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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
Hide level library name
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Oct. 2, 2003 Hide Level Library Name Robert McCartney posted this jem on v8.general: To get rid of the level library name, set MS_HIDE_LIBRARY_SOURCE_NAMES = 1 . Very Nice! …
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Climb up your levels
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Aug. 14, 2002 Climb up your levels To "climb" up and down the levels sequentially (ie: by level number), put the following pair of keyins on adjacent function keys: lv=+1;of=1-63;dx=,, and lv=-1;of…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Keyin to delete level contents
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Nov. 5, 2003 Keyin to delete level contents In case you missed it, Deepak was over in v8.general the other day saying something about a keyin: There is keyin level element delete "level-name" that…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
How to filter levels when there's a dash in the name
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Nov. 5, 2003 How to filter levels when there's a dash in the name If you're using a dash in your level names you may find it difficult to filter them. Enclosing your filter criteria in quotes should help. Thanks…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Force new levels in references to be on
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: November 2003 Force new levels in references to be on To control if a new level in a reference is on or off, set the following configuration variable: MS_REF_NEWLEVELDISPLAY = 1 forces the initial display of a new reference level…
over 12 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Delete unused levels when remapping
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Nov. 5, 2003 Delete unused levels when remapping Bentley's Dan Abney offered the following titbid on the v8.general newsgroup: The configuration variable MS_V7TOV8_DELETE_UNUSED_LEVELS also controls the deleting…
over 11 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Turn the CTRL+E Level Display dialog into a pop-up
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Dec. 8, 2003 Turn the CTRL+E Level Display dialog into a popup dialog MicroStation V8.5 - To turn the Level Display dialog that you get when doing a CTRL+E into a popup dialog, do the following: Edit the keyin…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Level purge keyin
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: January 2004 Updated: October 2010 Starting with MicroStation V8 2004 Edition, you'll find a level purge keyin that deletes a level containing elements. When executed - all elements, in all models , will be moved to the default…
over 12 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Keyin to save changes to reference levels or not.
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Mar. 9, 2004 Keyin to save changes to reference levels...or not. While watching his hair grow, Gino mumbled the following: The ability to save changes to V8 reference levels is controlled by the keyins: set refleveloverrides…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Add levels to your PDFs
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Mar. 31, 2004 Add levels to your PDFs told the local gezondheidsherstellingsmiddelentezamenmengingskundige that you can create levels in Acrobat 6 PDF files by doing this: MicroStation V8.5 - Open pdf.plt with…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Make CTRL+E toggle for the Level Display dialog
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Apr. 20, 2004 Make CTRL+E toggle the Level Display dialog MicroStation V8.5 - To make the keyin CTRL+E toggle the Level Display dialog rather than just turning it on, do this: Workspace > Customize > Menu Bar…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
DWG to DGN and the default level
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Jun. 6, 2005 DWG to DGN and the Default Level When you convert a DWG to DGN, the default level is replaced by the DWG default layer called 0 (zero). Since this is now the default level, it will behave…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
Compare design files without level symbology
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Aug. 8, 2005 Compare design files without Level Symbology For an easy way to compare design files graphically, and without using Level Symbology, take a look at this great tip from Dick Dudley : An…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki
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
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
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
Remove-Delete level names
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Jul. 3, 2003 Remove/Delete Level Names Larry Whitt shared this keyin on the v7.general newsgroup: To remove Level Names in V7 design files, use this keyin: delete 66elements levelname Barry…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
[Archived] AskInga Wiki