Save As V8 Options References tab

Controls how references are handled when you save a file as a V8 file.

You can choose to keep references as attachments, combine a file and its references into a single output file, or omit the reference attachments from the output file.

Save As V8 Options, References tab

For information on references, see Using References.

Levels From View

Identifies which levels from the reference attachments are merged (if a merge option is selected for the attachments).

• None
— (Default.) Elements from all levels will be merged.

• View1 — View 8
— Elements will be merged only if they are from levels that are displayed in the selected view.

Self Attachments

Controls how self-attachments are handled when you save to a V8 file.

A self-attachment is a reference attached to itself. In MicroStation, self-attachments are often used to create detailed sections of a drawing.

• Retain
— Keeps the attachments to the output file.

• Merge
— Merges the attachment geometry into the output file as individual elements.

• Merge to Cell
— Merges the attachment geometry into the output file as a single cell.

• Omit
— Omits the attachment from the output file.

External Attachments

Controls how standard attachments to the default model are handled when you save to a V8 file.

• Retain
— Keeps the attachments to the output file.

• Merge
— Merges the attachment geometry into the output file as individual elements.

• Merge to Cell
— Merges the attachment geometry into the output file as a single cell.

• Omit
— Omits the attachment from the output file.

Copy Levels During Merge

Describes how levels are handled when you merge references from the DGN file into a DWG/DXF file.

• If Not Found
— Levels from the reference are merged into the output file only if they (or a level with the same name) do not exist in the active model.

• If Overrides Exist
— Levels from the reference are merged into the output file if the level does not exist in the active model, or if the settings for the active model level are different than those of the attachment. Differences include overrides that have been applied to the attachment levels, or differences between the levels as defined in the active model and reference.

• Always
— Levels from the reference are merged into the output file even if an identical level exists within the active model.

Convert Reference Files

If on, when saving from a DWG or V7 DGN file to a V8 DGN file, all references are converted to V8 DGN files.

• When saving a V8 DGN file to another V8 DGN file, this setting is ignored. Since the file format for the master file is not converted, the file formats for references are not converted.

• If the master file is saved to a different directory, all references are also saved to that directory. If the master file is saved to the same directory, then each reference is saved to its original directory.

Allow Optimized Clip for Reference Merge

If on, maintains the surfaces and solids and shapes when they are clipped during the merge process. If off, the surfaces and solids are dropped to their boundary/wireframe elements.