V8 .dgn files into a single Smart Model (a .dri with V8 .dgn files):
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The software assigns all the view group names to begin with the .dgn file name for easier identification of the source files.
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The level settings from the MicroStation saved views are not translated if the target applications are Smart 3D or SmartPlant Foundation. Instead, the software turns on all levels for all views.
For the models in the actual source design file, the view groups are named after the model name. The description of the view group represents the model name for which this view group is created. For the models in the reference attachments, the view groups are named after the root model name and the slot numbers of the references. The view group description contains the filename, model name, and logical name (if any) of each reference model in the hierarchy. As an example, for source file model A with a reference model B at slot number 1 in which there is another reference model C at slot number 3, the saved views inside the reference model C are translated into a view group named A_S1_S3 to uniquely name the view groups for each model.
If you turn levels off for MicroStation V8 saved views, Smart Review automatically turns off levels when you recall a saved view in the resulting Smart Model. For MicroStation level numbers that fall outside the range supported by Smart Review (1 – 63), the levels in the saved views that are turned off in MicroStation and wrapped to valid Smart Review level ranges are also turned off in Smart Review if there are no conflicts.
Approximate MicroStation colors
Specifies a brighter color table so that the display resembles MicroStation colors. Turn this option off to use a darker color table. This option applies only to V7 .dgn files; not V8 .dgn files.
Additional Options
PlantSpace Logging
Enables or disables logging specific to MicroStation Plantspace files. The name of the file and its type is used to create the generated log file name as [source file name_file type_PlantSpaceAttributes].log. For example, while publishing the Plantspace.dgn file, the log file would be generated with the name Plantspace _MICROSTATION_PlantSpaceAttributes.log. This log file is created in the log file folder location defined in your project settings.
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Logging off - Turns logging off. This is the default option.
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Summary log - Lists the attribute values for only those graphic objects for which the attribute data is missing in the mapping file.
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Detailed log - Lists detailed information. The text of all the graphic objects is placed into the log file. This text contains the attribute values.
Command line arguments
Specifies MicroStation command line arguments to be used when translating source files from MicroStation. When Smart Interop Publisher translates .dgn files, it invokes MicroStation in the background. You can type command line arguments supported by MicroStation except for the following:
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-DEBUG
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-RestoreDefaults.
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-RestoreDefaultsQuiet
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-WA<mdl_application>
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-help
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-?
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-I<parameters>
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-S <startup_file>
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MS_INITAPPS through -WS,-WU, or any other argument combinations
You can type multiple arguments separated by a space. Refer to your MicroStation documentation for available command line arguments.
To clear the text box, move your cursor to the end of the text box until the delete icon (X) displays. Click X to remove the argument.
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Smart Interop Publisher ignores and automatically removes the -DEBUG and -RestoreDefaults arguments if you type them into the text box.
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Make sure you type command line arguments correctly because Smart Interop Publisher does not provide any further validation checking.