Attach Tags

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Used to place tags in a model, independently, or to attach tags to elements in the model. The Association setting determines how the tags are placed.

When the Association setting is:

• On — you must select an element to which the tag is then attached.

• Off — you can place independent tags in the model. Independent tags are not associated with any elements.

With Association off, any tags that you place always are visible and display the tag name, rather than its value.

When working in standard MicroStation, you can create cells with tags (both independent and associated). When these cells are then placed in a model, the independent tags automatically become associated to the cell and adopt their visibility setting (Display Tag setting), which is set when the tag is defined.

When working in DWG workmode, you cannot create new cells that contain tags. To put a tag in a cell, you must associate it with a shared cell. That is, you must create the shared cell, then use the Attach Tags tool to attach tags to the shared cell. In DWG workmode, Association automatically is on because, in AutoCAD, tags (attributes) must be part of a cell definition (block). In these cases, the tag attachment is specific to the shared cell instance, only.

The tags' display attributes are determined by the active settings for text elements (see Text Labels) except Line Length and Fractions; attached tags are displayed on a single line.

1. Select the Attach Tags tool.
   The contents of the tool settings window changes to a list box labeled “Tag Sets.”


2. In the list box, select the tag set of which the tags are members.


3. Identify the element.


4. Accept the element.
   The exception is if a default value is defined for each tag in the selected tag set and none of these values require confirmation. In this case, skip to step 10.
   If tags exist in the selected tag set, the Attach Tags dialog box opens.
   If no tags exist in the tag set, select another tag set with tags or define some tags for the selected tag set. For information about defining tags, see To define a tag set.


5. In the list box, select a tag.


6. In the Value field, key in the value for the tag (a default value, if defined, is supplied).


7. (Optional) To prevent the tag value from being displayed, turn off its Display setting by clicking the check box.


8. For each additional tag in the tag set, repeat steps 5-7.


9. To confirm the tag values and Display settings, click OK.


10. Enter a data point to position the tags.

1. Select the Attach Tags tool.
   The contents of the tool settings window changes to a list box labeled “Tag Sets.”


2. In the list box, select the tag set of which the tags are members.


3. Enter a data point to place the tag.

Key-in: ATTACH TAGS

It is not possible to attach tags from an individual tag set more than once to a particular element.

In the Attach Tags dialog box you can tab between values and sortable columns.