This article walks you through attaching a cell library and placing a cell in multiple files.

Attached to this article is a KEY file that Global File Changer uses to perform this operation. The KEY file contains commands that MicroStation executes. Before processing your files, you will need to modify the values in the KEY file to match your requirements.

1. Save the provided Attach_Lib-Place_Cell.key file to a convenient location.
2. Open the KEY file with Notepad.
   a. In the first line, replace D:\Axiom\General.cel with the full path and file name for your cell library.
   b. In the second, line replace titleblock with the name of the cell you would like to place.
   c. In the fourth line, change 0,0 to the x,y coordinates where would like your cell origin to be placed for each file.
   d. Save and exit when complete.
3. Load Global File Changer.

4. Go to Settings | Restore Factory Defaults…, and press <Yes> when prompted.
   This is a precaution to ensure there are no other features or settings active that might impact your result.
5. Next to the Design Files: field, press the <Select...> button.
6. Either drag and drop your files into the Choose Files to Process dialog box or navigate to and select your files for processing. Press <OK> when finished.

7. Next to the Key-in File: field, press <Select...>, then navigate to and select the Attach_Lib-Place_Cell.key file saved previously.
8. Press <Start> to process your files.

When the process is complete, the cell you named in step 2b will have been placed in all processed files.