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Scaling Microstation symbology

Article Number: 000001786 - Last Modified: Aug 2, 2011

The attached workspace illustrates how to Scale Microstation cells, text and multi-text without moving the data. This is useful for adjusting the scale that the file best displays at.

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Summary

The attached workspace illustrates how to Scale Microstation cells, text and multi-text without moving the data. This is useful for adjusting the scale that the file best displays at.

Procedure

Download the workspace and open in FME Workbench. The workspace is self-documented.

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