MichaelK
(Michael K)
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the instructions with the ge’s list all their parameters that can be modified. I don’t recall that there is a setting to ignore the previous dim %.
You have to teach people to tap. 
kidding aside- you can use the CoRE smartapp to make a custom app to adjust the levels.
As an example I have a rule that ramps one of my particular lights to 100% when it is turned on during the day.