I was thinking of a way to overcome the problems with slope signatures and tadpoles in ORD. Would it be possible to create a civil cell containing two reference linear geometry features. Then string an array of tadpoles along one feature, scaled to fit between the two features? I'm not familiar with Microstation, but can an array of objects be scaled between two lines?
What problems in particular are you having?
I have a 'tadpole' line style that I use when annotating slope signatures - the only issue I have so far is that the height/width ratio is not honoured, so in big cut/fill sections, the tadpole gets stretched. (I believe that the option to use a cell instead of line style will be available.)
I'll refer you to a previous post
https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/f/geopak-inroads-mx-openroads-forum/144624/ord-update-2-slope-indicators-tad-poles/439814#439814
Basically, ORD doesn't know what features to string the tadpoles between. So if we have multiple features with the same feature definition, we get some funny results.
I've tried creating an annotation definition with a cell for the tadpole, but it doesn't scale correctly. But I'd be interested to know how a tadpole linestyle works?
In the previous post, I did say that there are issues with using a cell.
In the Annotation group settings, there is a line category, with associated Element Template. I will have to recall the whole workflow, but I do remember having to create the line style with the MicroStation line style editor, which was new ground for me.
I will try to put together a step by step guide tomorrow, and post it here. I am sure you will remind me if I get delayed :-)
Stewart (and anyone else who reads this)
Here is a PDF I put together to try explain what I did - not necessarily the correct way! And I hope I have explained all the steps i took.
NOTE: I will NOT be answering questions on the document - This is supplied 'as is'.
PDFTadpole.rsc