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Merging Reference Files - Maintain "Allow Optimized Clipping" Setting?

Jovan_Djukanovic — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 07:36:23 GMT

Microstation v8i 08.11.09.608

When merging reference files in Microstation you are presented with a couple of options before doing a data point to accept the reference file/s to merge;

I would like to merge my reference files with the option to "Allow Optimized Clipping" on at all times so that I can use the REFERENCE MERGE keyin in a batch process. There appears to be no option in the keyin or configuration to maintain this setting. If I do a File>Save Settings and return to Microstation the setting is always off. Is there any setting, configuration variable or keyin I can use to maintain this setting in a batch process that includes merging reference files?

Add options for NOTES & TAGS in Select By Attributes dialog & keyins.

Jovan_Djukanovic — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 22:23:16 GMT

I can use PowerSelector keyins to almost create a selection of all text elements in a file. Text, text nodes and dimensions are available. However, notes and tags are not available so I therefore can not form a keyin script to select notes and tag text as well. Notes and tags are available using the Element Selection tool, however these do not come with keyins like the Select By Attributes dialog. The following example shows available keyins in green, along with the unavailable ones I would like to have in red;

SELECTBY TYPE TEXT
SELECTBY TYPE TEXTNODE
SELECTBY TYPE DIMENSION
SELECTBY TYPE NOTES
SELECTBY TYPE TAGS

I would find these additional operations very usefull for batch and button processes that need to select all types of text for operations such as bringing to front and moving text and note elements to specific levels.

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User adding own dgnlib cuts out existing menu customisations?

Jovan_Djukanovic — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 03:47:35 GMT

As a user entering a new workplace/workspace I am wanting to add my own dgnlib containing MenuBar customisations. I can do this by either using the Workspace>Customize menu and appending my dgnlib or manually entering it into the ucf file such that it has a line reading;

MS_DGNLIBLIST > C:/User/User.dgnlib

This works and I can see my new MenuBar customizations, but I then find that the existing company MenuBar customizations (Menus) have dissappeared. I would have thought that simply using append(or >) rather than the "=" operator would avoid this scenario but it doesn't so I must be missing something?