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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Annotate Item Types for each exiting elements</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/237983/annotate-item-types-for-each-exiting-elements</link><description>Hi All, 
 Any way(s) or VBA to annotate the properties of Item Types for each exiting element in the DGN model? similar to Display Text: ON in tagged elements.</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Annotate Item Types for each exiting elements</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/741000?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2022 08:48:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:ab322cbb-c609-4e94-ba3b-dd8cf2171f1c</guid><dc:creator>Mark Shamoun</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Im actually not sure why the &amp;quot;Place Label&amp;quot; tool doesn&amp;#39;t already have this - in OpenRoads, they added Text Favorite annotation to the Place Label tool, but surely this should be base platform functionality...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Looks like it can be done now, but a bit clunkier than it needs to be:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fzEAUm_Y0M"&gt;7 Placing Text, Notes and Labels using Text Favorite Manager - YouTube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Annotate Item Types for each exiting elements</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/740982?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2022 07:25:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:94791261-8653-42df-943e-04f4f2ce935b</guid><dc:creator>Jon Summers</dc:creator><description>[quote userid="2342" url="~/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/237983/annotate-item-types-for-each-exiting-elements/740973"]It seems that MicroStation should have similar labeling functions[/quote]
&lt;p&gt;Our family of &lt;a title="LA Solutions: TagWorks family" href="http://www.la-solutions.co.uk/content/connect/Products/AnnotatorCommon/AnnotatorCommonFeatures.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;TagWorks&lt;/a&gt; products provide that functionality...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="LA Solutions: Example Label created by AreaAnnotator" href="http://www.la-solutions.co.uk/content/connect/Products/AreaAnnotator/Labels.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img height="133" src="/resized-image/__size/200x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/273/pastedimage1667978682833v1.png" width="115" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Annotate Item Types for each exiting elements</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/740973?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2022 06:28:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:1f75d5b6-21d2-4b0e-9923-539b1aad3e65</guid><dc:creator>Jing Jing</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Jan, thank you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yes we would like to accomplish the task in MicroStation. But finally i tried a tool in OpenRoads and it helps. (i even tried in OpenCities Map seems not fixed neither).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It seems that MicroStation should have similar labeling functions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Annotate Item Types for each exiting elements</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/740959?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2022 05:01:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f77d4c51-003f-495d-aaf8-b35b77f41887</guid><dc:creator>Jan Šlegr</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;
[quote userid="2342" url="~/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/237983/annotate-item-types-for-each-exiting-elements/740913"]I finally found a function:[/quote]
&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the information you solved the issue. I recommend to mark you own post as answer to notify the question is answered.&lt;/p&gt;
[quote userid="2342" url="~/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/237983/annotate-item-types-for-each-exiting-elements/740913"]Civil Labeller in OpenRoads Designer[/quote]
&lt;p&gt;I am disappointed a bit, because you did not mention your question is about ORD. You did not specify the used product and version, but because asked in MicroStation forum, I think general conclusion was you use MicroStation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When information about ORD would be available, I mention Civil Labeler is one from&amp;nbsp;tool to test.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With regards,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; Jan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Annotate Item Types for each exiting elements</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/740913?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2022 00:42:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:ab17aba0-08d1-421b-bee0-5c732037f496</guid><dc:creator>Jing Jing</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thank you all advice.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I finally found a function: Civil Labeller in OpenRoads Designer. It can be configured with Text Favorites with item types properties; and use &amp;quot;Fence&amp;quot; to label all the elements with the item types properties.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Annotate Item Types for each exiting elements</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/740794?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2022 14:10:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:672a8f3e-2da8-43d8-9c20-3d5ce3533634</guid><dc:creator>Jan Šlegr</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Jing Jing,&lt;/p&gt;
[quote userid="2342" url="~/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/237983/annotate-item-types-for-each-exiting-elements"]similar to Display Text: ON in tagged elements.[/quote]
&lt;p&gt;This Tags functionality is slightly different (and in may opinion more useful ;-) than how Items work:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tags were implemented in such way they can be represented as texts anytime, just using the switch you mentioned.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Items (ItemTypes) are &amp;quot;pure data&amp;quot; feature with no visual representation. As Mark and Jon mentioned already, to represent them, to place text with Text Field (which is a link to selected property at selected element) is necessary. Alternatively Label cell can be prepared, but it requires extra work upfront.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
[quote userid="2342" url="~/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/237983/annotate-item-types-for-each-exiting-elements"]Any way(s) or VBA to annotate the properties of Item Types for each exiting element in the DGN model?[/quote]
&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately there is probably no such VBA available. Problem is that VBA supports Item Types, but not Text Fields, so it is possible to create and attach Items to elements, but not create linked&amp;nbsp;text.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, to work with Text Fields is possible in C++ API only.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With regards,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; Jan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Annotate Item Types for each exiting elements</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/740793?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2022 13:58:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:ef0ccd1c-52fe-4002-9314-ad6d63dd6df5</guid><dc:creator>Jan Šlegr</dc:creator><description>[quote userid="2269" url="~/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/237983/annotate-item-types-for-each-exiting-elements/740777"]What&amp;#39;s not clear is how the new Text Field is incorporated into a text element.&amp;nbsp; Perhaps &lt;a href="/members/4752522e_2d00_ecbd_2d00_47b9_2d00_addd_2d00_b2de36176a64" class="internal-link view-user-profile"&gt;Marco Salino&lt;/a&gt; could provide a hint?[/quote]
