I have a parametric cell model and I inserted another parametric cell inside which makes it nested, i binded all the properties and all went well.
The problem I'm encountering is when i place the cell on a file and try to search for it, I can search both but the properties of the nested parametric cell does not give me any information.
What i would like to do is generate a report on both of their origins.
This is for the original parametric cell
And this is for the nested parametric cell inside the original parametric cell, it does not give me any information. Is this some kind of defect/bug? if it appears on the search result, why is it blank.
Cheers
Hi Crisanto,
You mentioned "Insert another parametric cell inside", could you please illustrate how did you "insert another parametric cell"? Import or reference? Is that possible to provide a sample of your nested parametric cell so we can understand your question better?
Regards,
Grace
Hello Grace,
I am working on a parametric cell "Portal Gantry" then what i did is I inserted a parametric cell "Leg" inside of it by using attach parametric cell. Then I binded the variables.
I followed the workflow on this link from Microstation help
https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/web/MicroStation%20Help-v14/en/GUID-0D6C4E6A-2E0E-4004-B464-4B58440FA893.html
I attached the file
1524.Portal Gantry.dgn
Thanks for the explanation and the file, I tried to place your file as cell in a dgn file, then when searching "parametric cell" in Explorer dialog, I got one element and not seeing the nested parametric cell as in your 2nd screenshot, below is the screenshot from my side. I'm using MicroStation Update 12 release build, are you using same version?
Hi Grace,
Yes i am using the same version, I don't know how i did it but when i used the search option earlier, the result included the nested parametric cell. But right now i tried it again, i'm getting the same result as yours. Seems weird.Is there another way to generate a report and include the origin of the parametric cell that i've placed and the parametric cell which is nested inside it?
Parametric cell is based on model, so the nested elements and the other elements in same model are treated as single parametric cell after placing, that's why nested parametric cell "Leg" does not display under Elements node, If you happen to find a way to reproduce the blank issue, please share the steps, I'll do further investigation. :-) When placing parametric cell, the nested parametric cell is copied to active file as hidden definition file, but not separate element, so there is no cell origin info for nested parametric cell.