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: 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!
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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)…
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.
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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…