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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MicroStation&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;10.11.00.36&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N\A&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Text&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;General&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;Problem&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;How to change all numeric Text elements within a file from 4 to 2 decimal places. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Solution&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following workflow demonstrates one method, which involves a combination of techniques&amp;nbsp;to identify the&amp;nbsp;Text elements and their coordinate position, before exporting them to&amp;nbsp;a third party application&amp;nbsp;for reformat (Change the # of decimal places)&amp;nbsp;followed by&amp;nbsp;reimporting.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STEP 1 - Identifying and selecting the element to be modified&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are various methods that could be used here such as using tools like&amp;nbsp;Element Selection, Select By Attributes, Reports .. In this instance the Explorer&amp;#39;s Advanced Search will be used.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Open the Explorer (Drawing &amp;gt; Home &amp;gt; Primary &amp;gt; Explorer)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Under the &amp;lsquo;File&amp;lsquo; Section, select the &amp;lsquo; Advanced Search&amp;#39; tool.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1040x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/4863.Image1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the Advanced Search dialog search for &amp;#39;Text&amp;#39; by defining the parameters required to select the Text to be changed. &lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;(See the Help for further detail) and &amp;lsquo;Add to Search&amp;rsquo; and click OK.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1040x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/1588.Image2.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The search results will appear in the Explorer dialog and the elements in the View will be selected.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:large;"&gt;STEP 2 - Exporting the Text and their corresponding coordinates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Right Click on the Search Results and select &amp;lsquo;Save As Report Definition&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1040x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/2654.Image3.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;In the Reports dialog that opens with the Text Search Results add columns for the Text String and the x,y (Optionally Z) coordinates of their origin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1040x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/0083.Image4.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the Text String, e&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;xpand Text &amp;gt; Contents and toggle on &amp;lsquo;Text String&amp;rsquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1040x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/2158.Image5.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Expand Text &amp;gt; Geometry and toggle on &amp;lsquo;Origin&amp;rsquo; and select &amp;lsquo;OK&amp;lsquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1040x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/3225.Image6.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;To specify the Test Origins X coordiante right click on the Origin column and select &amp;#39;Add Formatting&amp;#39;and in the Properties select the X coordinate.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Right Click on the Column &amp;lsquo;Origin&amp;rsquo; and select &amp;lsquo;Rename&amp;rsquo; and give it an appropriate name &amp;lsquo;X&amp;rsquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Copy and paste the Column &amp;#39;X&amp;#39; and rename the copy to &amp;#39;Y&amp;#39; and change its&amp;nbsp;Format&amp;nbsp;properties to pick up the &amp;#39;Y&amp;#39; coordinate. (Repeat this step for &amp;#39;Z&amp;#39; &amp;nbsp;if required)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Verify the results using the Reports Preview tool before Exporting them to Excel or other format.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1040x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/Image10.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:large;"&gt;STEP 3 - Reformat the Text to 2 Decimal places in the exported file&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Open the exported file in Excel or other application, and reformat the cells in the column &amp;#39;Text String&amp;#39; to show 2 decimal places and remove Row 1 (Rremember the column order) before saving the file to csv format.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1040x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/Image12.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:large;"&gt;STEP 4 - Importing the modified Text from the CSV file&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;RECOMMENDATION : Before importing the Text take a backup of the Design file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Start by removing the Text element from the Design file, to do this in Explorer select the search created earlier, all the elements should now be selected and can be deleted using the Delete tool.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Select the Import Coordinates Tool ( Drawing &amp;gt; Annotate &amp;gt; Terrain Modelling &amp;gt; Import Coordinates )&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;In the Tool Settings browse/select the&amp;nbsp;CSV file created earlier.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Change the Import Type to &amp;lsquo;Text&amp;rsquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Change the Order to match the CSV columns order (T stands for Text to be imported)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Select Process.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1040x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/Image13.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;The Text elements should now appear in the Design reformated showing 2 decimal places.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;+++++&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;"&gt;Note: For Dimension elements containing 4 decimal places, these can be changed by modifying the Dimension Style used to place the dimension, or alternatively by defining a new Dimension Style with the Unit formatting required. This in turn can be applied to the dimensions using the Change Dimension tool.