Hi,
Where has the Place Line command in the latest version of MicroStation Connect Edition.
This used to be on the 'Space Bar' shortcut and on the Home - Placement path, see below.
I have tried adding the command using the Customise Ribbon command but to no avail.
I look forward to any response.
Kind regards,
Ged Etherington
If you right click in the Ribbon Placement Group and turn on the option ' Place Line' this should appear in the group. Does this help ?
Hi Carl,
Thanks for suggestion, but I do not have the option for 'Place Line', only for 'Smart Line', please see below.
Thanks for the image, if you select ' Customize Ribbon ' do you see the 'Place Line' tool with a line running though it ? If so select this item and then select Revert > Revert customization for selected Ribbon item.
I have also found defect 97224 logged in our system perhaps relating to this, currently checking with development on detail as not able to reproduce here with my clean install other than by removing the 'place line' option via customize.
please also confirm full version being used and if this was an upgrade or clean install. Thanks.
is there a reason that smart line will not work for you ? is there a workflow that requires place line instead of place smart line ?
Timothy Hickman
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Good morning Carl,
Many thanks for your additional response, I can advise that the 'Place Line' tool does have a strike through in the customization, however I do not see the 'Revert all Ribbon Customizations' command, please see below.
I can advise that this problem has only occurred since we upgraded to the latest version of Connect Edition.
Good Morning Tim,
'Place Line' gives you easy placement of a line at the specified active angle and length, 'Smart Line' does not.
This tool has been available for many years with MicroStation, it looks like a defect as mentioned in Carl Myhill's post.
Hi Ged,
Ged Etherington said:'Place Line' gives you easy placement of a line at the specified active angle and length, 'Smart Line' does not.
AccuDraw allows to specify both angle and length for any used tool including Smart Line.
Ged Etherington said:This tool has been available for many years with MicroStation, it looks like a defect as mentioned in Carl Myhill's post.
I remember there have been several discussions about bugs in ribbon customization, but I tried to remove Place line tool and to reject the customization and it works fine ... even though the workflow and GUI is not the most intuitive tool.
Ged Etherington said:I can advise that the 'Place Line' tool does have a strike through in the customization, however I do not see the 'Revert all Ribbon Customizations' command
Try to make the dialog wider, Revert button is the most right and not displayed when the dialog is not wide enough.
With regards,
Jan
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Good morning Jan,
Many thanks, this worked fine.
Have a great new year.
Ged
Answer Verified By: Ged Etherington
as Jan mentioned - are you using accudraw ? my guess is that you are not and have to rely on the old tool for placement as needed (placing at a specified angle).
You might want to look into working with accudraw it is quite a useful tool.
This may help:
https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/11534/accudraw---drawing-aids---microstation