Item Types Dropping when using FF=

I have tested the operation of the FF= or Copy Fence Contents tool and have found that if the Item Types are stored in a DGN file but not attached to any elements then they do not copy through to the new DGN file. Is this the operation and outcome you are describing here? Maybe you could provide some examples so we can confirm what you are explaining here. You might consider storing your Item Types in a Design Library (DGNLIB) rather than within separate DGN files.

I have tested the operation of the FF= or Copy Fence Contents tool and have found that if the Item Types are stored in a DGN file but not attached to any elements then they do not copy through to the new DGN file. Is this the operation and outcome you are describing here? Maybe you could provide some examples so we can confirm what you are explaining here. You might consider storing your Item Types in a Design Library (DGNLIB) rather than within separate DGN files.

Andrew Bell said:

You might consider storing your Item Types in a Design Library (DGNLIB) rather than within separate DGN files.

When you first attach Item Types to DGN elements, the Item Type definition is copied from the DGNLib to the active DGN file.  If that were not the case, then we would have to ship a complete workspace — including its DGNLibs — to a client wanting to see business data.