Is there is anyway to read the original coordinates from attached models into a layout sheet? That option will enable us to do complete drawing annotations in LAYOUT instead of having a hybrid of annotations in the model+layout. This will improve the drawing quality and be more productive. Hopefully someone has a method now to do it.. I'll greatly appreciate it if you can share. Otherwise, it may be a good thing to improve for the future. thanks in advance.
Yes, as mentioned by CadCop this is done by definining an ACS from the reference. To to that, open your sheet and ensure your references are attached correctly. Navigate to the Auxiliary Coordinates dialog and choose Define ACS (Aligned by Reference). Refer to the prompts and select the reference. Also, change the name from Unnamed to something of value.
To use this for labeling, open the Drawing Scale dialog, turn on the Lock Auxilary Coordinate System button and choose / set the active ACS. Finally, choose the Label Point tool and it will automatically use the ACS coordinates.
Also refer to the following: communities.bentley.com/.../measuring-a-scaled-reference.aspx
And: communities.bentley.com/.../label-coordinates-and-auxiliary-coordinate-systems.aspx
Answer Verified By: Gabriel Leal
Another option might be to associate the coordinate label to the object in the reference and use fields. I haven't tried this across reference files but is should work.
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I'm not familiar with PDS so I can't speak to why PDS would require a fixed size drawing in a fixed location. There are probably several solutions. Tough to say which may work best without more details.
I actually tried this and it does work, however, you have to create the fields in a text node for each occurrence of coordinate label because it has to be attached to the actual element in the reference file to show the correct coordinate. If in a cell or even copied and pasted it would only read the paperspace coordinates, so too cumbersome.
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Yes, it would work much better if you could get a field coordinate to the end of the leader or in this case the association point the end of the leader connecting to.