Level display settings keep reverting

RE: Level display settings keep reverting

Emily Gordon — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:28:34 GMT

We had this issue a while back. Toggle "save settings on exit" off in your user preferences.

RE: Level display settings keep reverting

Dennis Wadas — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 18:38:40 GMT

Hi Mary,

If the link is broken because of shutting off a level in the sheet, is there any way to re-link it? I remember this happening back in the early 2000s when I first started using a container file to control levels. Back then, there were no options to switch from "never", "allow", or "always"). All you could do back then was detach and re-attach and then it would be re-linked. I used to do a model lock on the sheet to keep people from messing up my sheets. Once they came out with the 3 options, I never had that trouble again - until this software came out.

RE: Level display settings keep reverting

Danny Miles — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 16:03:37 GMT

I had the same one and I still can't fix it

RE: Level display settings keep reverting

Jake Mitchell — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 19:09:15 GMT

Thanks Tim Hickman

RE: Level display settings keep reverting

Jake Mitchell — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 19:07:53 GMT

I just got in on this conversation, because I was having the same issues. I started looking around for answers. What worked for me is to double click the reference file and set Synchronize View to (none)

RE: Level display settings keep reverting

Tim Hickman — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 12:36:25 GMT

just wanted to follow up.....

are you still having issues with the levels ?

RE: Level display settings keep reverting

Tim Hickman — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:57:03 GMT

double click on the reference file you have shown in the sheet model. It should open the attachment settings dialog. At the bottom of the list you should see "synchronize view" - tell me what this is set to (IE: Volume only)

RE: Level display settings keep reverting

Kelly Sextro — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:18:34 GMT

This is my drawing - with the referenced files. display overrides is greyed out. I am turning layers on and off with the level display in this view. I am using name boundaries which are creating the sheets. The only way I have figured out how to retain settings in the default view is to use global freeze.

this is what my sheet model looks like - with display overrides set to always

RE: Level display settings keep reverting

Tim Hickman — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:14:26 GMT

just to clarify - you have a master drawing that contains references and you are making changes to these references levels from the master drawing. You then have a sheet file with the master drawing attached as a reference and what you want is to see the level changes you made in the master drawing, in your sheet file - correct ?

When you go back to the master drawing from your sheet, are the level changes still there ?

In your sheet file, could you tell me what the "display overrides" is set to for the referenced master drawing ?

RE: Level display settings keep reverting

Kelly Sextro — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:38:16 GMT

No i am turning levels off f the references within the drawing, which then revert as soon as i navigate to the sheet models and back

RE: Level display settings keep reverting

Tim Hickman — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 20:41:06 GMT

since you are trying to avoid changing the level in the sheets - I assume you are opening the referenced file and changing the levels there ? and then going back to the sheet - expecting to see these level changes ?

RE: Level display settings keep reverting

Kelly Sextro — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 20:29:01 GMT

override didn't work, the references are not nested either. I have been avoiding changing any level displays in the sheet. if i use "global freeze" it seems to fix it?

RE: Level display settings keep reverting

MaryB — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 20:27:25 GMT

There are a lot of possible settings that could be affecting this.

One of the first can be the design file setting REFLEVELOVERRIDES.

Look at your Attachment Settings. one of those is "Display Overrides". Always will allow you to change level display for this reference. Never will always resync your level display back to the base file.

If you have made changes to the level display of your reference in the sheet file, you have broken the reference control of level display. Changes made to level display in the reference will not carry over to the sheet.

Are these nested references or direct attachments?

Since this is a sheet drawing, it may be created with a Saved View reference, and that may need to be updated.

RE: Level display settings keep reverting

Jon Summers — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 20:02:56 GMT

[quote userid="1257507" url="~/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/231825/level-display-settings-keep-reverting/718743"]it is in open roads version 10[/quote]

You might like to move your post to the OpenRoads Forum. You can move your post using the More=>Move button when editing your post.

RE: Level display settings keep reverting

Kelly Sextro — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 19:55:50 GMT

when i say topo i guess i just mean survey elements - it is just something that is referenced in my file

RE: Level display settings keep reverting

Kelly Sextro — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 19:53:39 GMT

it is in open roads version 10

RE: Level display settings keep reverting

Jon Summers — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 19:53:22 GMT

[quote userid="1257507" url="~/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/231825/level-display-settings-keep-reverting"]Anyone having issues with ...[/quote]

What is the exact version no. (e.g. v10.x.y.z) of MicroStation that you are using? Use key-in VERSION to see the version no. in the MicroStation Message Center, or Help→About MicroStation in the backstage.

See this blog that shows you how to obtain MicroStation's version number.

[quote userid="1257507" url="~/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/231825/level-display-settings-keep-reverting"]every time i go into the sheets the topo reverts [/quote]

Are you using plain old MicroStation or some other product? 'topo' isn't a term we usually associate with MicroStation.