Hi,
Is someone here pro in MicroStation can someone help please when I go to copy a cell in microstation from one drawing to a different drawing it disappears after I accept the placement.
So for example I have a cell for a normally open relay contact. I want to steal it from another drawing, so select it from that drawing, control-C to copy to clipboard, go to the new drawing, control V to paste it into the drawing.
So far so good, I can see it and it moves around as I decide where to insert the pasted object. Then I make my selection and, Poof, its gone. However I have discovered that if I first drop the cell to geometry before pasting it, then it always works fine. But I really dont want to drop big complex cells to geometry, it effectively breaks them in my opinion.
I tried an experiment where I created a new blank drawing from the default 2D seed file. I then tried pasting various blocks into that new blank drawing. I discovered that certain ones will paste in fine and others will promptly disappear unless dropped to geometry first.
I have verified its not pasting into a level that is turned off.
So what is causing this odd behavior? How can I make paste work without dropping the object? And why does it only disappear some times but not others?
Hi King,
You haven't told us what version you're working on. Please follow Forum best practices.
Trying a long shot here, have you check construction class of the faulty elements?
The cell's that you want to copy are made inside Microstation or other software?
The more information you give us, the more we can help you. For example a screenshot and a small sample file where the issue appear.
Regards
José
Thanks for answering me i use MicroStation v8i what is the construction class ? Actually i have converted autoCAD files to MicroStation as i need to work in MicroStation v8i software today i am not in office tomorrow i can send you files right now when i work on those files i need to drop all shared cells which i dont like can anyone help to come out of this
Answer Verified By: King Khan
Jon summers : sorry i didn't get you can you please explain me very clearly in points.
can it be cannot be simple keyin shortcut or something so i can use that in all files i have nearly 500 files with that same shared cells
King Khan said:can you please explain me very clearly in points
Regards, Jon Summers LA Solutions
Do File|Save As and assign the new file a .cel extension
.cel
From AutoCAD file or MicroStation ?
Jon Summers said:What I would do is to save your DGN file, copied from DWG, as a cell library: that is... From the MicroStation File menu, choose File|Save As and assign the new file a .cel extension
What I would do is to save your DGN file, copied from DWG, as a cell library: that is...
Sorry i tried but still getting disappear