Ch.2: Controlling the Display of Designs


MicroStation Basics for Civil Designers - Chapter 2: Controlling the Display of Designs for Civil Designers

In the MicroStation CONNECT Edition, there are many ways you can control how you view your designs. In this course, you learn how to control the display of levels in both the active and those of attached references. Set View Attributes by creating a Display Style that will be matched up to a Display Rule. You will then create a Clip Volume, which will limit the region that is displayed within a view to the area of that around the project site, and then finally preserve all these view settings through the creation of a Saved View.

Now that you have all the necessary project related references attached, you will need to adjust the display in a more detailed way. You will begin by turning on several levels from the Baseline reference and then setting the Annotation Scale to the desired plan scale.

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Part 1: Reference Project Related Data

Now that you have created your new file derived from the settings of the seed file, you need to reference in the project related data before you can begin the actual layout of the subdivision and proposed site.

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Part 2: Control the Display by Setting the Level Display

Now that you have all the necessary project related references attached, you will need to adjust the display in a more detailed way. You will begin by turning on several levels from the Baseline reference and then setting the Annotation Scale to the desired plan scale.

Part 3: Control the Display by Setting the View Attributes

Now that you have located the proposed site location and displayed the appropriate levels, you will now create a Display Style, which in turn, you will then match it up to a Display Rule. A display rule is a set of display criteria which is processed on any view of a design model. Display rules allow you to control the symbology, appearance, and display of design elements; this control is based on the property of the element, view, model, reference, or file.

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Part 4: Clip Volume

Due to the extent of the attached references, the total viewable area is far more than necessary. You will need to limit the range of these graphics that you are viewing by creating a clip volume which will limit an area to be displayed to just around the vicinity of your subdivision.

Part 5: Creating a Saved View

Now that you have changed many of the settings relative to the view, to preserve all these, it is a great idea to create what is called a Saved View. A Saved View is a view definition, which includes the level display for both the active model and references, the clip volume, and other view attributes.

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Parent topic: Civil Designers