Suppose you have a field pointing to certain property of an element and now you want to either point it to a different property or point it to a different element. There is amazing functionality of Edit and Reassign fields.
Edit Field: You can edit already placed field using Edit Field. This is available in right-click menu in Word Processor dialog.
Procedure to edit field:
Fields are basically self-updating text. A field points to a property of an object and display its value. When the value changes, the text update and show the new value.
How to place a field:
You can place fields using Place Text tool. Select Insert Field icon in Word Processor and select the desired property.
Several types of fields can be placed in MicroStation:
Clip volumes are used to limit the displayed volume for a view in order to work within a limited context of model without being hindered by geometry that is not of interest.
Named fences can be used to save and invoke a specific volume of model in future. A useful feature of named fence is that we can associate it with saved view.
How to create a named fence
Create a clip volume. In tool settings dialog, use the Save…