Hello,
I have the following situation:
I have received DWG file and it has various shared cells in the model. I obviously don't have corresponding .cel file with the definitions and I know I can export them all to separate file but it creates hundreds of models which have nested models (definitions) inside with even more nested definitions and it's too messy to work with. What I would like to do is to attach a blank library and save definitions I need to edit in that library one by one so I can edit shared cell and update in the model and move to the next one. Is that possible somehow without taking this shared cell, resetting rotation/scale setting up the origin, dropping the instance, creating a new definition for editing and cleaning up the file? It seems very complicated since that definition is already in the file... I am happy if it could be done programmatically even! Ideally, I would love to be able to edit it in place but that doesn't seem to be possible?
Also related to this, what would happen if I do the following:
I have shared cell (A) inside multiple other shared cells (B, C, D and so on) in my file and it is also all saved in the library. Then I open the library and edit shared cell (A) and save the library. Now I understand that all the shared cells in the library (B, C, D and so on) contain updated definition as the library has basically nested structure with nested models, right? So if I now open my main file and reload the library and decide to update those cells (B, C, D and so on) from the library, am I safe to assume that all the instances will contain an updated version of the cell (A)??
Regards,
Bartosz Perepeczo
Frank Klein said:This is the way to save shared cell definitions to a library
Just a point of order: a cell library contains models that are identified as cells (Can be placed as Cell). Cells stored in a library are neither normal nor shared. Bruce Reeves SRNS made the same comment earlier in this thread.
It's only when you place a cell in a DGN model (i.e. create a cell instance) that you choose whether the cell becomes shared or normal.
Regards, Jon Summers LA Solutions
Its complicated. We are kind of used to it...
But there are reoccuring requests for it - here and in the ideas section - like https://microstation.ideas.aha.io/ideas/MS-I-257
Bentley still often likes ppl. to prove their commitment to an issue via Service Requests.
As long as the planned Cell Editor (https://microstation.ideas.aha.io/ideas/MS-I-257) isn't available you can use the workflow Gerd linked to. This is the way to save shared cell definitions to a library, where you can edit and reuse them,
Regards
Frank
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may i ask why there is no editting in place functionality yet for shared cells? shared cells are indispensible in any workflow i can think of. that concept of blocks or components or shared cells is ubiquitous in cad universe (sketchup has it, rhino has it, autocad has it,...), even mstn has it, but without tools to edit them. it just makes no sense.
Hi Cisco, this is exactly what is described in the wiki link.