Original Tip Date: Feb 16, 2001 Attach a file to itself Did you know that you can attach a file to itself as a reference? Scale the attachment and use it for calling out details...and as a bonus you can even edit the graphics on…

Original Tip Date: Oct. 2, 2003 Number of clip masks allowed Barry Bentley wrote in v8.general: "You can have up to 200 clip shapes (if 1 is used for the boundary, the other 199 can be used for clip masks). They can total up to…

Original Tip Date: Oct. 3, 2003 V7 Workmode and Live Nesting Live Nesting in the V7 Workmode is not a sticky setting. AskInga Tip #307

Original Tip Date: Nov. 20, 2003 Change update sequence with drag/drop In MicroStation V8.5, you can easily rearrange the reference update sequence by dragging and dropping the entries where needed. …

Original Tip Date: Nov. 21, 2003 Can't see all of your reference tools? MicroStation V8 - If you've minimized the reference dialog so much that you can't see the tool icons, turn on Auto Arrange Icons from the Settings menu. That…

Original Tip Date: Nov. 21, 2003 Unfold your references with ease MicroStation V8.5 - When creating plot layouts of orthogonal views, use the Copy/Fold Reference tool to quickly attach and arrange adjacent views! …

Original Tip Date: November 2003 Updated: October 2010 Attach references without a dialog When attaching a reference in MicroStation V8 2004 Edition or later, set your attachment method from the Attach Reference dialog. You…

Original Tip Date: Dec. 3, 2003 Turn off highlighting when manipulating references MicroStation V8.5 - To turn off the highlighting when manipulating a reference, set MS_REF_DONTHILITEFORMANIP to any value. …

Original Tip Date: Dec. 8, 2003 Display references with greater clarity MicroStation V8 - Got too much to look at? Can't keep your references straight? Try setting the Reference Presentation to something other than wireframe. The…

Original Tip Date: Jan. 16, 2004 Force MicroStation to look at the full path of references To force MicroStation V8 to always look at and use the full path of reference attachments, set this variable: MS_REF_FULLPATHFIRST = 1 …

Original Tip Date: Jan. 22, 2004 Keyin to attach references With thanks to Barry Bentley for sharing this: MicroStation V8 - You need at least five arguments to the RF= command to keep it from asking you for more information. RF=file_name…

Original Tip Date: Feb. 9, 2004 Drag and Drop models into reference dialog Lawrence Eaton was let out of school early to share this tip: When doing self-references in V8, simply drag and drop models from the model dialog into the…

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: May 10, 2004 Fit reference by selecting an element So this you just gotta know! Barry offers this too cool workflow for fitting reference attachments: Open the reference dialog box and select the reference(s…

Original Tip Date: May 10, 2004 Fit reference by using logicals While teaching his 10 month old son all about parametric modeling in MicroStation, Phil managed to slip this tidbit in: To fit a reference via a keyin try this: reference…

Original Tip Date: May 10, 2004 To enable the editing of nested reference levels By default you can not adjust the overrides for a nested reference. Go to File/Settings/Configuration/Configuration Variables Select Category - Levels…

Original Tip Date: Jun 22, 2004 Change reference slot numbers with ease To change your reference slot numbers, just click on the number in the slot column and edit the existing number. AskInga Tip #450

Original Tip Date: Jun. 7, 2005 Rewrite reference attachments without the full path MicroStation V8 - Bentley's John Frampton says: A reference attachment that specifies the DGN file containing the attached model by its full (absolute…

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: Oct 25, 2004 To quickly open an attached reference To quickly open an attached reference, do a right-click > exchange . This action will close your open file, and open the selected reference. But wait...that…

Original Tip Date: Sep 26, 2005 Use saved views from references for navigating - Part 1 Matthew DeBeliso from City of San Diego Water & Sewer Design Division offers this awesome tip! Did you know that a saved view created in a…

Original Tip Date: Nov. 24, 2005 Keyin to make a nested attachment a direct attachment Here's the scoop from Barry Bentley : Specify the nested reference you want to make a direct attachment by giving the "path" to it. For example…

Original Tip Date: Nov. 24, 2005 Exchange into reference, keep the current view, and don't update it With many thanks to Rudi Wells for sharing this tip! Since the beginning of time you've been able to exchange the active file…

Original Tip Date: Feb 11, 2005 Move clipped reference, not clipping element - Method #1 Truels Wissneth shares this awesome tip! When you move a clipped V8 reference, the clipping element also moves. If you want to move the reference…

Original Tip Date: Feb 18, 2005 Keyin to set reference adjustment colour With thanks to Barry Bentley for sharing this tip in the discussion groups: MicroStation V8 - Rather than using the Reference dialog Settings > Adjust Colours…