Change level name to be the same as the value of an ItemType

RE: Change level name to be the same as the value of an ItemType

jpln — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 10:39:38 GMT

You can do a search (Explorer) based on cad_layer property then use the property dialog to change the level.
You can also use the details dialog to filter/order to perform changes on selection of rows

But as far as I know there is no way to script this. So VBA is the way.

RE: Change level name to be the same as the value of an ItemType

MaryB — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 17:26:00 GMT

Do you mean, a way to create levels for each cad_layer item type?

That would probably be something for a VBA macro. ORD functions are not included in the VBA library, but regular Microstation ones are.

You would need to get a list of values for that item type, then create a level for each one found, then a way to select the appropriate elements and change them to the proper levels. You might be able to get a head start of that first step with a Microstation report, but I don't know much about that.

There is a dedicated forum for Programming if you are going to try to write something like that.

RE: Change level name to be the same as the value of an ItemType

Marcus Blake — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:46:02 GMT

I'm not sure of a direct way to do this, however, you might try the match element command as a test.

https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/web/MicroStation%20Help-v17/en/MatchElementAttributes.html