Problem

Creating a cell library from shared cells in a DGN file or blocks
in a DWG file

Product: MicroStation V8 and V8i
Version: Varies
Area: Cells

Solution

The keyin EXPORT CELLS SHARED [destinationCellLibraryName] in MicroStation V8.1 provides this ability.

For example, to export all the shared cells in the current file to a file called blockCellLibrary.cel,
use:

EXPORT CELLS SHARED c:\myDgns\blockCellLibrary.cel

This keyin can be used in conjunction with Utilities > Batch Process to rapidly convert all the shared cells in one or more files into a single cell library.

Please refer to MicroStation's online documentation for more information on Batch Process.