Text Field

G'day all

Chalange: i want to make text filed show cell name.

Cell attached as a reference to DGN file, Sheet model

best wishes

Boris

  • Hello,
    Can you specify the version of MicroStation you are using? It can be found in:
    HELP>ABOUT MICROSTATION
    Could you post a test file displaying your issue?
    Regards
    Derval.



  • Hi,

    it's not quite clear what do you want to achieve. As Dervalcanny wrote, can you post some example?

    You mixed two different concepts: Placing cell into a model and attaching model as a reference.

    To place a cell with text, that will shows the cell's name is possible, you can you text placeholders. But if the same cell is attached as a reference, it's not treated as a cell but as a normal model (which it is), so cell name placeholder will not work. But you can use model name placeholder.

    In the attached cell library both types of placeholders are used: The first cell uses cell property placeholders, so after it's placed as a cell, it displays its coordinates and name (if not, use key-in fiels update all).  The second cell uses model property placeholder, which behaves a different way: If placed as a cell, displays active model name, if referenced, it displays own name (cell model name).

    With regards,

      Jan

    test-lib.cel

  • After placement of the cell in the new file you need to follow-up with a key-in "field update all" to update it to the new filename.

    I created a text string (Field with the file property of the FileName) and an active point in a file. Created a cell from the text string and point, in a cell library and attached the cell library to another file and placed that cell in it. It displayed the name of the cell library it came from until I keyed-in "Field Update All" which changed the cell to the current files' name.

    I Hope This Helps Someone Reading This!  (Intergraph>PseudoStation>MicroStation user since 1980's)

  • G'day Guys

    thank you very much for replies, sorry for late reply, to busy

    my aim is to present cell library similar HTML Author tool under Utilities

    it is not important the way it is done, the weather it is attahched as reference or places as a cell in active file

    simply to say to be able to see them in one place but instead of typing every word of cell name and description i want to use feald to display its name adn description (see attached)

    thank you very much again!

    best wishes

    Boris

    Kind Regards

    Boris Tetleroyd

  • If you only  want the  name of the cell displayed  or description why not  put that text into the cell it self as text and  part of the  cell

    then when you place the  cell  that text will be visible just as text but part of the cell  you could even put the text on  different  levels to the  graphic

    like LEVEL s like

    CELL NAMES

    CELL DESCRIPTIONS 

    then you could toggle these on or off  it could look like

    CELL NAME TXT

     (  ******)     < the cell graphic

    CELL DESCRIPTION TXT

    or if I misunderstood you want to just report a list of cells by their names.. and  library

    I name  never been able to get the  source library name once a cell was placed.. but there are BAS macros and  VBA routines these Forums and ASKINGA that  will produce report all the cell names used and counts of all cells in a file..

    If you were starting  from scratch  I would set up a  cad standard that  has a database catalogue  or cell register  and strict name conventions

    There is a mdl tool  from the  files area that  produces books of  cells graphically and  labels them cell lib by  cell lib but it also can produce a listing  which can be used in excel or access...( cell tools or  cell utilities  I dont remember which as I have  both and use them only  from time to time...at work)

    you could then process you list my cells macro  and  use the  book output  to paste the  library it comes from..

    This would only  work if no external cells were added to the dgns.. but it would show up as no cell library used  if they were  non company library ones...

    Lorys

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