Hi there,
In my design model I placed a 3D cell displayed in illustration style. The cell contains multiple components and I was wondering if it is possible to make a reference to a sheet file where one of the components is showed in a different presentation as the rest?(I want 1 of the components in 'Wireframe' and the rest in illustration)
Thank you!
I am not sure, but I guess you did not place the cell in illustration style. Rather you have set the view to show illustration style.
If you attach your design model to another file as two separate references. Then you can set the display style of one of the references in wireframe and the other attached reference one as illustration style. Rightclick on the reference in Reference Dialog>Presentation
You could even use self referencing. (Reference the same model to itself - with some offset)
Hi Gerd, I think your suggestion will not work on a cell that is placed inside the design file since it's not a reference. Or is there a way to show cells as references that I don't know about?
From what I know a way to change the display style for a single element (or a group of elements) is by using Display Rules. This appears to be a good starting point to get to know display rules: Display Rules Series Part 1: Thematic Mapping - MicroStation Blog - MicroStation - Bentley Communities
As my test, not in reference, but in master model, you can set each component of the cell to different Display Style for normal cell through Element Properties> Extended> Display Style.
What I meant to say was to place the cell in a fil and then to reference this file wice another file(or model in the same file)
(I would not recommend it but you actually could reference a cell directly from the cell lib as a cell is just a model in the cell-lib. And a cell lib is just another dgn-file with the extension .cel)
You see that comprehending the technologies (Files, models, referencing, etc.) and the possibilities is key...
The approach through display styles may be ambitious in this case.
I actually did not know or forgot this, thanks. (Lifelong learning)