Introduction

The MicroStation Programming Forum regularly receives postings asking some question about MicroStation Tag Sets and Tag data.

Here's the answer to questions posted to the Be Communities web site. See also our Tag Data Overview.

MicroStation CONNECT

Bentley Systems tell us that MicroStation tags are deprecated in favour of Item Types. MicroStation CONNECT Update 8 and later provides VBA support for Item Types.

The code described in ShapeTagger is to some extent superseded by MicroStation CONNECT Reports. Because DGN shapes have area and perimeter Properties, those Properties can be enumerated in a Report. Why, here's a Area Report example that someone wrote already!

Q  How can I report the area of multiple shapes in a DGN model?

A  Use MicroStation CONNECT Reports. Because DGN shapes have area and perimeter Properties, those Properties can be enumerated in a Report. Here's an Area Report example.

ShapeTagger — a Relic of the MicroStation V8 Era

Q  How can I attach data to multiple shapes in a DGN model?

A Use AreaAnnotator™ or MasterPlanner™ .