CHANGE COORDINATE SYSTEM IN MULTIPLE DRAWINGS AT ONCE

Question

Is there any way to change the coordinate system to a complete set of drawings?

I have an old project in a coordinate system A and I need to change all of its main drawings to a coordinate system B.

You can do it one at a time, but it is very slow.
Does anybody have any suggestions?

The drawings are in dwg.

Thank you.

Lorys · Answer

that wont work it just renames the GCS to another name datum projection it wont reproject the data in the design file will it? 
 If I had just one file I would reapply the new projection thru the GCS tools and accept the reproject option when it pops. 
 geocoordinate assign noquery GCSNAM 
 ok I figured it out its 
 geocoordinate assign reproject NEWGCSNAME 
 Example 
 my old file is MGA94-55 
 I want to change it to MGA94-55 and reproject it 
 the key in is 
 geocoordinate assign reproject MGA94-54 ( as it was named in the GCS tool window must letter perfect) 
 geocoordinate assign reproject MGA94-54; FIT VIEW EXTENDED 
 and yep it reprojects without going to the CGS tools to do it!

Manoj Sahani · Answer

Hi Adif, 
 
 Edit attached &lsquo;Change_ACS.txt&rsquo; file 
 Rename word &lsquo;New&rsquo; to your desired existing ACS name. (that ACS should be available in your each dgn file) 
 Save the file and close.

In MicroStation, go to menu File> Tools> Batch Process. 
 Click on &lsquo;Add Files or Directories to Process&rsquo; button. 
 Select all files in which you want to change the ACS. 
 Click on &lsquo;&hellip;&rsquo; button (Browse for command file) > select attached .txt file. 
 Click on &lsquo;Process Batch Process Job&rsquo; button> click &lsquo;Process&rsquo; 
 
 This will change ACS in all selected files.

Fullscreen 
 Change_ACS.txt 
 Download 
 
 acs activate all New
filedesign

HTH, 
 Manoj

Manoj Sahani · Answer

Oh okay, if that is related to GCS then... 
 
 Invoke GCS Library > select desired GCS from the list and &lsquo;Copy&rsquo; its name properly from the right pane. 
 Open attached txt file, delete all previous content and just keep below line in it&hellip;

geocoordinate assign noquery GCSNAME

Replace GCSNAME in above line by GCS name you&rsquo;ve copied. 
 Save and close the file. 
 
 5. Follow the same procedure from Step-4 as mentioned in my first reply. 
 
 Thanks, 
 Manoj

CHANGE COORDINATE SYSTEM IN MULTIPLE DRAWINGS AT ONCE

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