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Compressing a file using File > Compress Design or the related key-in commands (either by manual key-in or via batch process) makes these actions available:
Note that these actions are ignored by the 'Compress File on Exit' user preference, for details see: http://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/compress-file-on-exit.aspx
Tick 'Include References' to initiate a batch process that will compress all attached references.
Note: this tick box has no effect in PowerDraft as the batch process features are not present.
File compress can be initiated manually via the dialog or by key-in.
Relevant key-ins include:
Search MicroStation Help for details of these key-ins.
The File compress process will first apply any selected compress actions then will compact the file's structured storage removing any elements marked for deletion.
These actions can be pre-set in the site configuration using the MS_COMPRESS_OPTIONS configuration variable. Adding the following:
MS_COMPRESS_OPTIONS = +ALL
would apply all available actions , the Compress Options dialog would appear as above.
Important: If using this variable with AECOsim Builiding Designer see: http://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/8252.aspx
Individual actions can be selected, as described by Ask Inga: http://communities.bentley.com/communities/other_communities/askinga/w/askinga/configure-your-compress-options.aspx
The order of the statement is significant, +ALL ticks all the boxes (generally want all of them ticked), adding further entries prefixed by '-' can omit the stated compress actions where appropriate.
A list of all the configurable actions to copy and paste from if specifying individual settings:
Action
Alias
Delete Cell Headers
EMPTY_CELL
Delete Empty Text Elements
EMPTY_TEXT
Delete Text Elements Containing Only Spaces
SPACE_TEXT
Delete Pre 8.11 Render Setup Entries
RENDER_SETUP
Delete Unused Named Shared Cells
SC_NAMED
Delete Unused Anonymous Shared Cells
SC_ANON
Delete Unused Line Styles
LINESTYLES
Delete Unused Dimension Styles
DIMSTYLES
Delete Unused Text Styles
TEXTSTYLES
Delete Unused Levels
LEVELS
Delete Unused Nested Attachment Levels
LEVELTABLES
Delete Unused Multi-line Styles
MLINESTYLES
Delete Unused Element Templates
ELEMENTTEMPLATES