Hello, its me again.
I was wondering if there is any keyin to place text with already text in it. For example : I press custom button and the button will open text dialog with preset text in it. Is there any way to do that? Now Iam using the "place dialogtext" keyin but I want to make it more automated. PS Iam using microstation V8i SS3
Thanks for any suggestions
Here is an old AskInga link to a utility for placing repetative text. This works with CONNECT. If you know how to edit the code you can add your own predefined text.
I added the predefined text in the bottom half of my utility.
https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/418/simplifly-repetitive-text-placement-with-this-vba
Microstation CONNECT - 10.17.2.61
ORD - 2021 R1 10.10.1.3
ORD 2022 R1.1 - 10.11.3.2
ORD 2022 R3 - 10.12.2.4
Microstation v8i SS 10 - 08.11.09.919
Power InRoads v8i - 08.11.09.615
ProjectWise - 10.0.3.453
How have I never seen this before?
MaryB
Power GeoPak 08.11.09.918Power InRoads 08.11.09.918OpenRoads Designer 2021 R2
@Mary - as Bob mentioned before the text favorites would do this as well - no need for Inga's utility in CONNECT.
https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/web/MicroStation%20Help-v23/en/TextSnippetManager.html
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Whenever we move to CONNECT/ORD...Even then, we will have plenty of projects in the V8i pipeline, so this will be very useful for a few more years.
MaryB said:How have I never seen this before?
MaryB said:V8i pipeline, so this will be very useful for a few more years.
Wow!
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MaryB said:projects in the V8i pipeline
We have a few projects that will remain in Power InRoads SS2 for a few years yet. Too far along in the design process to switch. Back when I was only doing drafting work I used this tool all the time.
One of the great features is that you can have a predefined line of text, like Legal Right of Way. When you select that string its added to the text editor. At that point you can add more text on the fly (ex Legal Right of Way for Limited Access) so you don't need to have every possible text string defined.
mwlong said:We have a few projects that will remain in Power InRoads SS2 for a few years yet. Too far along in the design process to switch.
Yep. our DOT just provided their ORD standards at the end of last year, so everything up to this point (and even a few of the new projects) are all Power Geopak or Power InRoads. We're going to have to train everyone before making the switch because we've added staff, and I'm pretty sure we've all forgotten most of anything they learned of the modeling process from several years ago. At that point we can do new projects in ORD, but we will still have that backlog of older projects. It's not worth trying to convert anything that far along in the design process.