Original Tip Date: September 2004
Updated: October 2010
Move elements from one level to another - And retain the source level
Using the Level Manager, right click the level to move and choose Remap Elements from the popup menu. Then just select…
Original Tip Date: Jun 8, 2004
Very cool keyin to turn level filters on/off
Hey, this is a cool keyin to turn the display of level filters on/off in MicroStation V8:
of=all;point ab;on=[filter];point ab
You could…
Original Tip Date: Jun 8, 2004
Keyin to set a level filter
The keyin to activate a particular level filter is:
active level filter [filter_name]
AskInga Tip #445
Original Tip Date: Aug 19, 2004
Turn off levels by simply selecting an element
To quickly turn off a level by simply selecting an element, try one of these MicroStation V8 solutions
Solution #1:
Level Display dialog…
Original Tip Date: Sep 27, 2004
Trivia about the Default Level
With thanks for this bit of information from none other than Chris Marks :
MicroStation V8 - The default level is the one with where the level number is…
Original Tip Date: Oct 8, 2004
Auto-Update Reference Level Display, Level Symbology etc
Let's say you have a model attached as a reference and then go and change the level display or the ByLevel symbology of some levels in that…
Original Tip Date: Jan 10, 2005
Don't plot levels, only view them
With thanks to Karl Peterson for this level tip! MicroStation V8 - Rather than writing a fancy schmancy pentable to disable the plotting of specific levels, you…
Original Tip Date: Jan 10, 2005
Toggle the global display of level and level filters
With many thanks to Kees van Prooijen for this tip!
MicroStation V8 - Use level set display on|off|toggle keyin instead of on= and…
Original Tip Date: Feb 7, 2005
Freeze a level by selecting an element
With many thanks to Kirk Dunlap for sharing this tip, and tl Chris Marks for spotting a typo!
To enable Global Freeze by selecting an element, use…
Original Tip Date: Mar 17, 2005
Set override defaults for new level creation
MicroStation V8 - Did you know that when you create a new level, MicroStation actually uses the Default level as the seed? Knowing this you can…
Original Tip Date: Mar 22, 2005
Toggle the global display of levels
With many thanks to Gerald Hernandez for pointing this out!
To toggle the display of a level, use this keyin:
level set display toggle [level_name…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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 .
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