How to open level display, references, element information automatically?

Open these dialog boxes and dock it to a required location, do a Save Settings. When you open MicroStation next time should retain these dialog boxes.

Save Settings and User Preferences

I see that it seems to work if you dock to one side. But I am wanting these dialog boxes to open on my 2nd monitor and undocked. 

I don't seem to have a Restore undocked dialogs as an option or check box under Workspace>preferences>Look and Feel

What version of the software are you using?

Sorry I was just going to post that and forgot.

Power Geopak V8i SS10 v. 08.11.09.918

Hyung Kim said:

Perhaps, you are looking for [Preferences > Look and Feel > Restore undocked dialogs].

I think this option was added in CONNECT Edition, so it's not available in the discussed Geopak V8i.

With regards,

   Jan

There should be a few coveats with this advice.

1. Some dialogues do not respect visibility and/or positoin (unless docked). This issue appears to be retricted to the Sub Dialogues, such as
a. Accudraw - Respects position, but not the visibility
b. Snaps - Does not respect either
c. Locks - Respects visibility, but not position, opening semi-docked to current View Window (i.e. Views 1 to 8)
d. Dimension Styles - Respects position but not visibility
e. Text Styles -.Does not respect either
f. Cell Library - Respects both
g. Named Groups - Respects both
g. etc.

NB. I cannot find a reason for the variations in the Customise Ribbon Dialogue..

2. If you have a crash and your user preferences gets trashed, you will need to delete the Personal Preferences file and hence lose yor settings

4. And of course, you cannot Save Settings in a Read Only file.

However, overall, this is good. I used to fire up an AutoRun macro on file open, and some users were consistently closing dialogues that others wanted open each time. This solution generally allows more user control of Look and Feel.

There should be a few coveats with this advice.

1. Some dialogues do not respect visibility and/or positoin (unless docked). This issue appears to be retricted to the Sub Dialogues, such as
a. Accudraw - Respects position, but not the visibility
b. Snaps - Does not respect either
c. Locks - Respects visibility, but not position, opening semi-docked to current View Window (i.e. Views 1 to 8)
d. Dimension Styles - Respects position but not visibility
e. Text Styles -.Does not respect either
f. Cell Library - Respects both
g. Named Groups - Respects both
g. etc.

NB. I cannot find a reason for the variations in the Customise Ribbon Dialogue..

2. If you have a crash and your user preferences gets trashed, you will need to delete the Personal Preferences file and hence lose yor settings

4. And of course, you cannot Save Settings in a Read Only file.

However, overall, this is good. I used to fire up an AutoRun macro on file open, and some users were consistently closing dialogues that others wanted open each time. This solution generally allows more user control of Look and Feel.