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

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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

Lorys · Answer

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

Andrew Bell · Answer

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.

Lorys · Answer

Unknown said: Lorys, I was really hopeful but all I found in arc_label.zip was a pdf of your screen shot.

so sorry now have updated previous zip and included here too.. 
 I also made an excel using the formula at work but as I made it at work it belongs to company but just wanted to point out its not hard to do using excel and the formulas in my pdf.. 
 check it out dont forget to make a back up if you want to edit it for your local units / settings... 3250.arc_labels.zip

Lorys · Answer

New improved calculator for curves note it now has tangent bearing sorry tangent angle to chord and uses metric DOC which uses 20 m station for 1 cord length , where imperial use 100foot instead... I've labelled my equations so you can edit to suit local settings and I improved it to give 0.1 seconds works very well for checking of curves independent of cad / inroads exports...all you do is input the curve radius and sweep angle and it works out the rest... 
 ArcLabelsCalculator.xlsx

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

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