Kate, i have used annotation scale with my alignments. Microstation will need to have the text styles set for annotation scale. Then, in the view stationing area assign the text styles to the stationing and cardinal stations. You will have to pay attention to the text justification as the annotation scale will scale about that.
My Concerns:
My microstation text styles are set to left bottom. This is a problem and i was forced to edit the text to arrange the location. Stationing text could be center top or center bottom while Cardinal stations could be left or right bottom. The fix would be is to have text styles set for each scenerio of the text justification. I believe 9 or more would have to be set.