TagWorks™

TagWorks™ is the collective name of a product family of annotation tools for MicroStation CONNECT. The TagWorks family includes …

• AreaAnnotator™
• BoM
• DoorKeeper™
• MasterPlanner™
• PipeTagger™

Each application defines an Item Type appropriate to its domain, and provides DGN element tagging and reporting tools.

Monikers

A TagWorks Moniker is a name or handle of an object. A moniker lets you specify a name that may include the Item's ID property, and may contain other data harvested from elsewhere in your DGN file. For example, you may find it useful to compose a moniker that includes the DGN model's identity. Read more about Monikers.

DGN Model Properties

You may want to use a DGN model property when composing a TagWorks moniker. A MicroStation DGN model has properties such as Name and Description. You can use those in moniker composition.

However, there may be occasions when you want a little more: something extra that a model name or description doesn't provide. For example, with AreaAnnotator and DoorKeeper you may want to mention the floor on which an office resides. With Bom you may want to refer to the drawing or sheet number where an Item is drawn.

DGN Model Item Type

Define an Item Type that provides an ID suitable for attaching to a DGN model. For example, doors and offices belong to a floor, so create an Item Type something like Building.Floors.floorId. Attach that Item Type to a DGN model, and give floorId a value like Floor 01.

Attach Item Type to a Model

Use MicroStation Explorer to attach an Item to a DGN model like this …

1. Open the Models object in the Explorer tree
2. Right-click the model of interest
3. Choose Add Item Type from the context menu
4. Select the Item Type library and Item Type to attach
5. Enter a value for the model/floor/drawing ID

Now you can refer to that ID when you compose a moniker using an Expression.

Example Monikers using Model Item

For example, a room moniker might look like this …

Floor 1 Room 100

Where Floor 1 is the model Item property floorId and Room 100 is the room Item property Id.

A door moniker on that same floor might look like this …

Floor 1 Room 100 Door 01

Where Floor 1 is the model Item property floorId, Room 100 is the room Item property Id. and Door 01 is the door Item property Id.