MS V8i SS5
Hello All,
I have a cell (sourcecell) in a dgn file, the cell has some tag inside. I'd like to use the cell in other files. But I don't know how to add the cell into a cell library. I have tried:
1. Attach the dgn file as cell library or open the cel library file, copy the cell by Ctrl+C/V, in this way, the original cell (sourcecell) will be a nested cell in the new cell.
2. Drop the cell, all the attached tags will gone, cannot create a new cell same as the original cell.
Does anyone know how to add a exsiting cell with tags into cell library, so it can be reused? Otherwise it almost impossible to use existing cells without the cell library. Thanks a lot!
Unknown said: MS V8i SS5 Hello All, I have a cell (sourcecell) in a dgn file, the cell has some tag inside. I'd like to use the cell in other files. But I don't know how to add the cell into a cell library. I have tried: 1. Attach the dgn file as cell library or open the cel library file, copy the cell by Ctrl+C/V, in this way, the original cell (sourcecell) will be a nested cell in the new cell. 2. Drop the cell, all the attached tags will gone, cannot create a new cell same as the original cell. Does anyone know how to add a exsiting cell with tags into cell library, so it can be reused? Otherwise it almost impossible to use existing cells without the cell library. Thanks a lot!
in your file that has the tagged cell,
Go to Element >tags > define
find the tag set in the diaog ,
File >export>create tag library
copy the cell and drop it fence file the copy out
open the files our copy
ref attach the orginal file near the new dropped cell so we can match text and levels and where the tags go
now from the The menu Elements > tags >define choose import from library now we have the tags defined use the attach tags tool in tags
now you as you can see the original cell from the ref and you can match properties you can now move the tags around to suit the right places and font style and als text settings levels etc...I would ensure they are all made visible first move around style etc then turn off those you want off by default..
Detach the ref now place fence around your dropped and tagged elements and from the cell tool add an origin ( old school method) make sure cell lib you want to use is attached and use the create cell button and your tagged cell should now work... and not nested but tags work..
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Answer Verified By: Changsong Ling
In case anyone runs across this on google. If all you need is to reuse a cell with many embedded tags in other dgns, one low tech way of doing that is copying the cell with Ctrl+C, not the microstation copy, but actually Ctrl+C.
Then open the file where you need the cell and Ctrl+V paste it inside. You can then use the scale command to scale the cell up or down and all the tags work just fine.
In my case, all I needed was a low tech way to re-use a fairly complex border cell with all sorts of tags and whiz bang stuff embedded in it that was somehow not in the cell library. I assumed, incorrectly, that Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, would somehow not work because I assumed the cell was somehow tied to the parent dgn. My assumption was wrong.
It's as easy as copy, paste, and then scale. Of course, for an in depth, long term solution the above from Lorys is the way to go.
Which begs the question...if the cell can be ctrl+c'ed, ctrl+v'ed, why the heck can't we ctrl+v it into a cell library? Someone answered this too from Bentley, and it is a cogent answer, but Bentley basically says no, we don't want to do that, because we want to provide a perfect, one size fits all, method of moving a cell from a dgn into a library and there are issues with that. It is what it is. Again, if you want the low tech method to re-use a cell with no library, the above worked for me.
It might work manually, but I'd like to re-use the cell by automatic way by codes, so I have to add the cell into cell library.
hey John Ola ok what happens if you open cell lib and create new model name it name of cell and paste cell from clipboard.. nested cell maybe but tags would stay...