My thoughts and fears on using text styles in Border-Seed-Files.

Hello,

I have a bad feeling regarding text styles and its application on Border-Seed-Files.

As an example, the following configuration:

- In a DGN.lib I have all my text styles and are available ion every drawings.
- I have created new Border-Seed-Files with these text styles and the used styles are now integrated as a local style in the Border-Seed-File (recognizable by the blue tick in the text style window).

So far everything is ok.

But now my thoughts and fears ....

If somebody later changes and saves one of the used text styles, all texts in this drawing will be adjusted accordingly.
This would lead to texts from the Border being changed unintentionally!?

So my question is, does it make sense to work in a Border-Seed-File with text styles or should it be better to put all the texts on text style "none" at the end just before releasing them?

I hope I could explain my fears and would be glad if you could tell me your personal opinions and how you are working on that.

Many Thanks
Regards
Raphael

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  • I create and store my text styles in a DGNLIB file, which is stored on the network as part of our standard workspace. That way, if a text style gets out of whack, it can be "reset" to the default value from the network resource. I prefer that method to trying to store my text styles in the drawings themselves - for just the reason you mention. If The text styles are only stored to the drawing, if something gets messed up, there's no central resource to go back to.

    If a user needs to make a modification to a standard text style, it does get written into the drawing and stored there, but it can always be reset to the standard if we need to.

    A networked DGNLIB is what I would recommend, as opposed to creating your text styles just in your seed file.

    MaryB

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  • Even within the same file text styles can bite you in the tushy. I've got in the habit of never clicking save for a text style change, unless I'm adjusting standard stuff. Others use different approach, creating many text styles to satisfy their needs. You can use the Annotation Lock in conjunction with the scale to account for different drawing scales.

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  • Even within the same file text styles can bite you in the tushy. I've got in the habit of never clicking save for a text style change, unless I'm adjusting standard stuff. Others use different approach, creating many text styles to satisfy their needs. You can use the Annotation Lock in conjunction with the scale to account for different drawing scales.

    Connect r17 10.17.2.61 self-employed-Unpaid Beta tester for Bentley

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