Attach Tags

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.

Setting	Description
Tag Set	List of available Tag Sets in the file.
Association	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 PowerDraft, 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 except Line Length and Fractions; attached tags are displayed on a single line.

Setting

Description

Tag Set

List of available Tag Sets in the file.

Association

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 PowerDraft, 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 except Line Length and Fractions; attached tags are displayed on a single line.

Key-in: ATTACH TAGS

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

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