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    What is the difference between Global Freeze and Global Display.

      Product: MicroStation
      Version: V8, XM, V8i, CONNECT
      Environment: N\A
      Area: Level Display
      Subarea: N\A

    Problem

    Difference between Global Freeze and Global Display.

    Solution

    When a level is frozen, its display gets automatically turned off. This is not quite the same as turning off the Global Display of the level.


    Tools will still affect the elements on the frozen level even though they are not visible.

    When a level is frozen, any cells or references placed on that level will not be displayed, regardless of how levels are used in the elements that make up the cell or reference.

    Global Freeze of levels does not make that level immune from any tools.

    View Display - (DGN workmode only.) Changes in the level display affect the chosen view in the active model.

    Global Freeze - Changes in the level display affect all views in all models in the open file. When Global Freeze is on, elements on the frozen levels are not displayed and cannot be printed (plotted).

    The Global Freeze setting also affects references. When you open a DWG file, AutoCAD XREF attachments and layout viewports are treated as reference attachments, and each is assigned to a level. If a level is frozen, an y references on it are not displayed, and cannot be printed or plotted.

    Global Display - Changes in the level display affect all views in all models in the open file.

    Viewport Freeze - (DWG workmode only.) Changes in the level display affect all views in only the open sheet model (DWG layout viewport).


    When Viewport Freeze is on, elements on the frozen levels are not displayed and cannot be printed (plotted). In addition, elements cannot be placed or assigned to frozen levels.


    The Viewport Freeze setting also affects references. If a level is frozen, any references on it are not displayed, and cannot be printed or plotted.

    See Also

    Level Display Dialog

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