MicroStation CONNECT Edition Help

Cells Toolbox

The tools in the Cells toolbox are used to place and manipulate cells.



All tools in a toolbox are not always visible by default. To see all tools, right-click in the toolbox and select Show All from the menu.

To Select in the Cells toolbox
Place the active cell.


Place Active Cell tool
Place a matrix (rows and columns) of the active cell.


Place Active Cell Matrix
Identify a cell and place an additional instance(s).


Select and Place Cell
Define the cell origin (the point about which the cell is placed) when creating the cell.


Define Cell Origin
Display the name and level of a cell that is in the DGN file.


Identify Cell
Add a terminator to a line segment.


Place Active Line Terminator
Replace a cell(s) (or all instances of a shared cell) in the design with another of the same name from an attached library.


Replace Cells
Create and place a cell index.


Place Cell Index
Add and remove annotation scale to and from existing annotation cells.

Use the ANNOTATIONSCALE <ADD|REMOVE> key-in.

Key-in: DIALOG TOOLBOX CELLS [ OFF | ON | TOGGLE ]
Tip: To select and place cells by clicking thumbnail representations, use the Cell Selector dialog ( Drawing > Annotate > Cells > More split button.)
Note: To convert an instance of a shared cell to an unshared cell, use the Drop Element tool in the Groups toolbox.