Item Types
MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17 introduces several enhancements and new features for Item Types:
Automatically create Text fields from Item Types properties
It is now possible to create Text Fields easily, directly from item Types properties. You will find a new toggle beside Item Types properties in the following dialogs:
This toggle is off by default. You can set the default status of the toggle when creating an Item Types from the Item Type manager dialog and override this default behavior when attaching the item types from the Attach Item Types dialog. The Edit Item dialog now lets you also change the Text Field status of the selected Item Types' properties.
It is possible to select the Text Style to be used in these text fields from the Attach and Edit Item dialogs.
We have also added a new option in the View Attributes dialog to show or hide all Item Types Text Fields.
Item Types propagation
With this new release, Item Types attached to an element will be propagated to all the resulting elements of a break-type operation, such as line break, trim and drop. In case of dropping a cell, it is possible to decide if keeping the Item Types attached to the cell header or any of its sub-elements, in case there is a conflict as a result of the drop operation.