• Text Node (Set Range Toggle on/off)

    Toggling Elements Range and arranging them worked very well in MicroStation V8i for all elements, very helpful keyin. however in connect edition v10.17.02.61 only for (Text nodes & sometime dimension line for place note element) doesn't shows range boundaries…
  • Export Text or Text Nodes to KMZ

    Hi all Is there a good way to export text or text nodes to a Google Earth KMZ file from MicroStation/ OpenX Connect Edition? Currently text is exported as shapes/ fills, which can make a KMZ file really large and slow (in addition to it not looking…
  • Is it possible to use the "find and replace" dialogue to replace all the spaces in text nodes to the tab character?

    I have been experimenting with improving my drafting workflow and I like workflows that can affect the entire drawing I'm working on rather than me having to tediously do an operation one text element at a time. Is there a way to find and replace…
  • How to make text blocks flow properly top to bottom

    So, I have a notes page that consist of discrete blocks of texts. I have been diligent to make is such that I can flow from one block to the other in right order that I wanted, but I found that apparently, when more than one block of text gets selected…
  • [CONNECT] Report Text Nodes

    We can write a MicroStation Report about text elements. Here's an example Text Report . How would I design a report to analyse text nodes? That is, get the text node location, and list its text contents? Suppose I have a text node that contains three…
  • Random Extra Text Nodes in Drawings

    I have DGN and CEL files that have thousands of extra random text nodes. Like some have 40,000+! Does anyone know what is causing this and how to get a wrangle on it? I'm not placing text anywhere near 95% of where the extra nodes are appearing. Yes,…
  • Text vs Text Node

    Several posts about text vs text nodes but I cant find any decent explanation of when and WHY to use either/or. Why is there two options, etc. There was a posting about converting text to text node but nothing to explain why you'd need or want to do…
  • Microstation Word Wrap - Lower case to fit

    Hello, I am encountering a problem with word wrap (perhaps this is not the feature I am supposed to use in the first place): I have a limited space in which I have to enter text so word wraps seems perfect for the job, but sometimes the texts are…
  • Text Node Error when References are Merged

    I have reference files that I need to merged into master (sheet space) . These references contains some text nodes that when merged to master loses the formatting of the paragraph (image attached, on the left is the correct format, onthe right the merged…
  • [V8i] Problems with Copy/Increment Text

    Hello I am using MicroStation V8i - Version 08.11.07.443. I am trying to use the Copy/Increment Text tool and having some issues getting it to work properly. The following is what I experience: I am numbering similar elements in MicroStation. I start…
  • Re: [V8i] Bug: Place Text - Along Element + Transparency

    Trouble Report (TFS) # 15921 - Text Node placed using Along Element Method cannot have Transparency added using Element Information tool. Workaround: Using the Change Element Attributes tool the Transparency is able to be defined. Trouble Report #…
  • Can't place text by ORIGIN

    Was recently downgraded to PowerDraft from V8. Now i can't place any text by ORIGIN. Can place along, above, below, etc. But when trying to place by ORIGIN it says it can't find the text node. I have tried with text nodes bith checked and unchecked in…