In older microstation if you got an ACAD file full of single texts, you could just select them in order, CTRL C then edit the first an paste all the text into one line.
Same with selecting texts and pasting into notepad, excel etc.
Simples.
Now it pastes the texts selected in the order they are entered into the model. So the above method or functionality is lost.
Is this yet more functionality that new Bentley programmers are unaware of and just write of of existance or have aI missed a new setting about how paste work with Selections.
Is there a preference option somewhere or a undocumented variable that governs how selections are presented to other programs and the editor?
There is a lot of information how to reorder features here: https://communities.bentley.com/communities/other_communities/askinga/w/askinga/change-the-display-order-of-your-elements.aspx
I specifically like this answer:
MicroStation V7 and V8 - Use CTRL, Pick, Pick Pick, G, U, Release Here's another method as suggested by Gerald Hernandez. Select the elements individually into a selection set, in the order you want them displayed. (First element on bottom, last element on top). Add them to a group with CTRL+G. Then drop the group with CTRL+U and release the selection set. So thats...Press and hold the CTRL key, pick an element, pick an element, pick an element, G, U, let go of the CTRL key and finally, release the selection set. Done. Preso. Finito. Note, this can be done to send elements to the back as well...it's all in the picking order!
Best wishes,
Erica
That is a workaround for what used to be std.
"it is all in the picking order" or was.. grouping and ungrouping works as items are rewritten to the dgn.
But before selections held elements in the picking order not the order they are in the file.
This was the default. Now it is not.
This functionality had changed as described further in this thread communities.bentley.com/.../22191.aspx
Unknown said:...problem being created by new Bentley programmers not being aware of old functionality.
Well in this case I was both aware of the old behavior and hardly a new programmer...but ok. :)
Please post a dgn so I can see a real-world test case that demonstrates where individually picking each and every piece of text is preferable to a quick drag select and getting a predictable order. I am not opposed to preserving selection set order when the order is the result of a pick (not a drag, not choose all, not a result of elements being in graphic or named groups). I am only opposed to using file position as the paste order as that is not intuitive or easily discoverable.
Unknown said:I still would like the option to use CTRL Z to undo the first pick point using MOVE/COPY and other manipulation commands. But I doubt there is any chance of that coming back.
But I doubt there is any chance of that coming back.
Yes, there is zero chance of the ctrl+z behavior coming back...but as I've told you previously I did take your complaint seriously and in the next version you will be able to using ctrl+data to identify elements (in addition to ctrl+drag which works now), and then the next data point will define the anchor. Yes, it's different...but it's better and more consistent with our standard pick logic and expectations about what ctrl+z will do.