How do I convince Microstation V8i to save certain settings.

Hello,
The following articles may help as they show how to extract keyins for tool settings and create custom tools in MicroStation V8i:
communities.bentley.com/.../how-to-extract-keyins-for-the-tool-settings-in-microstation-v8i
communities.bentley.com/.../the-power-of-keyins

Regards
Derval Canny.

Hi Anne
You can do Tools/ Tools boxes /down/ or CtrlT , then rolldown , find Drop, mark it, OK, now you see Drop box and dock it where you want /up/ , now you have drop command directly on screen , but you have to save it Utilities/Preferences/Operation/ Save settings on Exit / OK and now open box Create Complex Chain and set automatic, now close MS , because we save settings on exit all changes have to remain
thats my advice ,I am sure it will be work
regards
Karol

Hi Anne,

Unknown said:

What's the secret here? Or is it simply not possible?

It's not possible to choose what tool settings will be saved to user preference file (UPF) to be used in future sessions. I am not also aware about such list available what tool setting is stored and what not.

The most simple solution in my opinion is the customization mentioned by Lorys: To prepare own key-ins and to assign them to F keys or to create own tasks with your favourite tools. It not possible to change existing default tools, toolbars and tasks, because they are in locked dgnlib.

The key-in set item toolsettings <setting>=<value> is generall and it can be used to set nearly all MicroStation tools.

With regards,

  Jan

you could determine the full keyin to activate the  (DROP ELEMENT too) I and have activate the checkbox to include polygons and add that to  custom menu or my  favourite an F key  or make a custom menu item in the  Right Mouse context menu....

I did just that for you  using first the drop element icon then in keyin set item toolsettings and find the rest of the  keyin and  try =0, =1,2 etc until the right tick appeared in the dialog this is a good way to find the full keyin...

so for me it  turned out to be

drop element;set item toolsettings stringstoggle=1

add that text to your custom menus or  Fkey and  it will run the  tool and have the tick for strings and shapes will be preticked always...

read up on the set item toolsettings at ask inga and in this  forum too. very useful way to find keyin strings....

ok I've done the the first one now see if you can do the chain automatic  and publish the result ok?

Hi Anne,

Have a look at this blog communities.bentley.com/.../user-preferences

Maybe configuration variable MS_USERPREFSEED is useful in these cases
 
Regards
Maria