Display Rules Dialog

Used to create and manage display rule sets and display rules for display styles.

You can access this dialog from the following:

Display Styles Dialog: select the Display Rules icon next to the Display Rules drop-down list

Setting

Description

New Display Rule Set

Click to create a new display rule set in the open DGN file. The display rule set appears in the display rule set list box, where you can give it a name.

Import Display Rule Set

Opens the File Open dialog, which lets you select a DGN or DGNLib file to import the display rule sets. All the display rule sets in the selected file are imported.

Delete selected Display Rule Set

Deletes the selected display rule set.

Show Display Styles dialog

Opens the Display Styles dialog.

New Display Rule

Click to create a new display rule for the selected display rule set. The rule appears in the display rules list box, where you can modify the rule.

Generate

Opens the Generate Display Rules dialog in which you can automatically generate display rules based on property values or ranges.

Cut

Cuts the selected display rule.

Copy

Copies the selected display rule.

Paste

Pastes the cut or copied display rule.

Move Up

Moves the selected display rule up and makes it a higher priority.

Move Down

Moves the selected display rule down and makes it a lower priority.

Display Rule Set list box

Lists the display rule sets.

Highlighting/symbol	Meaning
tooltip	Move the pointer over a display rule set name to see whether the display rule set is in a library or in the local file. The tooltip also indicates if the rule set has been modified, and lists the path for display rule set library file.
bold text	Display rule sets displayed with a bold font are local display rule sets.
blue text	Display rule sets displayed in blue have been modified from the last saved version.
	An unfilled book icon identifies a library display rule set.
	A filled book icon identifies a local display rule set.

To rename a display rule set, right-click on the display rule set and select Rename.

Display Rules list box

Lists the display rules for the selected display rule set.

For each display rule following columns are displayed:

Display Rule Priority - Displays the order in which the display rules are processed. You can change the priority moving the display rules by selecting the display rule and clicking Move Up or Move Down .
Enable or disable display rule - Enables or disables the display rule. The display rule is executed only if it is enabled.
Condition - Sets the condition that needs to be met for the action to be applied. Clicking the cell in this column opens the Condition Editor dialog in which you can add and modify the condition.
Action - Sets the action that is applied when the given condition is met. Clicking opens the pop-up menu in which you can set different actions.
Stop if True - Sets the condition where the rule processing should be stopped. If a condition is true and if the corresponding check box for the display rule is turned on, further processing of display rules is stopped.

To open the Display Rules dialog and select the given display rule set name. If DisplayRuleSetName is not specified, it will select the first display rule set.

Key-in: DIALOG DISPLAYRULES OPEN [ DisplayRuleSetName ]

To close/toggle the Display Rules dialog:

Key-in: DIALOG DISPLAYRULES < CLOSE | TOGGLE >

To open the Display Rules dialog, select the display rule set and enable rename:

Key-in: DIALOG DISPLAYRULES EDIT [ DisplayRuleSetName ]