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Create custom keyboard shortcut? (Redo = Ctrl+Y)

JJ Wutt — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 18:51:32 GMT

Is it possible to create a custom keyboard shortcut in MicroStation that will perform a Redo command using Ctrl+Y?

I recently purchased a gaming mouse with programmable buttons and I have already assigned Undo (Ctrl+Z) and Redo (Ctrl+Y) to some buttons. Ctrl+Y appears to be the Windows standard for Redo. I might be able to program a button to achieve Redo with Ctrl+R (as required by MicroStation), but I would prefer a single button for the operation in all programs.

V8i - modify Standard tool box?

JJ Wutt — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 00:10:42 GMT

I would like to add a custom tool to the Standard tool box. I know how to make custom tools/boxes, but is it possible to customize MicroStation's "Application Tools" tool boxes?

I have created my own custom Standard tool box, which is a copy of all the tools from that Standard tool box plus my custom tools, but now the status bar prompts (bottom left corner) for standard tools like NEW (create drawing) change from "Create Design File" to "Custom Tool" and I would prefer the original prompts. Perhaps there is a key-in to update the prompt?

V8i - convert Enter Data Field to text?

JJ Wutt — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 16:45:09 GMT

Still adjusting to V8i...

With V8 you could remove Enter Data Fields by editing text and removing the << >> surrounding the text. How do you manually convert an EDF to normal text in V8i? Can it be done?

I've searched and searched and can't find a way to do this.

V8i midpoint handles?

JJ Wutt — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:45:15 GMT

Recently switched from V8 to V8i and it appears that V8i does not provide midpoint handles for rectangles anymore?

With V8 you could select a rectangle, click it again, and you would get handles for the midpoints that would allow you to resize that edge of the rectangle. This was very useful to me. But it appears that the only handles available with V8i are the corners of the rectangle. Is that capability just gone now? Or is there a setting somewhere?

The attached image is an generic example. What I want to do is modify the rectangle so that the midpoint of the right edge is on the radius of the circle (creating a square). There used to be a handle about where the mouse pointer is that I could click, drag, and snap to the circle and be done. I really hope there is still a way to do this.