Does Microstation have A tool that will label arc/curve data, yes or no

I have been looking for a tool that microstation has to label arc/curve data (length, radius, delta, tangent) but have yet to find anything. A lot of folks point to infosnap which is fine. My question is does MICROSTATION have a tool that will label arcs or curves, if so, what is it? I have create workarounds to get this information but it would be nice to have 1 tool that could do it in one process. I mean there is Label Line why can't there be "Label Acr/Curve" ?

Thank you

  • I would suggest having a look at Element Dimension tool as this has various options that can be used to "label" arcs or curves.

    It may look like it is just going to dimension straight lines when you first select it but once you click on the arc or curve the icons change to these options.

    There would also be the options under the Angular Dimensions tool to label things like the arc angle, length etc.

    As well as the Radial Dimensions tools.

    Here are also a couple of Wiki articles that show example of arc or curve dimensions.

    http://communities.bentley.com/communities/other_communities/askinga/w/askinga/dimension-an-arcs-length

    http://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/21067.how-to-find-the-length-of-an-arc

    You should also have a look through the Help Documentation under:

    > Contents > Composing Drawings > Dimensioning

    I hope this information is of assistance.

    Regards
    Andrew Bell
    Technical Support
    Bentley Systems

  • Tangent is a calculated value, not part of standard geometry needed to store a curve. The rest can be done with fields and you could probably do Tangent via an expression. Do you want the data along the actual elements like dimensions or are you looking for more of a civil type curve info block of text?
  • Inroads and  or civil extensions  has this but not native mstn..

    This   vba macro has been floating around the internet  for a while but it depends where you live,  metric or imperial you will need  to edit it  for units  and  Degree of curvature 

    I also have a pdf I made that  explains  all the  annotations and mathematics to get all the  information  manually just in case...screen shot here shown

    when you run it data point on curve then data point in dgn plane and it annotates like below...works best in arial font so you get the degree symbol

    The pdf may be easier to read the equations and labelling.. to test it  make a curve the same radius I have used and then do the manual calcs and see what the macro registers .. make a duplicate and then edit the formulas to suit your zone... make sure  you add some comments so you can share it  for both north and south hemispheres of metric and imperial users ....

    or dont use the macro and use my equations here to do it in excel just enter radius and arc angle  which dim tools gives you  or maybe  properties will give the angle too...then copy paste the answer into mstn text paste special etc...

    FYI if your using connect edition  then it may not run..

    Finding the Macro, researching the equations and geometry , drawing up the diagram took me quite a few nights and was very useful for me so  some feed back and appreciation would be nice....

    Sorry vba was missing from zip now updated

    0268.arc_labels.zip

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  • Thanks DavidG,
    the Tangent is part of a Data Table. I have used Infosnap recently but I want to have a 'base' file that has Delta, Radius, Length and Tangent as a backup/verify file. I haven't used an "Expression" before, I'll have to look into it more.
    Andrew Bell, thank you for the suggestion of using Angular Dimension. Over the years I have used a small macro using Dimension Element (which for some reason has been removed as an icon, or I just couldn't find it) along with a couple of other macros for length and delta that work on the fly switching for one to the other.
    Thanks again!
  • Unknown said:
    Thanks DavidG,
    the Tangent is part of a Data Table. I have used Infosnap recently but I want to have a 'base' file that has Delta, Radius, Length and Tangent as a backup/verify file. I haven't used an "Expression" before, I'll have to look into it more.
    Andrew Bell, thank you for the suggestion of using Angular Dimension. Over the years I have used a small macro using Dimension Element (which for some reason has been removed as an icon, or I just couldn't find it) along with a couple of other macros for length and delta that work on the fly switching for one to the other.
    Thanks again!

    did you try the macro its vba and does a really nice  job the text  label data  list all the values just like my image...

    I'd like to hear if anyone else tried it and what you thought...

    Lorys

    Started msnt work 1990 - Retired  Nov 2022 ( oh boy am I old )

    But was long time user V8iss10 (8.11.09.919) dabbler CE  update 16 (10.16.00.80) 

    MicroStation user since 1990 Melbourne Australia.
    click link to PM me