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Enable labels to tag reference elements

Labels are extremely useful for annotation, however one downside is that they cannot be tagged to elements within reference files, meaning all labels have to be placed within the same file as active geometry. Fields that the labels are based on ca...
about 1 year ago in 2D Drawing 0 Future consideration

Self-references text fields

Option to place self-referenced text fields. For example text or note which shows it's coordinate without need to have a cell. Now that there are favourites it would be handy.
5 months ago in 2D Drawing 0 Needs review

Caps on when typing in Text Dialog

Similar to AutoCAD, the ability to have Caps on when creating a text note without having 'keyboard' caps turned on.
almost 3 years ago in 2D Drawing 3 Future consideration

Add Association option to Place Active Line Terminator

In the Place Cell tool settings there is an Association option to associate the cell to an element. Placing line terminator cells need to have the option to associate the terminator cell to the line as well.
almost 4 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Planned

Label Points (XYZ) tool

Can we add an option to the Label XYZ tool to allow users to select a text style from the dialog and Annotation Scale Ian Lapper
almost 4 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Will not implement

Facet curve keep attributes

There is a need additional option that Facet Curve tool would drop curve on the same level as the original curve. Now it always places resulted element on active element and if this is used on selection set then all elements are now using the same...
almost 4 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Future consideration

Area tool - needs formatting option

The new Area tools in MS 2023 need to have an option for formatting. Drawing> Analyze>Area tools. This will allow the user to select the units rather than take the DGN file settings. Ian Lapper
5 months ago in 2D Drawing 0 Needs review

Extend/trim curve

Add option for "Extend line", "Trim to element" and "Trim multiple" to extend traditional curves. Traditional curves last segment is line so these tools should wok with curves.
5 months ago in 2D Drawing 0 Needs review

Minimum Column Width/Row Height for Tables

When we create a table from a report, the table it generates bases the column widths and row heights on the table seed, where we can specify those. However, if I don't lock the column width, then the generated table will make the column smaller th...
over 1 year ago in 2D Drawing 0 Needs review

Retain cell levels when placing label

As indicated in a couple of forum posts, and reflected in Enhancement Request ... many users would like to see that the level of the original cell is retained when placing a cell with the "Place Label" tool. Currently it uses the level of the acti...
almost 2 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Future consideration