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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Batch adding attributes</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/123462/batch-adding-attributes</link><description>HI all 
 We receive a bunch of Microstation files from various authors/vendor/clients. 
 
 Since those all are create from various template, the attributes attach to those files are not homogeneous. 
 In order to help make those files more similar, I</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Batch adding attributes</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/375063?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2016 15:10:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:95be93db-bf33-4554-aadc-28a202b4af65</guid><dc:creator>mlm</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Typically - as metadata per file - this is is handled by a document management system. Like ProjectWise or others in the market. For 30000 files this is definitely required. Especially as handling that amount of files in a team also probably requires further consideration regarding advanced access control and workflow securit as well as storing the files in a protected environment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you have say ProjectWise you can import those files and the metadata utilizing a spreadsheet. For revisioning &amp;quot;roundtrip&amp;quot; this will require a bit more sophisticated workflow. In very condensed terms: The typical document manager creates packages as tramsmittals and sends them to the external contractor as a transmittal. After being edited the package is brought back into the DMS by the document controller. Upcoming there are also portal solutions where handling of those packages is facilitated and controlled in cloudbased envionments. (Solving the issue of insecure mailing of the packages)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Are those properties in the file in some form ( like as text ) ? DMS systems allow a &amp;quot;titleblock&amp;quot; synchronisation that can handle this. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;imho any other way would be reinventing the wheel. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To expand on the terminology:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you are on the other hand thinking about attaching properties to elements inside those files - this leads us into asset management - Like to cells e.g of machinery, piping, steelwork etc. this is done through tags (until V8i microstation) and items (in Connect and also before within different craft specific applications earlier) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Batch adding attributes</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/374805?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2016 18:00:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:13beed56-0e69-495d-b95b-baaddba11ecb</guid><dc:creator>Luc Poulin</dc:creator><description>Hi John&lt;br /&gt;
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The more it goes the more it head in that direction :-). &lt;br /&gt;
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As mention somewhere, I&amp;#39;m fairly new to manage Bentley stuff so, I wanted to clear as much as possible of the gray area of the full picture before committing to something.....that is why I ask all those questions.&lt;br /&gt;
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Thank you all for your inputs that is really appreciate. Do not hesitate to chime in if you have any experience to share.&lt;br /&gt;
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Have a good day all.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Batch adding attributes</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/374796?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2016 16:23:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:c0dc7076-e060-482c-bc26-d22cd5578858</guid><dc:creator>Jon Summers</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&amp;quot;Luc Poulin&amp;quot;] I have a 1 1/2 years&amp;nbsp;of document (30 000 +)&amp;nbsp;to update. So quick tip that would allow me to perform this will help&amp;nbsp; me...I would only wish it does not involve using VBA[/quote]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You&amp;#39;re asking for something unusual, and you need to automate that operation (unless you can find a reliable intern to annotate 30,000 files).&amp;nbsp; Maybe you don&amp;#39;t like VBA, but you&amp;#39;re compelled to choose some tool to perform your task.&amp;nbsp; If that tool doesn&amp;#39;t exist, you need to write it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Of course, you don&amp;#39;t have to write VBA &amp;mdash; there&amp;#39;s C++ as an alternative.&amp;nbsp; Why not hire a consultant programmer?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Batch adding attributes</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/374787?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2016 15:36:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:1fbbb473-8fac-43fc-ad5b-8a45792f833e</guid><dc:creator>Luc Poulin</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Carl&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;laquo;...When you say MicroStation Attributes may be you could elaborate what exactly...&amp;raquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I use the word A&lt;em&gt;ttribute&lt;/em&gt; because it is the term I saw in Projectwise and Microsation and wanted to avoid causing confusion by using a different word.... The correct wording I should have used is Properties (Metadata), as mention in the links you send me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I believe you provide the info I was looking for. I would only wish it does not involve using VBA. Still have not finish reading all the links.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Just to add more info&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Basically what I was looking for is:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Select multiple files in projectwise (same folder or from a search result)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Select multiple files from Windows explorer and open the properties and fill them&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;RMB on them and fill the properties OR click add properties and create a new properties.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Later I could link those properties to an environment and use them to search and populate border.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At a later time I wanted to enforce those properties so each time a document is add to the system, people had to enter those properties.