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Levels in a Reference all go to "Default" instead of individual levels

Benjamin Ankrom
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Hello everyone, here is my situation:

In what I will call Basemap "A", I used Bentley Map to import features from a GIS database into my DGN. Before importing the features into Basemap A as elements for manipulation, I changed the symbology of the levels to standard level names for sidewalks, driveways, etc. (i.e. "PV_X_Walk", "PV_X_Driveway")  Once that was complete, I saved settings then opened what I will call Basemap "B" and referenced in Basemap "A". All of the symbology, level name, etc. that I specified in Basemap "A" seems to have been lost in translation, and all of the level names I would expect to see in my level manager have been turned back to Default. When I hover over an element, I can still see the Native element layer name, but the Microstation level and symbology is Default. I would suspect this to be some setting I can alter in my reference attachment window, but I can't seem to find a solution right away.

Any help with this would be appreciated! Thanks.

  • 0 Offline in reply to Benjamin Ankrom

    Ben,

    I tried to repeat your step. Where is the difference? My import seems work fine. I use standard Bentley Map "msgeo" workspace with no XFM project defined.

    With regards,

      Jan

    Bentley Accredited Developer: iTwin Platform - Associate
    Labyrinth Technology  |  dev.notes()  |  cad.point

  • 0 Offline in reply to Benjamin Ankrom

    Hi Ben,

    it really looks weird. I agree with Dan the service request can be the rigth solution.

    I checked Hamilton _Quarterly GIS.dgn and it's corrupted, the error is: "verifyElm_hdr error: no level entry element found for level 1633". In my opinion it's crucial to go step by step and to verify if the data are stil correct or not:

    1. There are SHP file(s). There is probably nothing to test, SHP were imported and in general it has to work ;-)
    2. With what workspace / project do you start Bentley Map? Do you use msgeo or there is some another workspace, e.g. defining XMF project?
    3. Create new design file. What seed file do you use? If it's not original Bentley Map seed file, is it possible it's corrupted / not correct?
    4. Import SHP data into empty DGN. Restart Bentley Map and open the file again. Is it still correct (levels exist) or not? Can you share this version of the file?
      ... etc. step by step

    I still don't believe the problem arise when one file is attached to another, there should be something different wrong. The whole process has to work without any problem, import data and to reference it into another is basic simple workflow.

    With regards,

      Jan

    Bentley Accredited Developer: iTwin Platform - Associate
    Labyrinth Technology  |  dev.notes()  |  cad.point

  • 0 Offline in reply to Benjamin Ankrom

    Hi Ben,

    Unknown said:
    In the Hamilton_QuarterlyGIS.dgn, I can select and manipulate the Microstation elements in my view window, but in Level Display I do not see any "Used" levels to turn on or off.

    Have not checked the attached files yet, but the first question: Does this happen immediately after import? In such case the problem is in the import (maybe because of wrong setting or because of bug), otherwise it's important to identify when (in what step) correct levels changed to default one.

    Regards,

      Jan

    Bentley Accredited Developer: iTwin Platform - Associate
    Labyrinth Technology  |  dev.notes()  |  cad.point

  • 0 Online in reply to Benjamin Ankrom

    I see that there is only one level "Default" in the attached DGN file.  Please file a New Service Request and attach the original DGN file to it and write down the steps that were taken to produce this result.



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