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  • Openroads Designer CE 2021 Release 2: Level Display not maintaining on/off overrides

    I'm brand new to using Openroads Designer, and Bentley products in general, so I feel like I may be missing something simple. Here is my issue; I have a nested file in which I want to turn the display of in sheet view. We'll call this particular file…
  • Using both transparency and level display in a referenced drawing view

    Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: Drawing Views Problem We often reference our drawings into multiple sheets, controlling their display as needed on a case-by-case basis. In doing…
  • Reference file levels do not update within master design file

    Product: MicroStation Version: V 8i, CONNECT Environment: N\A Area: Levels Subarea: General Problem Reference levels in my master file do not update. When you make a change to a level in the…
  • CONNECT Edition reference layer colors not matching source dwg file colors.

    I have a question that should, theoretically, not exist, and can't figure out where the issue might be coming from. I have several color plans in dwg format, and when opened with AutoCAD and, funnily enough, OBD all colors appear in the correct location…
  • Reference file levels override main file levels

    Hello. I have an issue while using Microstation V8. When I open up a .dgn-file ( with levels 1-63 ) and attach a .dgn-file ( with some levels named trench, ditch etc. instead of numbers ) as a reference, everything looks fine. I can see the different…
  • Activating the Level overrides for nested references

    Product(s): AECOsim Building Designer Version(s): V8i (08.11.09.866) Environment: N/A Area: Drawing Views Subarea: Nested References Problem The level overrides for nested references are greyed…
  • Can't change reference level display

    In some files on my project, I cannot turn make any changes to reference file level display, i.e. the file does not allow me to turn reference levels on or off. If Global Display is ON, I can't turn change it to OFF, and vice versa. Global Freeze is…
  • How to control view attributes in Reference Presentation

    Product: MicroStation Version: V8i, CONNECT Environment: N\A Area: Reference Subarea: N\A Problem Description User has created some hatch patterning and he is using Level Overrides and ByLevel…
  • Elements on reference levels not displayed in master file

    Product: MicroStation Version: V8, XM, V8i, CONNECT Environment: N\A Area: Levels Subarea: Level Display Problem Description When opening a file that has a reference attached, elements (e.g…
  • How to change level symbology of nested reference files.

    Product: MicroStation Version: V8 2004 Environment: N\A Area: Levels Subarea: General Problem How to change level symbology of nested reference files. How to change Level Attributes (such as…
  • How to update Reference Levels to attachment instead of DGNLIB

    Applies To Product(s): MicroStation V8 Version(s): N\A Environment: N\A Area: Levels Subarea: General Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group …
  • When Saving would like Logical name of Ref files

    Applies To Product(s): MicroStation Version(s): 08.05.02.35 Environment: N\A Area: DWG Subarea: Save Original Author: Bentley Technical Support…
  • Sync levels with ref, not with library

    Product: MicroStation Version: V8, 2004, XM, V8i, CONNECT Environment: N\A Area: Levels Subarea: General Problem Sync levels with reference, not with library Given a master file with one or…
  • Reference hiding element types?

    Hi everyone. I have a reference which is a section through a boat, this is then noted up with dimensions and text etc to say what bits are. I want to hide all the dimensions, text, text nodes, notes etc. I can put them all to a specific level called…
  • Overriding And Resynchronizing Level Attributes

    Product: MicroStation Version: N\A Environment: N\A Area: Administration Subarea: N\A Overriding Level Attributes Whenever a new attachment is created, a copy of the attachment's levels are…
  • Level name structure when merging reference files

    Applies To Product(s): MicroStation Version(s): 08.11.09.459 Environment: Windows 7 64 bit Area: Reference Subarea: Original Author: Regie Wallace, Bentley Technical…
  • How to toggle levels in an attachment

    Hi all, The code below is my attempt on changing the visibility of levels on a reference on a sheetmodel which is not the active one. However, uStation bombs completely with an "Internal Error Access Violation". Any help greatly appreciated …
  • More for the levelly challenged

    I just want to get a little more info out there on how the effect of certain settings of your references can effect what you see. Some of the wording or descriptions may not be clear as to what will happen when these settings are used. What I am getting…
  • Multiple "Viewports"/clippings

    Hey all, Let me start by saying that I know Microstation does not have viewports. Also I have created sheets by clipping my references and moving my border around it. My issue is multiple viewports or clippings for the same sheet. Here's my situation…
  • V8i - Using key-in to turn off level in a nested reference

    I support a group of designers using Microstation and Powerdraft on computers with windows 7 or XP. There was recently a post about using a key-in to turn off levels in a reference file using the key-in "reference level off". I was wondering if there…
  • Microstation crashes when I select a specific attachment to adjust level display

    I have a specific file that is commonly attached--my topo--whose levels are frequently turned off and on, based on what I need at the time. Well, that worked for a while, but now, strangely, the file appears to be corrupted perhaps. When I have the level…
  • [V8i] Reference levels batch processing

    We recently moved from MicroStation J to V8i SELECTseries 3 and we are finding out that after we convert the files to V8 format that the levels for our reference files are all turning off. I'm trying to create a batch process to allow me to set the "standard…