Brian Thomas, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
GH2 Architects
Brian, Thank you for the further detailed explanation. I now realize that this is very likely covered by the same response as was given before by Bentley development regarding DV weights and linestyles. http://communities.bentley.com/Products/MicroStation/MicroStation_V8i/MicroStation_V8i_Printing/f/19568/t/12769.aspx
I will send a link to this thread to development so we can track it against the Q1 Architecture release that is expected to resolve this issue.
Those attributes that are dormant in V8i Dynamic Views should become activated / visible once you are able to open those views in the Q1 2009 release.
Brian, If you don't mind, yes, please do submit this as a help request.
You might refer support to this thread which should save you the time of explaining it again!