It looks like I am being forced into migrating to CE and windows 10. Neither are my favorite.
I find ce to be non productive but it’s time to teach this old dog new tricks. But forget they keyboard shortcuts not interested
im a one man shop I don’t need micro stations workspace to be as difficult as it is. I want the same setting for each project
I only need folders set up for each project just like v8 .less is more. I’m sure I’ll change my mind but for now I want it easy.
next I need to simplify the menu
1 they take up way to much screen space
2 there are too many mouse clicks or keystrokes.
I customized my main menu bar in v8ss and would like to implement these customizations and collapse the new ribbon.
My customizations were like the old bar menu.ma
how do I get these into ce
i also customized my shift tentative and right click button menus I need to import these
Ryan wouldn’t you think Bentley would make microstation more productive. When powerdraft 1st came out Bentley bragged about fewer mouse clicks and keystrokes then autocad. Auto ads shortcut Kevin’s make so much more sense. I hate autocad. I doubt that is the case now with either microstation or powerdraft. Bentley needs someone in production involved with programming. And not a ex government employee.
Kirk
I Wish Cadland was Reality
If you have multiple tools that share the same symbolgy settings.
You are merely mentioning one function for those settings.
workflow might be: pick template and it sets the symbology, then pick various tools needed (place line, place arc, etc...) . Pick a different template to set new symbology, then pick the same tools in the same location (place line, place arc, etc...)
One tool, multiple templates.
just saying.....
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There are several advantages of templates:
the first only really matters if you have different standards you switch between. If one standard calls for your ply 3/4 to be on one level, and the other other standard calls for it to be on a different level then when you switch standards as long as the template names are the same the same button works for both standards.
Your key-in could be:
lock templateassociation on;template active 3-4Ply;place smartline
now whatever standard you use that has a 3-4Ply template works with the same button.
Another advantage is if you have to modify your existing standard you don't have to find every button you set something on. Just change the template and the buttons still work correctly.
The last advantage I'm aware of is in reporting. Since an element knows what Template was used when created you can do things like build quantity take offs based on template names rather than super-specific leve/weight/color mappings.
Tim
My way avoided creating a template. The menu would set the level , symbology and multiline and the m line command
Below no need to create a template. Why set up a template and then another custom command that calls up the template and the command.
LV=CW-full;active symbology bylevel;MlineStyle Edit Style "ply 3/4";MlineStyle Active Selected;place mline constrained
Generally people want a single button to do all the actions, which is perfectly doable, create a button that picks the template and triggers smart line for you. Then you don't have to do them separately, and if you change the template the button already picks the latest version of the template