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Change how levels are displayed in the attributes dialog
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Jan. 9, 2006 Change how levels are displayed in the Attributes dialog In MicroStation V8 XM Edition you can set MS_LEVEL_DISPLAY_FORMAT to specifies the level name formatting to use when level lists are…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Assign a rendering material to a level
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Jan. 9, 2006 Assign a rendering material to a level In MicroStation V8 XM Edition you'll notice a new column in the Level Manager where you can set a material for the selected level. All elements that reside…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Freeze levels with a keyin
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: May 3, 2005 Freeze levels with a keyin To freeze levels using a keyin, use this: level set frozen [on|off|toggle] file:file-spec level-spec For example, to toggle the frozen state of 10_pipe…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Force attributes to go to ByLevel
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Jun 6, 2006 Force attributes to go to ByLevel Here's a great tip from Hilton Quinn . To force the active attributes to go to ByLevel , simply add the following to your PCF or UCF file: MS_DGNAPPS…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Toggle level symbology with this keyin
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Jun 6, 2006 Toggle level symbology with this keyin With thanks to the long lost, but now found, Hilton Quinn for this tip. To quickly switch level symbology (level overrides) on and off, assign the following on a function…
over 4 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Attach references on a level and add value to saved views
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Nov 13, 2006 Attach references on a level and add value to saved views! In MicroStation V8 XM Edition, you can place the reference attachment information on a level. This can be particularly valuable when working…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Displaying new levels in references
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Nov 30, 2006 Displaying new levels in references In MicroStation V8 XM Edition you can control the display of new levels in a referece on a per file basis. When attaching a reference, take a close look at the…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Missing DGNLIB levels in the Level Manager?
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Feb 9, 2007 Missing DGNLIB levels in the Level Manager? If you're missing DGNLIB levels in the Level Manager, you may have an issue with duplicate level numbers. When MicroStation detects DGNLIB level number…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Used vs bold in the level manager and level display dialogs
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Mar 26, 2007 Used vs Bold in the Level Manager and Level Display dialogs Both the Level Manager and Level Display dialogs give you feedback regarding the usage of a level. For example, if the used column…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
The ninja pick
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Feb. 16, 2001 The Ninja Pick. MicroStation V7 - To turn off or on all levels in the View Levels dialog; use the Ninja Pick . Position your curser beside 63 (where you would find 64 - if it was labeled)…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Keyins to set the active level filter and sub-filters
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Jun 11, 2007 Keyins to set the active level filter and sub-filters To set the active level filter, or sub-filter, via a keyin use the following: active level filter FilterName.SubFilter For example…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Importing V7 levels
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Jun. 14, 2002 Importing V7 levels Don't like the way V8 imports V7 files and makes the level names Level xx ? Change it by modifying MS_V7_LEVEL_NAME_PREFIX to something more suitable. …
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Level display keyins
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Jun 28, 2002 Level Display keyins Here's a great tip from Bentley's Rudi Wells : MicroStation V8 - To quickly open and close the Level Display dialog, assign the following keyins to two function keys…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Resetting back to ByLevel attributes
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Oct. 31, 2002 Resetting back to ByLevel Attributes Put this handy-dandy keyin on a function key: ACTIVE SYMBOLOGY BYLEVEL This will set all of your active element attributes to ByLevel and is particularly…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Select all elements on the active level
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Mar 3, 2003 Select all elements on the active level Ever wanted to select only those elements on the active level even when all levels are on? If so, try this keyin from Dave Preston : lock level…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Keyins to set active symbology to ByLevel
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Apr 3, 2003 Keyins to set active symbology to ByLevel MicroStation V8 - To set your active symbology to ByLevel you can use these keyins: Colour : active color=bylevel CO=bylevel Style…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Keyin to create new levels
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Apr 3, 2003 Keyin to create new levels MicroStation V8 - To create levels via keyin, use this: level create [name] [number] AskInga Tip #254
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Keyin to delete unused levels
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Nov 5, 2001 Keyin to delete unused levels MicroStation V8 - To get rid of empty and unused levels, use this keyin: level delete unused AskInga Tip #126
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Keyin for turning on and off levels in MicroStation V8
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Nov 6, 2001 Keyin for turning on and off levels in MicroStation V8 To turn ON all the levels, use this keyin: ON=ALL and select the view. Similarily, to turn OFF the levels, use: OF=ALL Or,…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Disable the creation of new levels
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Feb 6, 2002 Disable the creation of new levels Here's one for the administrators....in order to stop a user from creating and deleting levels in the design files, add the following line in your standards…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Quick and easy way to edit level names
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Feb 26, 2002 Quick and easy way to edit level names! MicroStation V7 - Rather than changing level names via the Level Names dialog, try this! Open the Level Names dialog Do a File > Save and enter a name…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Invalid characters in level and model names
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Apr 19, 2002 Invalid characters in level and model names MicroStation V8 - Unless otherwise noted, the following invalid characters are not permitted in either level names and model names: Percent…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Miss the V7 bingo card?
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Jun 13, 2002 Miss your V7 bingo card? Really want your bingo card back ? You got it ! Do a right-click in the body of the Level Display dialog, go to Properties and set DGN Levels As to Number Map . …
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Select all levels or all references
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Jun 14, 2002 Select all levels or all references MicroStation V8 - Need to select all the levels in the Level Display or Level Manager dialogs? Use Ctrl+A (Thanks Gino!) By the way, you can use this method to…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Turn off the display of the active level
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Jun 14, 2002 Don't display your active level MicroStation V8 - Did you ever want to turn off the active level in your other views? Weird as it may be, you can by disabling Display Active Level in all Views in…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
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