Import > Text

Opens the Include Text File dialog box, which is used to select a text file containing text to place in the design file. This lets you use a text editor or word processor to enter lengthy text that is to be placed in the design. The Include Text File dialog box controls are analogous to those in the Open dialog box (see Open).

Once you specify a file and click OK, the text in the selected text file displays dynamically. Entering a data point in the design positions the text. The text is placed as a text node and the data point positions the text node origin.

The text file can include MicroStation key-in strings to set text attributes (such as the font, text size, line spacing, and line length). Each key-in string must follow a period (“.”) that begins a line. One key-in string is allowed per line. All text following a key-in string is placed with the specified attribute. For information about text attributes, see Text. Other text placement controls can be included: INDENT # indents by the specified number of columns. NEWGG begins a new graphic group.

Key-in: INCLUDE [filename]

If filename is included in the key-in, the Include Text File dialog box is bypassed and the text in the selected text file displays dynamically. For this to work, filename must be located in the "Bentley\Workspace\system\data" directory.

To set the number of space characters that are substituted for each horizontal tab, key in ACTIVE TAB [spaces] or TB=[spaces] before opening the Include Text File dialog box.