MicroStation V8i SS4, 08.11.09.829
I have point data in a shapefile, and when I say shapefile I mean a set of four files, shp, shx, prj, & dbf. I reference file attach my shapefile to my survey basemap dgn file. I have a gcs assigned to my basemap file, and I use the “reprojected” setting when attaching the shapefile so that everything is aligned correctly.
I have created a MicroStation Element Template cell, from a cell in my standard cell library and defined the Element Template cell scale to be 1,1,1.
I apply my Element Template cell to my shapefile from the pulldown on the References dialog box.
And the Element Template cell is applied over my data points in my basemap file at 1:1 scale.
So my question is; Can that Element Template cell be defined to be annotation scale sensitive?
I need to reference attach my basemap file to my sheet files, and my sheet files are of various scales, 20:1, 40:1, etc.
If I select theElement Template cell in my dgn file and do an element information on it the “Is Annotation” setting is set to False and is grayed out.
I have tried toggling the reference file attachment setting “Use Active Annotation Scale” on and off with no effect.
My cell in my cell library is defined to be annotation scale sensitive.
I have tried the key-in “Annotation Scale add” and that had no effect.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Regards,
Brian L.
Hi Brian,
I think the answer to your question is "no". An element template does not control the is annotation property of an object (cell). This is handled by the tool that places the object. In your case(and as Duncan stated) since you are applying the template to a reference then the reference attachment would need to be annotative for the cell to scale with annotation (I thick that's the way it works at least).
This one is a bit confusing.
~HTH
John.
yep