MicroStation CONNECT Edition Help

Set Reference Presentation

Used to set the display of a reference and the view display style of a model.

You can access this tool from the following:

  • Ribbon: Drawing > Attach > Reference
  • References dialog: Click Set Reference Presentation
  • Toolbox: Reference


SettingDescription
Display Style Lets you set the display styles of the selected referenced models.
Use View Flags Enables and disables the view attributes. When checked, the view attributes can be turned on and off.
View Attributes These are similar to the attributes on the View Attributes dialog.
Clip Volume Settings (Available only when the reference is a saved view and has Clip Volume applied) These are similar to the attributes in the Clip Volume Settings of View Attributes dialog.
Synchronize View (Available only when the reference is a saved view) If set to All Settings, the reference synchronizes the following view attributes with the source saved view:
  • Display Style
  • Clip Volume
  • Constructions
  • Dimensions
  • Fast Cells
  • Fill
  • Level Overrides
  • Line Styles
  • Line Weights
  • Patterns
  • Default Lighting
  • Tags
  • Text
  • Text Nodes
  • Transparency

If set to Volume Only or Presentation Only, the view attributes mentioned above can be set in this dialog.

If set to None, the reference is not synchronized with the saved view.

If set to Settings from Design Model, the Reference Presentation will take all the View Attribute settings from the design model of View 1.

Update From Saved View


(Available only when the reference is a saved view) Updates the reference’s view attributes to match the source saved view’s view attributes. This icon is enabled only when Synchronize View is set to Volume Only.
REFERENCE UPDATEFROMSAVEDVIEW
VIEWATTRIBUTESDIALOG PULLFROMSAVEDVIEW [ logical_model_name ]
Accept Changes and then Push to Saved View


(Available only when the reference is a saved view) Saves the changes in view attributes to the source saved view. This icon is enabled only when Synchronize View is set to Volume Only.
REFERENCE PUSHTOSAVEDVIEW
VIEWATTRIBUTESDIALOG PUSHTOSAVEDVIEW [ logical_model_name ]
Key-in: REFERENCE PRESENTATION
Key-in: REFERENCE SET USEVIEWFLAGS