Tentative Point One View, Zoom to Point in Another View

Hello,

I'm new to V8i SS3 and I'm trying to do something that worked in V8 2004.  In one View window I could tentative a point and then move my mouse into any of my other views and use my mouse scroll button to zoom in on the tentative point.  I haven't figured out a way to do this in V8i.  Please help if you know how to do it.  I don't remember having to set up anything special in V8 2004.

Thank you.

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  • Hi TZM,

    The key-in Window Center allows you to do what you are asking.

    It asks you to "Select new window center" by data pointing in your source view and then prompts you to "Select view" by data pointing in your destination view. Reset once to pick another source point or reset twice to exit the Window Center command completely.

    I have this assign to a function key to keep it handy. 

    Regards,
    Ron

  • Hi Ron, 

    Thank you for the suggestion.  I tested this tool but found that it does not zoom.  It only centers the other window to match the center of the original. 

    I have found a work-around that does what I want but has more steps than the old Microstation V8 2004.  I have 4 different views open at one time and all can be at different levels of zoom.  I draw a line with the start point as the location that I'm trying to find in my other views and then without selecting a second point of the line (keep it stretchy), I move into the other views and scroll into the area where the line originates.  Once I have all of my views where I want them, I cancel the place line command. 

    The frustrating part for me is that the tool that I'm looking for wasn't even a tool that you had to activate.  It was just always active and worked.  If i had to guess, I likely used this up to 100 times a day depending on the model.  The crazy part for me is that Bentley said that no one else had complained about losing this feature.

    Please vote up the idea.

  • TZM,

    Try this variation of the Window Center command.  

    Specify the destination window in the key-in as follows Window Center 2. Now enter datapoints in any view and each subsequent datapoint will be centered in View 2, until you reset to end the command. You can zoom in/out with the scroll wheel as needed.

    I used view 2 as the destination in my example, but you can specify any view number you prefer.

    Regards,
    Ron

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  • TZM,

    Try this variation of the Window Center command.  

    Specify the destination window in the key-in as follows Window Center 2. Now enter datapoints in any view and each subsequent datapoint will be centered in View 2, until you reset to end the command. You can zoom in/out with the scroll wheel as needed.

    I used view 2 as the destination in my example, but you can specify any view number you prefer.

    Regards,
    Ron

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