Active Scale default

My company uses a very old version of Microstation (Ver 5.07, 1998). I want to know if there is some way to set the Active Scale to 1.0 so that I don't have to change it every time I import or copy something into the drawing. So far, I have tried going into the Design File>Active Scale> change it to 1.0, then Save Settings. When I exit and reenter it goes back to 4.0. Any help?

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  • The Active Scale (AS=) setting along with many, many, other settings, are stored in the dgn file.

    Most Seed files have the Active Scale set to "1".

    If you wanted to change it to 4 (AS=4), and keep it, you would have to perform a "Save Settings" (what was called “File Design” in olden days (1983)), on the file! If it is set incorrectly (as far as you are concerned), you need to set it to what you want (i.e. AS=1) then do a "Save Settings" (File > Save Settings). Best time to do that is when you first enter the file. Settings change while working in the file and you are accidently storing those settings also if you do a “Save Settings” later during the design process. Staying in the file and changing that setting after a "Save Settings" was done, will typically be ignored, If you exit the file, and then open it, the setting should still be set to what you stored (i.e. AS=1). If it is not the Active Scale you set and saved using Save Settings, it could be one of these things. 

    > You have "Save Settings on Exit" toggled “On” in your User Preferences. Then it would be the Scale set when you exited the file.

    > You could have a program loading/executing setting the AS when you open a file.

    > OR you have a corrupt file.

    MaryB's solution is a good one if you have the toggle set to “Save Settings on Exit”. It also works for the Program running when you open the file, but you should figure out just what is setting the Scale setting to something you don't like, and correct it at the source. The next person getting that file and opening it will get those settings that are set in the file.

    As an add-on to MaryB's solution. You may also want to set additional things at the same time, i.e. AS=1;AA=0 (Active Angle); TS=1 (Terminator Scale); PS=1 (Pattern Scale) PD=0,0 (Pattern Delta (Row & Colum Spacing)); KY=1 or KY=2 (Keypoint Snap Divisor); among others you want as a base standard. You can do it by finding the key-in that sets it and building a string like “AS=1; AA=0; TS=1; KY=1” No “ “ & These is a limit to the string of 255 characters.

    If any of the posted answers worked for you, please tell others which answer worked, or this thread assumes your problem was never fixed, and it will keep growing. 

    I Hope This Helps Someone Reading This!  (Intergraph>PseudoStation>MicroStation user since 1980's)