How can I change data field to normal text in micro station v8i.
Dear Tim.... I want do this one almost 1000 sheets...........
thanks for your valuable reply...
that is what I guessed - as Duncan and Jan have mentioned, there is not an easy way to do this.
To do it individually, you can open the text editor dialog, rather than the word processor. In the text editor dialog the data field shows as having << >> on either side of the text. Removing these characters in the text editor will then make the text normal (no longer a data field). There is no "mass" changing function in the product.
Another work around would be to save the file to DWG (as DWG does not support data fields). Doing this may change other data in the file, that is not desired, so I only recommend as a possible workaround (you may not get the results you want doing this).
Timothy Hickman
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if we are talking about data edit fields and not text fields linked to element attributes like area, then there was a Bentley created vba floating around.. and it can be run thru the batch processor.... if you cannot find it in the forum I may have it in the archives at home so PM me and I'll look around and see if I an pass it along...
Lorys
Started msnt work 1990 - Retired Nov 2022 ( oh boy am I old )
But was long time user V8iss10 (8.11.09.919) dabbler CE update 16 (10.16.00.80)
MicroStation user since 1990 Melbourne Australia.click link to PM me
Dear Mr.Lorys,
actually I want to change data field text to normal text for more sheets....
regards