In the GSA section of the documentation describing registering spatial features, it states:
"If any features are point features, there will be an option to define a column that can be used to store the angle of the feature as well as columns to store the X and Y scale vale. The angle and scale of cells and text will be stored in the selected columns. The registration wizard automatically looks for columns named MS_XSCALE and MS_Y_SCALE, and MS_ANGLE.
Is it really looking for "MS_Y_SCALE", or is that a typo? I have a MS_YSCALE column, and I picked that column for the "Y Scale" during feature registration. However, the resulting Text feature ( a sub-feature of my polygon collection) only shows "MS_XSCALE" and "myfeature_REF" as properties. Since I specified BOTH an X Scale and Y Scale during the wizard, I expected to see them both as properties. But, if the wizard is indeed expecting MS_Y_SCALE instead, then I understand why it is missing.
Thanks,
Bruce
During the "Register Features..." process columns named MS_ANGLE, MS_X_SCALE and MS_Y_SCALE are automatically selected as shown in the following.
As Jerry mentions you can use any database column names for angle and rotation but manual selection in the wizard would then be required. The columns selected for angle and rotation will not appear under "Properties" in the feature class definition as they are managed by Bentley Map and not intended to appear in edit forms for entry by user.
Regards,
Jeff Bielefeld [Bentley]
Hmm.. So my initial question was slightly incorrect. I thought that MS_Y_SCALE should have been MS_YSCALE (to match the MS_XSCALE in the documentation) but if I understand, the wizard will "auto populate" if it find columns with MS_X_SCALE and MS_Y_SCALE names, not "MS_XSCALE and MS_Y_SCALE" as written in the documentation. My point being that the doc refers to MS_XSCALE not MS_X_SCALE....
Since I am seeing MS_XSCALE as a property after registering my spatial feature (with an annotation table), should I go back, change the column name from MS_XSCALE and MS_YSCALE to MS_X_SCALE and MS_Y_SCALE and re-register the feature? Initially, the column selected for X Scale (MS_XSCALE) IS showing up as a property.
Bruce,
The documentation appears to be in error. I would recommend that you rename your columns to MS_X_SCALE and MS_Y_SCALE and register your feature class again, verifying that the expected columns are automatically selected and not showing up as "Properties" in your class definition.
Answer Verified By: Bruce Reeves SRNS