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Element Numbers And Types

Document Information

Document Type: TechNote  

Product(s):  MicroStation

Version(s):  V8 2004 Edition

Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group

Legacy Document Number:  8502

Overview

This document contains a list of the MicroStation Element numbers and element types.

Element NumberElement Type
1 Cell Library Header
2 Cell Complex Header
3 Line
4 Line String
5 Group Data
6 Shape
7 Text Node Header
8 Digitizer Setup Data
9 Design File Header
10 Level Symbology
11 Curve
12 Complex Chain Header
13 Conic
14 Complex Shape Header
15 Ellipse
16 Arc
17 Text
18 3D Surface Header
19 3D Solid Header
20 Subfigure
21 B-Spline Pole
22 Point String
23 3D Circular Truncated Cone
24 3D B-Spline Surface Header
25 3D B-Spline Surface Boundary
26 B-Spline Knot
27 B-Spline Curve Header
28 B-Spline Weight Factor
29-32 Reserved
33 Dimension
34 Shared Cell Definition
35 Shared Cell Instance
36 Multi-Line
37 Tag Data
38 Smart Geometry
39-50 Reserved
51 ARCH
54 SDS
56 IEDS, WMS
57 ICS, SDI (stereo plotter parameters)
58 Text ARRAY
59 Text STACK
60 SIS
61 EWS SCHEMATIC
62 EWS PANEL
63 EWS, PDS
64 Application Element
65 Application Element
66 MicroStation Application Elements
67-86 Application Element
87 Raster Header (imported)
88 Raster Data
89 Application Element
90 Binary Raster Header (referenced)
91 Raster Reference Component
92 Raster Hierarchy Element
93 Raster Hierarchy Component
94 Reserved for raster data
95 Table Entry Element
96 Table Header Element
97 View Group Element
98 View Element
99 Level Mask Element
100 Reference Attach Element
101 Matrix Header
102 Matrix Int Data
103 Matrix Double Data
105 Mesh Header
108 Reference Override Element
110 Named Group Header
111 Named Group Component
112-125 Application Element
126 User Defined
127 Reserved

 

Note: 91-125 were initially "blocked" off for third party apps etc.. for any element types that they created for their own apps. Over time, MicroStation has dipped into those element types for its additional element types such as Named Groups etc...

This information can also be obtained from the mselems.h file which is located in the \bentley\program\MicroStation\mdl\include directory. This document however does not contain the entire list of element types.

See Also

Product TechNotes and FAQs

MicroStation Desktop TechNotes and FAQs

External Links

Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase

Bentley LEARN Server

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