&lt;p&gt;Perhaps you can try it yourself? ;-)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I do not see any magic and unclearness here: When Item is attached, new text node is created with Text Fields, equal and linked to individual Item properties.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[Corection] Individual Text Node is created for every property, so when there are e.g. 4 &amp;quot;should be linked to text&amp;quot; properties, 4 individual text elements are created.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Regards,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; Jan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Annotate Item Types for each exiting elements</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/740777?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2022 12:42:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:43390c11-17b0-4144-bbe4-e28a4579d33c</guid><dc:creator>Jon Summers</dc:creator><description>[quote userid="334014" url="~/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/237983/annotate-item-types-for-each-exiting-elements/740764"]Perhaps the new Item Type Text functionality may help[/quote]
&lt;p&gt;Thanks for pointing out that new functionality!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What&amp;#39;s not clear is how the new Text Field is incorporated into a text element.&amp;nbsp; Perhaps &lt;a href="/members/4752522e_2d00_ecbd_2d00_47b9_2d00_addd_2d00_b2de36176a64"&gt;Marco Salino&lt;/a&gt; could provide a hint?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Annotate Item Types for each exiting elements</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/740764?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2022 11:22:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:dadbbf5d-9060-40b2-9777-800d34439f95</guid><dc:creator>Mark Shamoun</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Perhaps the new Item Type Text functionality may help:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/microstation/b/microstation_blog/posts/new-in-microstation-connect-edition-update-17---item-types-tables-and-reports-enhancements"&gt;New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 17 - Item Types - MicroStation Blog - MicroStation - Bentley Communities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Annotate Item Types for each exiting elements</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/740757?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2022 11:10:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:453fecc4-02f3-4119-9fe9-2a492074b767</guid><dc:creator>Jon Summers</dc:creator><description>[quote userid="2342" url="~/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/237983/annotate-item-types-for-each-exiting-elements/740641"]We want the properties of item types being labelled next to those points[/quote]
&lt;p&gt;The way to label &lt;a title="MicroStation Help: Item Types" href="https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/web/MicroStation%20Help-v21/en/GUID-2741F865-F780-422B-AA09-D8E2879D6A90.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Item Type&lt;/a&gt; data is to use a &lt;a title="MicroStation Help: Fields - Derived Content in Text" href="https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/web/MicroStation%20Help-v21/en/TextFields.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;text field&lt;/a&gt; in a text, text node or cell element.&amp;nbsp; When &lt;a title="MicroStation Help: Text Editor Window" href="https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/web/MicroStation%20Help-v21/en/WordProcessorTextEditor.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;editing text&lt;/a&gt;, you have the option to insert a text field that connects to an element.&amp;nbsp; If that element includes &lt;em&gt;Item&lt;/em&gt; data, you can pick one of those properties to display the data.&amp;nbsp; Your text may include one or more text fields, each displaying a different element property.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Post a DGN file that includes your &lt;em&gt;Item Type&lt;/em&gt; definition and tell us how you want to see those data.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;N.B. MicroStation has had a different and unrelated technology, &lt;a title="MicroStation Help: To Fill In an Enter Data Field" href="https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/web/MicroStation%20Help-v21/en/GUID-C1C420DB-3974-0340-F7F4-944EC43A57D5.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;enter data fields&lt;/a&gt;, for decades.&amp;nbsp; &lt;em&gt;Enter data&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;text fields&lt;/em&gt; are two different technologies.&amp;nbsp; Don&amp;#39;t confuse them!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Annotate Item Types for each exiting elements</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/740641?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:15:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:c6c08a42-45bd-4182-a287-45bcce920e50</guid><dc:creator>Jing Jing</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thank you Jon.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The MicroStation we used is 10.17.01.58. And below is the sample of 4 points that with item types. We want the properties of item types being labelled next to those points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/273/pastedimage1667866522306v1.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Annotate Item Types for each exiting elements</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/740487?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2022 08:13:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:d731ec89-7876-4d16-ba69-f1147e08bfd4</guid><dc:creator>Jon Summers</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;What is the exact version no. (e.g. v10.x.y.z) of MicroStation that you are using? Use key-in &lt;code&gt;VERSION&lt;/code&gt; to see the version no. in the MicroStation Message Center, or &lt;em&gt;Help&amp;rarr;About MicroStation&lt;/em&gt; in the backstage.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See this &lt;a title="MicroStation blog: MicroStation CONNECT Version: How to find it" href="/products/microstation/b/microstation_blog/posts/microstation-connect-version-how-to-find-it" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;blog that shows you how to obtain MicroStation&amp;#39;s version number&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;#39;re using an additional product (e.g.&amp;nbsp;ProjectWise, OpenXxx) let us know about that too!&lt;/p&gt;
[quote userid="2342" url="~/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/237983/annotate-item-types-for-each-exiting-elements"]Any way(s) or VBA to annotate the properties of Item Types for each exiting element in the DGN model?[/quote]
&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#39;s not clear what you mean by &amp;#39;exiting element&amp;#39;.&amp;nbsp; Do you want to create a text label that includes the value of an &lt;em&gt;Item&lt;/em&gt; property?&amp;nbsp; Please post some screenshots or, preferably, a DGN file that illustrate what you want.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>