Attempting to follow AskInga's 'Hide Elements by using options in the right click menus'
http://communities.bentley.com/communities/other_communities/askinga/w/askinga/5926.aspx
First, has Display Set been re-named Isolate? Did anyone tell us? - it's not updated in Help.
Second, having done R click>Select All>R click>Isolate, the Ref'd-in drawing disappears as it should, but the Linear Forms and Free Forms don't - are they immune to Isolate?
Try View Set instead.
regards / Thomas Voghera
Hi Tom,
Isolate and Isolate Clear are context menu items that use the Displayset function.
Isolate runs 'displayset set selection'
Isolate Clear runs 'Displayset clear'
When you pick Isolate, note that [Displayset] is added to the view window's title bar.
You can use View Attributes > Displayset to toggle the isolation on/off without clearing it.
It should work with any selected elements, if not please post a sample file.
Marc
Thanks Mark - attached.
Can you make communities.bentley.com/.../5926.aspx work on this? For me, baffling behaviours at every step. Stupidly step by step solution wd be much appreciated.
Tom,
If you use Shift+Right-Click, you will have additional displayset options that I find very useful.
-Travis
Just adding a "+1" to Travis' suggestion. I find the Right-Click, Shift+Right-Click and Ctrl+Right-Click pop-up menus to be very convenient.
OK, got it working. 2 questions;
1. Is it right that the linework of a Reference is not visible if the Ref was added to the Displayset while 'Treat Attachment as Element for Manipulation' was checked in References dialog? Only the Ref's boundary box shows.
If that was not checked, the linework of the Ref can be selected and added to the Displayset like any other linework, and then does display.
Is there a gd reason for this?
2. Is there a difference in function between
R click> Isolate (runs 'displayset set selection') and
Shift + R click>Displayset>Set?
If not, why call it 2 opaquely different (and undocumented) things, just because it's a 1-click shortening of a 2-click procedure?
1. I can't answer this question as I never use Treat Attachment as Element for Manipulation
2. No. There is no difference between them (other than Shift+Right-click gives you the additional options. I believe the naming difference evolved when Bentley Navigator V8i came out and renamed DisplaySet to Isolate the the context sensitive menus for clarity for non-MicroStation users. At some point MicroStation/PowerPlatform adopted that as well in the Right-Click menu, but left it as DisplaySet in the Shift+Right-click menu for legacy users.
I hope this helps.
Travis