smooth display of reference file

Hi All,

Microstation V8i 08.11.09.832.

Situation is as follows: 2 models in one dgn, one with 2d-linework (no color fills) named 'lin' and one with 2d-opaque color fills named 'col'.

For the col-model i have defined materials per color/level.

When I attached the col-model to the lin-model and i set the reference display mode to smooth for reference col, the color are realy bright (as it should be) > see images below.jpg

When I create a sht-file and then attach the lin-model live and the col-model live (not with nest-depht) and i set the reference display mode for the col-model to smooth, the colors are not as bright.

No specific light defined.

Any idea what could be wrong?

image1    image2

Thanks in advance.

Jean Castro