When working in the MicroStation environment, this feature will display a dialog box containing fields for the currently selected element’s associated properties. To modify an attribute, click each associated grid cell. To open the property grid, pick View>Properties from the HAMMER CONNECT menu.

You can also review or modify MicroStation drawing information about an element(s), such as its type, attributes, and geometry, by using the Element Information dialog. To access the Element Information dialog, click the Element Information button or click the Element menu and select the Information command. This is where the user can change the appearance for individual elements. However, in general, if HAMMER CONNECT color coding conflicts with MicroStation element symbology, the HAMMER CONNECT color will show.

To control display of elements in the selected levels, use the Level Display dialog box. To access the Level Display dialog, click the Settings menu and select the Level > Display command.

To move HAMMER CONNECT elements to levels other than the default (Active) level, select the elements and use the Change Element Attribute command.

If you want to freeze elements in levels, select Global Freeze from the View Display menu in the Level Display dialog.

You can create new Levels in the Level Manager. To access the Level Manager, click the Settings menu and select the Level > Manager command.

To control the display of levels, use level filters. Within MicroStation, you can also create, edit, and save layer filters to DWG files in the Level Manager. To access the Level Manager, click the Settings menu and select the Level > Manager command. Layer filters are loaded when a DWG file is opened, and changes are written back when the file is saved. To create and edit Level Filters,