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/18599/apply-dimension-style-to-existing-dimensions-which-have-no-dimension-style"&gt;Apply Dimension Style To Existing Dimensions-which-have-no-dimension-style&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/26009/how-to-import-coordinates-x-y-z-and-their-respective-labels-or-text"&gt;How To Import Coordinates X Y Z And Their Respective Labels Or Text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " height="60" src="http://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" width="189" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Carl Myhill&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: text, xyz tool, GENERAL, reports, MicroStation, 10.11.00.36, en&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>How to change all numeric Text elements from 4 to 2 decimal places</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/40448/how-to-change-all-numeric-text-elements-from-4-to-2-decimal-places/revision/2</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2018 16:16:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:384f9598-2229-4ca0-be76-b47a15344da9</guid><dc:creator>Carl Myhill</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/40448/how-to-change-all-numeric-text-elements-from-4-to-2-decimal-places#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to MicroStation Wiki by Carl Myhill on 12/7/2018 4:16:54 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MicroStation&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10.11.00.36&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N\A&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Text&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;General&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;Problem&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;How to change all numeric Text elements within a file from 4 to 2 decimal places. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Solution&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following workflow demonstrates one method, which involves a combination of techniques&amp;nbsp;to identify the&amp;nbsp;Text elements and their coordinate position, before exporting them to&amp;nbsp;a third party application&amp;nbsp;for reformat (Change the # of decimal places)&amp;nbsp;followed by&amp;nbsp;reimporting.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STEP 1 - Identifying and selecting the element to be modified&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are various methods that could be used here such as using tools like&amp;nbsp;Element Selection, Select By Attributes, Reports .. In this instance the Explorer&amp;#39;s Advanced Search will be used.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Open the Explorer (Drawing &amp;gt; Home &amp;gt; Primary &amp;gt; Explorer)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Under the &amp;lsquo;File&amp;lsquo; Section, select the &amp;lsquo; Advanced Search&amp;#39; tool.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1040x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/4863.Image1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the Advanced Search dialog search for &amp;#39;Text&amp;#39; by defining the parameters required to select the Text to be changed. &lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;(See the Help for further detail) and &amp;lsquo;Add to Search&amp;rsquo; and click OK.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1040x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/1588.Image2.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The search results will appear in the Explorer dialog and the elements in the View will be selected.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:large;"&gt;STEP 2 - Exporting the Text and their corresponding coordinates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Right Click on the Search Results and select &amp;lsquo;Save As Report Definition&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1040x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/2654.Image3.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;In the Reports dialog that opens with the Text Search Results add columns for the Text String and the x,y (Optionally Z) coordinates of their origin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1040x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/0083.Image4.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the Text String, e&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;xpand Text &amp;gt; Contents and toggle on &amp;lsquo;Text String&amp;rsquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1040x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/2158.Image5.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Expand Text &amp;gt; Geometry and toggle on &amp;lsquo;Origin&amp;rsquo; and select &amp;lsquo;OK&amp;lsquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1040x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/3225.Image6.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;To specify the Test Origins X coordiante right click on the Origin column and select &amp;#39;Add Formatting&amp;#39;and in the Properties select the X coordinate.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1040x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/Image7.png" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1040x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/Image8.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Right Click on the Column &amp;lsquo;Origin&amp;rsquo; and select &amp;lsquo;Rename&amp;rsquo; and give it an appropriate name &amp;lsquo;X&amp;rsquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Copy and paste the Column &amp;#39;X&amp;#39; and rename the copy to &amp;#39;Y&amp;#39; and change its&amp;nbsp;Format&amp;nbsp;properties to pick up the &amp;#39;Y&amp;#39; coordinate. (Repeat this step for &amp;#39;Z&amp;#39; &amp;nbsp;if required)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1040x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/Image9.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Verify the results using the Reports Preview tool before Exporting them to Excel or other format.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1040x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/Image10.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1040x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/Image11.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:large;"&gt;STEP 3 - Reformat the Text to 2 Decimal places in the exported file&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Open the exported file in Excel or other application, and reformat the cells in the column &amp;#39;Text String&amp;#39; to show 2 decimal places and remove Row 1 (Rremember the column order) before saving the file to csv format.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1040x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/Image12.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:large;"&gt;STEP 4 - Importing the modified Text from the CSV file&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;RECOMMENDATION : Before importing the Text take a backup of the Design file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Start by removing the Text element from the Design file, to do this in Explorer select the search created earlier, all the elements should now be selected and can be deleted using the Delete tool.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Select the Import Coordinates Tool ( Drawing &amp;gt; Annotate &amp;gt; Terrain Modelling &amp;gt; Import Coordinates )&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;In the Tool Settings browse/select the&amp;nbsp;CSV file created earlier.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Change the Import Type to &amp;lsquo;Text&amp;rsquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Change the Order to match the CSV columns order (T stands for Text to be imported)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Select Process.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1040x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/Image13.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;The Text elements should now appear in the Design reformated showing 2 decimal places.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;+++++&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;"&gt;Note: For Dimension elements containing 4 decimal places, these can be changed by modifying the Dimension Style used to place the dimension, or alternatively by defining a new Dimension Style with the Unit formatting required. This in turn can be applied to the dimensions using the Change Dimension tool.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1040x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/Image14.