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I plan to update the templates use to create files, so the Properties will be there by default. But&amp;nbsp; now, I have a 1 1/2 years&amp;nbsp;of document (30 000 +)&amp;nbsp;to update. So quick tip that would allow me to perform this will help&amp;nbsp; me.....&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Thank again for the input&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Batch adding attributes</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/374726?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:30:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f62fc960-26ba-4111-9bf4-8b86009ce2c3</guid><dc:creator>Jon Summers</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&amp;quot;Luc Poulin&amp;quot;]I wish to make them Microstation attibutes[/quote]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One possibility is MicroStation tags.&amp;nbsp; Tags can be defined to be invisible, so third-parties would not see them without some effort.&amp;nbsp; However, tags are dependent on a host element (e.g.&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;title block cell).&amp;nbsp; Tags are handled well by MicroStation VBA and have built-in reporting tools.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Another possibility is &lt;em&gt;user data&lt;/em&gt;, which are handled quite well by MicroStation VBA.&amp;nbsp; You can create an invisible &lt;em&gt;application element&lt;/em&gt; to store a &lt;span style="font-family:courier new,courier;"&gt;DataBlock&lt;/span&gt; of custom data.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Batch adding attributes</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/374721?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:04:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:d437e818-43f6-401b-9673-87575fd9ee90</guid><dc:creator>Carl Myhill</dc:creator><description>These articles may be of interest in respect to File Properties&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://communities.bentley.com/products/projectwise/content_management/w/wiki/5531"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../5531&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://communities.bentley.com/communities/other_communities/askinga/w/askinga/populate-file-properties-with-this-macro"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../populate-file-properties-with-this-macro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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There is no mention of the application versions involved, which may also have a bearing on what others advise.&lt;br /&gt;
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When you say MicroStation Attributes may be you could elaborate what exactly, May be you want to use Tags and import them into each design at a specific location &amp;amp; edit, or perhaps place Text Fields that  pick up on File properties and have them update automatically. There are a number of Forum posts / Wiki&amp;#39;s in this regard such as :&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/mark_penns_blog/archive/2010/04/21/how-to-place-and-update-fileds-in-microstation"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../how-to-place-and-update-fileds-in-microstation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/15196.automatically-update-text-fields"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../15196.automatically-update-text-fields&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The Batch Processor could be used to populate multiple designs using a keyin script or run a macro / vba&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/141/p/59499/142505#142505"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../142505&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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May be explore using Items&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/23933.how-to-create-a-custom-property-type"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../23933.how-to-create-a-custom-property-type&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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You might also consider posting your query on the Content Management Forum if your looking to use this information within Projectwise&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://communities.bentley.com/products/projectwise/content_management/"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../content_management&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Batch adding attributes</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/374566?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2016 15:03:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:dfc47998-6447-4854-9e8e-1d84987bbc1e</guid><dc:creator>Luc Poulin</dc:creator><description>I wish to make them Microstation attibutes so they can follow the file when we redistribute or receive them back&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Batch adding attributes</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/374565?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2016 14:57:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:84e97f1d-b37d-4084-b733-ddb1031eedbd</guid><dc:creator>Jon Summers</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Are those...&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Windows attributes?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;MicroStation attributes?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;ProjectWise attributes?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Something else?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Batch adding attributes</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/374563?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2016 14:51:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:aca49fbe-d96a-4d67-91e3-9649f738c0fa</guid><dc:creator>Luc Poulin</dc:creator><description>I need to add those attributes to .dgn files&lt;br /&gt;
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Station&lt;br /&gt;
Discipline&lt;br /&gt;
Document type&lt;br /&gt;
Review xx&lt;br /&gt;
Version xx&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Batch adding attributes</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/374555?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2016 14:22:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:36322e8a-9817-4a54-82c0-5d6c1d1805ec</guid><dc:creator>Tim Hickman</dc:creator><description>Could you please identify what attributes you are attempting to control ?&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>