MicroStation Basics for Civil Designers - Chapter 7: Working with Cells for Civil Designers
Cells are symbols that allow you to re-use existing geometry that you regularly use in your designs without the need to redraw the geometry each time it is required. A cell may either be 2D or 3D and can vary from simple to quite complex. Cells are saved in a cell library that may later be recalled for repeated use in any design file.
This video is an introduction to the Working with Cells course.
This video series will focus on the creation and placement of various site designs and vegetation symbols.
Part 1: Place Landscaping CellsPlacing symbols, or cells, is performed using the Place Active Cell tool. There are a variety of settings to control size, rotation, and AccuDraw can also be useful in aligning cells correctly. In this video you will place landscaping cells on the proposed site plan. | https://youtu.be/4WW19clEvyg |
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Part 2: Creating Site Development SymbolsSymbols provide the ability to place objects in your designs that may be used to identify specific features without the need to recreate these graphics each time they are used. In MicroStation, symbols are known as cells and are stored in cell libraries. In this video a cell library will be created, and cells added to the library. |
Part 3: Landscape and Lighting CellsIn the previous video, cells were created for a bollard, wheel stop, accessibility symbol and more. Those cells will now be used to embellish the proposed site design. | https://youtu.be/cUShxzXkZNk |
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Part 4: Placing Drainage SymbolsThe Proposed Site Plan is almost complete. To complete the cell placement, drainage symbols need to be added to the drainage system and bollards placed next to the dumpster pad. In this video you will use the Place Active Line Terminator command to place drainage cells. |
Part 5: Updating Existing CellsThe End Wall cell requires several modifications. Extra lines needs to be removed and intersections cleaned up. This cell however, has already been used in the proposed site design. In this video the cell will be edited and the existing instances of the cell in the site plan updated. | https://youtu.be/x0NUOzC58h8 |
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Part 6: Document a Cell LibraryDocumenting the content of a cell library is often a necessary task but can be a tedious process that is prone to errors and update issues. If new cells are added or the graphics of a cell are updated, the documentation needs to be updated as well. In this video we will “document” a cell library using Place Cell Index. |
Parent topic: Civil Designers