I like alot the References manager in MicroStation.
In my opinion, MicroStation should also have a manager for inserted cells in the drawing.
This way, we could do operations such as select and element of the cell, copy an element of the cell, etc... without exploding them.
Thanks.
Starting with MicroStation CONNECT Edition 17.2, you can right click on a cell and edit the cell in place without having to drop the cell.
You find this and more from our MicroStation Announcement located here. https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-announcements-forum/240688/microstation-connect-edition-update-17-2-10-17-02-61