Create drawing as one single entity

Question

Microstation V8i (SELECTseries 2). I have a drawing in 2D that consists of multiple elements. I want to have the whole drawing as one entity so i can copy the drawing and paste it elsewhere as one drawing. Your help is appreciated.

Jose Pinho · Answer

Hi Rajakrishna, 
 Rajakrishna Sudhakaran said: copy the drawing and paste it elsewhere as one drawing 
 Why not use windows explorer to copy the file? 
 Regards

Jon Summers · Answer

Rajakrishna Sudhakaran said: I want to have the whole drawing as one entity so i can copy the drawing and paste it elsewhere as one drawing 
 The usual approach for that purpose is a MicroStation cell library or a reference . I see that Jos&eacute; is describing the reference route. Here's how to make a cell library from your existing file... 
 
 Save your existing DGN file as a new file
 
 Use file extension .cel 
 Save the file to the same folder where you other cell libraries are located. Look at the paths in configuration variable MS_CELL to see those locations

Create a new, empty DGN file 
 Attach your new cell library 
 Place the cell that is automatically available from your DGN model

Andrew Bell · Answer

There area number of methods that could be used to make all elements in a model of your design file be related as a single entity. The easiest option could be to place the model as a Cell. If it is all the elements within that Design Model then you can go into the properties of that model and tick the option "Can be placed as a cell". 
 https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/content/en/MicroStation%20Help-v10/GUID-95C5EE27-54F3-40F7-301C-37030FE93C3A 
 https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/32001/how-to-create-cells-in-microstation-v8i-and-connect-edition 
 https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/36864/how-to-place-cells-in-a-dgn-file