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7 Jul 2004
Using function keys can speed up your workflow. Here is a way to use function keys. As a refresher for the rusty (or an introduction for the neophytes), the "Function Keys" dialog box is under the Workspace menu.
Once there, scroll down and find an available key. Then, click on <Edit> and try out this tip:
Reference files: Now you see them…now ...
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7 Jun 2004
Did you know that you can move the active view of your design either up, down, left or right by using function keys? You can by defining four function keys with the "move" key-in.
First, open the "Function Keys" dialog box under the Workspace menu.
Then, assign the following key-ins to your desired function keys:
To move up: move up;dx=0
To move down: move ...
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7 May 2004
By Larry Shields, Graphics Designer at Stanley Consultants in Muscatine, Iowa
If there is a particular area in a design file that you want so see as a reference file, then go into the file you will attach, zoom in to the area you want to see and save that view by using the key in "sv=(name of saved view)". Be sure to include the ...
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7 Apr 2004
By Steve Palmer, Axiom's Executive Product Manager
The SET RANGE key-in command is not documented, but is supported in all versions of MicroStation. This command displays element ranges on the screen. Below is an example of how elements look after keying the SET RANGE command and updating the desired view:
The SET RANGE command displays the range data that's ...
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7 Mar 2004
Save some time and attach reference files to a design file by selecting them in Windows Explorer and dragging and dropping them into the "Reference Files" dialog box in MicroStation. This can be especially helpful for users with multiple monitors and can be done with both vector and raster reference files.
To attach a reference file to a design file,
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7 Feb 2004
How do you convert a MicroStation V7 3D cell library to a V7 2D cell library and vice-versa? Easy! Just use MicroStation's "Export" function.
By Rick DeWitt, Axiom's Senior Technology Officer
The first step is to open a MicroStation file with dimensions (either 2D or 3D) that match the cell library you want to convert. Then, attach the cell library you want to convert. For example, ...
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7 Feb 2004
Title block data consistency easily accomplished
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA —
Title Block Manager helps CAD managers and MicroStation users bring about a consistency of title block data in all of a project's MicroStation files, fast. How? Read on.
By synchronizing title block data from many design files with an Excel spreadsheet, it is possible to easily make a number of changes right in the spreadsheet and then ...
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7 Jan 2004
By Rick DeWitt, Axiom's Senior Technology Officer
AccuSnap is a new feature available in MicroStation V8. It is turned on by default when MicroStation V8 is installed. AccuSnap automatically moves or snaps the cursor to the keypoints of elements whenever the cursor comes within a certain range of a keypoint without having to actually initiate a tentative point. A little "x" visually snaps to the ...
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7 Jan 2004
MicroStation V8 users can now have the same ease of editing reference files in V8 that they had in V7.
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — In response to demand by MicroStation users who work extensively with reference files, Axiom announces the release of
RefWriter, its popular V7 tool, in a version for V8. With
RefWriter for V8, MicroStation V8 users can edit attached reference files almost as ...
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