Multiline filling behaviour

I use multilines for district heating pipeline planning and add background filling to highlight the pipe trench. So far so good, works with all drawings/sheets. Each line is on a separate layer (trench sides, centerlines, pipes) so I can switch on/off whatever I need. The multiline itself is drawn on a separate layer, too.

Now I use that big mama drawing not only for detailing but also for overview purposes where I only want to show the main axis/trench centerline. By doing so I ensure that I don't miss any changes made to the pipeline route in the course of the project. Now if I hide all layers contained in the multiline the filling disappears, too. Great. As soon as I show one layer the filling shows, too. Is there any workaround other than removing the filling and drawing a polygon area with a length of over 5 kilometers? Linestyles are no option as they can only be assigned to one single layer.

In May I added an ideation to assign the multiline filling to a separate layer (among other things): https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/i/drafting_and_detailing/add_transparency_and_filling_with_hatching_to_multilines - so maybe it's already in the works. But for now I'd need an easy way out without having to draw anything twice.

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  • work around ..create two  views and  give them  view group names  in one view say  view one  set the  view attributes to FILL ON, and  then create this as a named view group, now  open view  2  turn off view 1, create set you view attributes to fill off, now create the  new named view group and  turn fill off  and  name it FILL OFF ... now you can toggle between views with the  named groups.... I tried this with  2 views  so it did work didnt try exrefs  maybe  the exrefs ...

    updated  since post 30 mns ago.....

    did some more testing  you can ref attach by  view named  groups so one can be  with no fills...

    alternatively  ref attach it  twice and  set the view attributes flags on to have fills in one instant and  on the other instance fills off just for your  ref files then you can turn them on or off from the ref manager... ( this I havent  tried)

    can have  named  groups or  different  views with attributes on off... but here is my example named views.zip

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  • Thanks for your input. Can I switch on fillings in one reference and off in the other reference in the same sheet model?

  • Hi,

    Yes you can, make sure you have two copies of the same reference. Then click in wireframe or other display name your reference has. Then turn on view flag and then you can turn on the fill.  Make the oposite on the other reference.

    After that control your main display fill with view attributes [CTRL+B].

    The result should be as expect. One reference with fill and another without fill. Independent of the main view display option.

    Regards

    José

    Answer Verified By: f.mandoki 

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  • Hi,

    Yes you can, make sure you have two copies of the same reference. Then click in wireframe or other display name your reference has. Then turn on view flag and then you can turn on the fill.  Make the oposite on the other reference.

    After that control your main display fill with view attributes [CTRL+B].

    The result should be as expect. One reference with fill and another without fill. Independent of the main view display option.

    Regards

    José

    Answer Verified By: f.mandoki 

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