Create and Edit Tags

Tags are fixed, or static, values within a defined category that help describe the objects to which they are assigned. You can only associate a model object to one Tag Value within a Tag Category. Create tags through the Model Exporter/Importer, manually in InEight Model or import tags from Excel. Use tags to help define and view your model through different lenses.

Manually Create and Edit Custom Tags

Use custom tags to transform design models into construction models or owner models.

Add custom tags to:

  • Normalize data to your specific nomenclature
  • Unique Identifications
  • Status
  • Endless possibilities…

Step by Step — Creating Tags

  1. From the Tags and Objects panel, select the Tags tab.

  2. Next, select the Add icon.

    3. If there are model objects selected, Ctrl+T will open the Tag dialog box.

  1. The Tag dialog box will open. Enter a tag category name and select Add New.

    • Once you select Add New, the new Tag Category is created and selected

    2. If you select OK without first selecting Add New, you will close the Tag dialog box without saving your tag category name.

  1. Enter a tag value and select Add New.

  2. Now, select OK to save your new tag(s).

    If any model objects are actively selected, a note will appear in the Tag dialog box asking you to confirm that you want to apply your tag to those selected objects.

  3. Your new tag will appear in the Tag panel.

Delete a Tag

Any tags from the Model Exporter / Importer process deleted are not really deleted. They are still in the database but hidden from the Tag panel. The next Model Exporter / Importer process will not import any tag that has been deleted.

Step by Step — Deleting Tags

  1. From the Tags and Objects panel, select the Tags tab.

  2. Select the tag category or tag value(s) you want to delete, then click on the Delete icon.