Guide to Generating Drawings
Guide to Generating Drawings
Guide to Generating Drawings

Change Tags

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Used to manipulate tag values in the active design file.

Tool SettingEffect
Tag Set

The Tag Set option menu contains the current or added tag sets available in the design file. The Tag Set option menu is disabled when there are no tags. If you wish to modify the tag sets, use the Tag Sets dialog box (Element > Tags > Define).

Tag

The Tag list box displays the available tags for the selected tag set.

Display

To manipulate the tag display, use the Display check box. To turn it on or off, click the check box. The Display option menu contains On and Off settings. The current display value determines how the modified tags are drawn. When Display is not on, the original tags display method is used.

Choosing On displays the tag. Choosing Off disables the tag display.

Find

Displays the current tag value of the selected tag. This item is enabled and disabled through the Sync Find toggle.

Replace With

Contains the new value to replace the original value.

Sync Find

Turn on Sync Find to enable and disable the text Find item.

Ignore Find Value

Turn on Ignore Find Value to ignore the current value in the Find field. It overrides all tag values regardless of their current values. If turned off, MicroStation matches all tagged values against the value in the Find field and replaces equal values with the value in the Replace With field.

Mode

From the Mode option menu, you can choose the type of tag selection for modification.

  • Single
    • — Selects a single tag value selected with the cursor. This mode also works with selection sets.
  • Fence
    • — Lets you select a tag or tagged element within a fence.
  • All
    • — Changes the entire tag or tagged value within the design file with a data point.
To manipulate tag values
  1. Select the Change Tags tool.

    Change Tags dialog box

      

  2. In the Change Tags dialog box, from the Tag Set option menu, choose a tag set.

  3. In the Tag list box, select the tag that you want to change.

  4. To display the tag, turn on Display and from the option menu, select On.

  5. Identify the tagged element with a data point.
    You can disable the tag's display by selecting Off from the option menu and placing a data point on the tag or the tagged element.
    Turning off the Display check box, disables the On/Off option menu.

  6. In the Find field, type in the tag name to be modified.

  7. In the Replace With field, type the new tag name to replace the original.
    You can turn on Sync Find to synchronize the selected tag value.
    You can turn on Ignore Find Value and MicroStation will bypass the tag in the Find field.

  8. From the Mode option menu, choose: Single — to modify a single tag (see To select a tag in Single mode). Fence — to modify a tagged element within a fence (see To select a tag in Fence mode). All — to modify all occurrences of a tagged element within the entire design file (see To select a tag in All mode).

To select a tag in Single mode
  1. To modify a single tag value, from the Mode option menu, choose Single.

  2. Place a data point on the selected tag value.
    The selected tag value is replaced.

To select a tag in Fence mode
  1. To select the tagged elements within a fence, place a fence in the design file around the elements to be modified.

  2. From the Mode option menu, choose Fence.

  3. To accept the Fence area, place a data point.

To select a tag in All mode
  1. To modify all occurrences of a tagged element within the design file, from the Mode option menu, choose All.

  2. Place a data point in the design file.
    The design file is modified.

Key-in: CHANGE TAGS