I'm not sure if this is the right place for this topic,,but here goes
I am importing a shp file (points) as cells, that have rotation values included in the attributes. How can I rotate the cells to those values other than using element information and changing the cell angle to the rotation value manually for each one?
I do not think that there is a work around that does not require customizing of some kind.
I see three options:
Ad 1. I do appreciate that this requires time and knowlegde of the XFM APIs. This is not always easy, but we are in process of adding more information to the BE Communities (possibly in the WIKI) to facilitate this. Also, feel free to ask any question if you decide to do this.
Ad 2. This requires budget, and I don't want to be the one to tell what to spend it on.
Ad 3. This is a middle term to long term solution.
Hopefully one these options appeals to you.
Cheers,
Gijsbert
For additional information, please refer to the "Bentley Map XFM Programmers Reference Guide" and "Bentley Map VBA Programmers Reference Guide" documentation delivered with the product.
Regards,
Jeff Bielefeld [Bentley]
Attached is very brief VBA example (and sample design file) which uses XFT to rotate cell feature instances using a "ROTATION" property. Please note this sample does not perform the following verifications...
...and therefore only serves as an simple example of using XFM property values to manipulate existing feature instances.