VIew Attributes question

Unknown said:

one other option would be to attach the references to a level and turn that level on or off

Good point, I forgot about that option. I usually do that with raster attatchments.

As suggested -  Turn off all is better than open Ref dialog and turn off by selecting.

Thanks mwlong.

Tim and Maria - thanks for the tip with levels ! i never used this

Unknown said:

@mwlong.  Very true, however I do not like custom configurations or using function keys :-)

You must be jokingI

The Function key  menus customisation is the most productive most greatest advantage that mstn has over most other products.. last time I looked at  acad they still couldnt do it but that was 3-4 years ago... 

When I see a user who doesnt customise  or at least use factory F keys I see a drafter wuth one hand tied behind their back...

I love F keys  menus I have lots of them.....

I have a funkey.mnu every day work  plus other ones ones for special projects  or other disciplines like electrical which I dont do often .. this makes me very productive and fast drafter...

I don't think there is anything wrong with using them.  If I sat all day doing one thing I would probably be using them, but I don't.

In my case I use my function keys mainly for OS based operations, not application based operations.  I have 3 VM's XP, Win 7, Win 8 + Bootcamp add to that various versions of MS to match client configurations.   Its just not cost effective for me to try constantly maintain (and remember) a bunch of custom function key configurations.   Additionally if I'm required to do work on site reliance on a custom configuration can be a handicap.  It's hard enough dealing with all the configuration variation you and have with vanilla MicroStation let alone sorting out custom ones.

Now if Bentley had a good method of allowing users configs to be stored on an USB stick that would be a different story.  I could bring my configuration with me.  I just haven't come up with an easy way to do that....  yet.

Unknown said:

There is a short cut extension ...

I think you mean a command-line switch.  You can modify a shortcut to include one or more switches.

This article about MicroStation Command Line Switches tells more.