Do you use keyboard shortcuts?

Hello,

Bentley is looking to interview users to provide feedback which can help influence features in the next generation of Bentley products.  We are looking for power users who utilize keyboard shortcuts and/or navigation for the majority of their work in MicroStation or other applications.  

The interview would take approximately 30 minutes, and involve questions regarding your use and expectations of the keyboard for shortcuts and/or navigation.  Please reply below if you believe you fit the description and are interested.

(Because of time constraints, we are only looking for a few users. If there is a large response, we appreciate your interest, but may not be able to interview all that are interested. Thanks!)

  • Hi Matthew,
    I do use them almost always / quite often
    Karol
  • I absolutely avoid and dislike  the ones from Bentley  ie keyboard navigation, first thing I do is turn off / disable these when start on new machine or set up an other  user ... these are stupid and totally unintuitive  totally unlike the acad ones  which I am loath to promote but they  make sense  CO  (copy) , ZO ( zoom)  etc  Bentley  should try and  use similar  2 or 3  letter keyins for common  functions  move, zoom, copy , fit, fillet,  place smart line, circle that should be  enough.. and  forget  trying to make  every pallet icon have a short cut letter and  number  its too  awkward... so I use the  RMB context menu instead of the  icons or  navi keys...

    I do use all the  windows  short cuts all the time  Control - C, -O-P-F

    I also use the  old  primative 2 or 3 letter keyins on keyboard  ie  LD, FF, SF  the  more complex ones  I use in scripts and  F keys alot   or batch process  I found many in the old  digitiser menu from 55menu.dgn still work very well and save me a lot of time in F keys  but only ones I would use  often several times a day...

    I do use the majority of the easy to remember accudraw shortcuts...a lot too... especially  RE ,  O , T        I cant draw  anymore without those 3...

    Lorys

    Started msnt work 1990 - Retired  Nov 2022 ( oh boy am I old )

    But was long time user V8iss10 (8.11.09.919) dabbler CE  update 16 (10.16.00.80) 

    MicroStation user since 1990 Melbourne Australia.
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  • I am the opposite of Lorys. I LOVE the keyboard mapping! I know a lot of people do not understand the way it is set up, but within a short period I was able to memorize most of what I use on a daily basis. I find that the people who do not use Microstation in production mode (Engineers just doing design work) tend to not utilize it because they are not actually drawing a lot. There are also a few old school drafters who are used to utilizing the icons. I never used the Acad keyboard input back when our company used the software. I found that I had to type a lot more & it really slowed me down. I am one of the few people in my office that uses the keyboard mapping & F keys most of the time. Everyone is always asking me how I can perform certain tasks in such a short amount of time. It is due to using the keyboard mapping. I no longer need to move my cursor around to click icons & search for where they are.

    I do not utilize the right click menu. I know it is convenient but I found it to be slower because you need to click and hold the right mouse button to activate it & I also forget about it.

    If keyboard mapping goes away my production is going to drop dramatically. It does not work well with the new ribbon interface either.

    Microstation CONNECT - 10.17.2.61

    ORD - 2021 R1 10.10.1.3

    ORD 2022 R1.1 - 10.11.3.2

    ORD 2022 R3 -  10.12.2.4

    Microstation v8i SS 10 - 08.11.09.919

    Power InRoads v8i - 08.11.09.615

    ProjectWise - 10.0.3.453

  • Use PM keyboard shortcuts all the time and have done since they came out. I do NOT like the ribbon as it's not productive.