Unknown said: With item types you can select several elements and then attach items types to them in one go. The current beta-release of AreaAnnotator™ CONNECT Edition provides exactly that functionality! When annotating rooms, for example, you can…

Unknown said: How long does it take to get that requested download link? Visit the AreaAnnotator™ download page , fill in the form, download the ZIP package. It's all under your control: you don't have to wait for LA Solutions to do anything! Unpack…

Unknown said: I can't seem to obtain a link to download AreaAnnotator You should request a download for AreaAnnotator™ for MicroStation V8 i from LA Solutions . Unknown said: I have requested it from Bentley AreaAnnotator™ is not a Bentley Systems…

Unknown said: The easiest way would be to change line spacing at tag appearance straight in the drawing It's not exactly clear what you're asking. Tags are graphic elements that you can move manually. Perhaps a DGN example, or screenshot, would illustrate…

Unknown said: If you use his tagger program it places all the tags for you globally Thanks for that endorsement! You'll be pleased to know that the forthcoming AreaAnnotator™ CONNECT Edition includes that global tagging. There's no need for ShapeTagger…

Unknown said: LA Solutions AreaAnnotator ... It's serendipitous that you mention AreaAnnotator™. We're currently working on AreaAnnotator CONNECT Edition. AreaAnnotator CONNECT Edition uses Item Types and Text Fields (Previous versions used MicroStation…

AreaAnnotator™ Unknown said: There is a free tool AreaAnnotator from LA Solutions Thanks for the citation! And you're correct: AreaAnnotator is freeware . ShapeTagger™ If I understand the OP's question, another freeware application may be just…

Unknown said: Where are the settings on the Measure Area Tool ... AreaAnnotator™ An alternative is to use AreaAnnotator ™. You can format the presentation of linear, area and volume measurement. You can also round the values of measurements. …

Unknown said: At this point I would advise extreme caution and rigorous testing before using Item Types in a production environment Thanks for that comment. AreaAnnotator™ Should we consider porting AreaAnnotator to MicroStation CONNECT? AreaAnnotator…

Tags and Item Types Unknown said: Tags have been upgraded to items... Tags have not been upgraded to anything in CONNECT. They remain as they are in MicroStation V8 i . You can carry on working with tags in CONNECT just as you do in V8 i . Item…

Unknown said: CAN WE ...? There's no need to SHOUT! Unknown said: Can we write in the tags fields a parameter to define an element property? As Jan advises, there's no MicroStation tool in V8 i that let's you do that. Perhaps a future MicroStation…

AreaAnnotator Johannes: So the combination of all whould give us the best solution: Quick way of measure and calculation Fields for the dynamic Tags for creating reports AreaAnnotator does 1 & 3 . It also does 2 ,…

Louis: No need for other expensive applications. AreaAnnotator ™ is not only inexpensive — it's free! FlexiTable ™ provides a spreadsheet that operates in MicroStation V8.5 and later. FlexiTable can collect data from areas — shapes…

Area Reporting A weakness of text fields is that they are no more than that: text. One doesn't know what is contained in a text field, or whether it's numeric data or something else. Consequently, it's hard to create the kind of report you want. Others…

Unknown said: Is it possible in MicroStation SS3 to automatically extract all fields in a model to an Excel file? Text fields are text elements. However, there's nothing about a text element that tells you that it contains an updatable field. AreaAnnotator…

AreaAnnotator Chris: I am looking for a way to display area measurements in my drawings using MicroStation. AreaAnnotator is a free plug-in for MicroStation. It works in conjunction with MicroStation tags. When you first tag a shape…

AreaAnnotator™ Amos: I've downloaded the [AreaAnnotator] file and copied the various files into their locations, but when I start microstation and try and load the application it doesn't load. AreaAnnotator requires a Tag Set to be defined…

AreaAnnotator Amos: I was hoping there is a MDL program with an associated function, so that when I adjust a shape, the m2 is adjusted automatically. Is it possible to assign a tag to a shape so that it will show the m2 value of it? …

Volume Measurement Take a look at AreaAnnotator ™. AreaAnnotator is freeware . Despite its name, it also performs volume measurements in 3D. It's supposed to measure SmartSolid 's too. AreaAnnotator augments MicroStation tags by measuring…

AreaAnnotator Amos: I was hoping there is a MDL program with an associated function, so that when I adjust a shape, the m2 is adjusted automatically. Is it possible to assign a tag to a shape so that it will show the m2 value of it? …

AreaAnnotator Thomas: Is it possible for MicroStation's Measure Area > Area Unit to be in International Feet? AreaAnnotator ™ is a freeware add-on for MicroStation. It works with MicroStation tags to provide flexible area annotation. …