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/18599/apply-dimension-style-to-existing-dimensions-which-have-no-dimension-style"&gt;https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/18599/apply-dimension-style-to-existing-dimensions-which-have-no-dimension-style&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/26009/how-to-import-coordinates-x-y-z-and-their-respective-labels-or-text"&gt;https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/26009/how-to-import-coordinates-x-y-z-and-their-respective-labels-or-text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " height="60" src="http://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" width="189" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;h1&gt;Problem&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;div class="" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;How to change all numeric Text elements within a file from 4 to 2 decimal places. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Solution&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following workflow demonstrates one method, which involves a combination of techniques&amp;nbsp;to identify the&amp;nbsp;Text elements and their coordinate position, before exporting them to&amp;nbsp;a third party application&amp;nbsp;for reformat (Change the # of decimal places)&amp;nbsp;followed by&amp;nbsp;reimporting. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STEP 1 - Identifying and selecting the element to be modified&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are various methods that could be used here such as using tools like&amp;nbsp;Element Selection, Select By Attributes, Reports .. In this instance the Explorer&amp;#39;s Advanced Search will be used.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;Open the Explorer (Drawing &amp;gt; Home &amp;gt; Primary &amp;gt; Explorer)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;Under the ‘File‘ Section, select the ‘ Advanced Search&amp;#39; tool.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt; Image 1 &amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the Advanced Search dialog search for &amp;#39;Text&amp;#39; by defining the parameters required to select the Text to be changed. &lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;(See the Help for further detail) and ‘Add to Search’ and click OK.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt; Image 2 &amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The search results will appear in the Explorer dialog and the elements in the View will be selected.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;STEP 2 - Exporting the Text and their corresponding coordinates&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;Right Click on the Search Results and select ‘Save As Report Definition&amp;#39;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;&amp;lt; Image 3 &amp;gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;In the Reports dialog that opens with the Text Search Results add columns for the Text String and the x,y (Optionally Z) coordinates of their origin.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt; Image 4 &amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the Text String, e&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;xpand Text &amp;gt; Contents and toggle on ‘Text String’&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;&amp;lt; Image 5 &amp;gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Expand Text &amp;gt; Geometry and toggle on ‘Origin’ and select ‘OK‘&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;lt; Image&amp;nbsp;6 &amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;To specify the Test Origins X coordiante right click on the Origin column and select &amp;#39;Add Formatting&amp;#39;and in the Properties select the X coordinate.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;lt; Image 7 &amp;amp; 8 &amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Right Click on the Column ‘Origin’ and select ‘Rename’ and give it an appropriate name ‘X’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Copy and paste the Column &amp;#39;X&amp;#39; and rename the copy to &amp;#39;Y&amp;#39; and change its&amp;nbsp;Format&amp;nbsp;properties to pick up the &amp;#39;Y&amp;#39; coordinate. (Repeat this step for &amp;#39;Z&amp;#39; &amp;nbsp;if required)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;lt; Image 9 &amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Verify the results using the Reports Preview tool before Exporting them to Excel or other format.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;lt; Image 10 &amp;amp; 11 &amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;STEP 3 - Reformat the Text to 2 Decimal places in the exported file&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Open the exported file in Excel or other application, and reformat the cells in the column &amp;#39;Text String&amp;#39; to show 2 decimal places and remove Row 1 (Rremember the column order) before saving the file to csv format.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;lt; Image 12 &amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;STEP 4 - Importing the modified Text from the CSV file&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;RECOMMENDATION : Before importing the Text take a backup of the Design file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Start by removing the Text element from the Design file, to do this in Explorer select the search created earlier, all the elements should now be selected and can be deleted using the Delete tool.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Select the Import Coordinates Tool ( Drawing &amp;gt; Annotate &amp;gt; Terrain Modelling &amp;gt; Import Coordinates )&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;In the Tool Settings browse/select the&amp;nbsp;CSV file created earlier. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Change the Import Type to ‘Text’&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Change the Order to match the CSV columns order (T stands for Text to be imported)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Select Process.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;lt; Image 13 &amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;The Text elements should now appear in the Design reformated showing 2 decimal places.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;+++++&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class="" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;"&gt;Note: For Dimension elements containing 4 decimal places, these can be changed by modifying the Dimension Style used to place the dimension, or alternatively by defining a new Dimension Style with the Unit formatting required. This in turn can be applied to the dimensions using the Change Dimension tool.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;lt; Image 14 &amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/18599/apply-dimension-style-to-existing-dimensions-which-have-no-dimension-style"&gt;https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/18599/apply-dimension-style-to-existing-dimensions-which-have-no-dimension-style&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/26009/how-to-import-coordinates-x-y-z-and-their-respective-labels-or-text"&gt;https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/26009/how-to-import-coordinates-x-y-z-and-their-respective-labels-or-text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-top-width:0px;" alt=" " src="http://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" width="189" height="60" /&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: text, GENERAL, MicroStation, 10.11.00.36, en&lt;/div&gt;
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