Map Manager Functionality

Map Manager is used to operate on layers. It handles such functions as toggling the display of layers on and off, reordering layers, re-symbolizing layers as well as executing operations like labeling and searching. Most of the Map Manager functionality is accessed by right-clicking on a layer and using the context menu.

Basic Functions

Toggle the display of layers, sub-features of the associated feature, thematic classes or display scale ranges by selecting the check box.
Drag layers up and down to affect display order. Available only if the tree view is sorted in the display order.
Select multiple layers by using CTRL for discontinuous selections and SHIFT for contiguous selections. The context menu contains less items when multiple layers are selected.
Drag layers into a layer group by using the CTRL key and dragging layers over the group name.
Expand a tree node to display sub-features, thematic classes or display scale classes by selecting the +.

Advanced Functions

The following functions are accessed from the Map Manager Context menu. Some functions will operate on more than one feature at a time.

Feature	Description
Open in a new Tab	The options are different depending if the contextual menu has been opened on a layer or on a layer group. If it is opened on a layer, only that layer is listed in the new tab. If it is opened on a layer group, the users can select in which order the layers will be listed in the new tab. The options are: Display Order, Ascending Order or Descending Order.
Fit	Fits the feature instances of a layer in the active view.
Order	Moves the selected features up and down affecting the layers display order.
Thematic Display Order…	Open the Thematic Display Order dialog. By default, the display order of the feature instances that are on the same layers is based on their element display Priority. If more than one feature instance has the same priority, the display order is driven by the sequence they have been created in the DGN. Using this dialog, it is possible to override this display order and to specify the order based on thematic classes. It is also possible to specify if the sub-features of this layer will be displayed on top or at the bottom of all feature instances.
Search…	Display the Search tool to search for feature instances in that layer.
Browse	Opens the Data Browser showing the contents of the layer. If there are many feature instances in the layer, it may be faster to load the Data Browser from the menu and load only the features in a view or fence.
Join…	Opens the Join dialog to define a join on the layer.
Toggle Visibility	Toggles the layer display on and off.
Remove	Removes the layer from the Map Manager. It can be reattached from the Create Layers tool.
Rename…	Renames the layer. The underlying feature name is not affected.
Symbology…	Opens a dialog box to adjust the symbology of the layer.
Labelling…	Opens a dialog box to add annotations to the layer.
Properties	Shows the properties of the layer including name, type of layer and spatial extent.
Make Active for Edit	Makes the feature available for editing by making the reference containing the feature active. Available only if at least one feature instance of the selected layer is saved in a referenced file. If there are feature instances in more than one reference, a dialog will open to select the reference. The menu entry will change to Stop Editing while editing is active.