is there a way to see what elements AREN'T Rotated/Aligned with the view that you are in ?

You mean view independent text elements?

I'm not exactly certain what you are trying to describe. Could you share a couple of screen shots that illustrate what you have, and what you want?

There aren't many elements that have a rotation - cells, text, maybe a few other things. But lines and shapes and such don't have a rotation value that could be read or filtered - or adjusted.

I suppose you could write a VBA that can analyze the plane or bearing of an element, and compare that to some known plane or bearing, and highlight those that don't match. I can't think of anything native to do what I think you are looking for.

What version of MicroStation are you using? the specific version number (10.xx.xx.xxx) is most helpful.

Hi Jai,

I agree with MaryB, I think looking into VBA might be your best option, but writing the VBA code might prove to be more time consuming than the original workflow.
You could use the Element Selection tool to select "groups" of elements at a time while you manually perform fixes in these groups - it would be slightly less tedious I think.
Also, with multiple elements selected at once, you can observe the properties of each element one-by-one as well as observe them in the view.

For example, say I was attempting to analyze all lines in my drawing, I could use the Element Selection tool to select all elements of the Line type.

Then, open the Properties dialog and go down one-by-one to each Line element and perform fixes.
If you expand the Elements tree out, you can select an individual element which will show that element's properties. It will also add a secondary highlight to that element.

Not sure if this helps, but figured I would share nonetheless.

HTH,
-Jayson P.

Hi Jai,

I agree with MaryB it's crucial to know what elements you want to analyze:

• "rotation" property is available only in few element types, and for them, the rotation can be checked in Properties dialog, mentioned by Jayson Perry 
• other elements (lines, shapes...) have no rotation, although visually they can be aligned with a view, but such analysis is more complex (and requires programming)

My another question is whether the view is always top or can be rotated itself. In the first case, the angle displayed in Properties dialog can be used out of the box. But when the view is rotated, Properties dialog is useless, because it requires extra calculation.

In summary, to solve your question in some user-friendly manner and to have efficient and quick tool, some programming is necessary.

With regards,

  Jan