Re: V8 Priority Setting

There's a tool called ChgOrder by Andrei Columban. It brings to front... or pushes to back. Look here. http://communities.bentley.com/Communities/Other_Communities/AskInga/w/AskInga/change-the-display-order-of-your-elements.aspx_

Greeting

Ivo Blaauw

If you want to send  an object to  the back of active elements in the same plane.. there is a neat little trick.

Use the power selector to select all the elements in the plane  or in and around the element you want to send to the back... once they are selected then deselect only the element you want to send to the back.

now from the edit menu whilst the selection is still active choose bring to front... this then has the effect of sending the deselected object  to the back!

Cool or what? you can even put all that into a keyin script and put it into a function key so you only have to select the object to deselect it ...and here it is

powerselector all;powerselector mode remove;powerselector single;%d;order element front;powerselector deselect;update all;choose element 

 copy all the above into a text editor watch out for word wraps it shouild be all one line past it into your keyin and into you function key works great for me in V8 pre xm

Sorry, yeah it is 2004 Ed.

At work we refer to it as V8 as its the only "V8" we have used (apart from XM) we just Call XM ed XM :)

The above worked on the design and when parts of the design are printed, however when we print the full design to A1 size, it doesnt show.

Would this be a .plt file setting? or maybe Print Attribute?

As Phil is assuming, I assume by "V8" you are actually referring to MicroStation V8 2004 Edition.
In V8 2004 edition, there is an option to "Bring to Front" (under the Edit pull down). There is not an option to send to back in V8 2004 Edition or previous versions.

Wset add key-in will add a selection to a working set, and wset drop will remove the items from the working set.  When something is added to a working set, it is re-written to the end of the file, hence changing the drawing order.  Before MicroStation V8 XM Edition, you had to think about what elements you wanted to bring forward.  So you could select all the items, then CTRL select to deselect the elements you want to be behind, then go to Edit > Bring to Front.

For what it's worth, MicroStation V8 XM Edition is also "V8" :-)

Rob:

I know in XM there is a priority setting to "send to back", but what about in V8?

This page has an explanation of element priority in versions of MicroStation prior to XM.

Regards, Jon Summers
LA Solutions

Bear:

In V8 and lower there was the keyin wset add;wset drop that could be used on a selection set to bring elements to the front.

 HTH.

ah ok,  i thought working sets were like a temp grouping?

im guessing use "wset drop" keyin, then click the retaining wall to send to back?

In V8 and lower there was the keyin wset add;wset drop that could be used on a selection set to bring elements to the front.

 HTH.

Hi all,

got a quick question.

We have a layout drawings with retaining walls on it, They are alot thicker than normal lines and are causing any cables, lines etc to become obsured.

I know in XM there is a priority setting to "send to back". but what about in V8? unfortunatley working in Xm is not an option as the add on we are using doesnt work with it yet.

any help would be great. cheers!