Importing Text

You can create a text file using a word processing, text editing, or other type of application and then import the contents of the text file into a MicroStation model.

To place a text file into a model

(Optional) To set the number of space characters to substitute for each Tab character in the file, key in ACTIVE TAB [spaces] or TB=[spaces].

From the File menu, choose Import > Text….
The Include Text File dialog box opens.

Select the file and then click OK.
The text contained in the file is displayed.

To position the text, enter a data point.
If the file is larger than 128 lines or 2,048 characters, the text does not display dynamically and is placed as a graphic group. The data point positions the upper left corner of the text block.
Otherwise, the text is placed as a text node and the data point positions the text node origin.

The 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. Other text placement controls can be included, such as INDENT # indents by the specified number of columns and NEWGG begins a new graphic group.