I have seen several topics about this on the forums, but have not been able to resolve the issue following their advice (so I apologize if I'm asking the same question that's been asked many times before).
I just switched to MicroStation Connect from v8i and I am struggling to get my bearings with keyboard shortcuts. In particular, the things I found most useful in v8i were:
Q opened the drawing menu, then for example Q1 would place a smart line.
2 would open a fence menu. 21 would allow for placing a fence, etc.
3 opened a manipulate menu, with 31 as copy, 32 as move, 33 as scale, 34 as rotate, 35 as mirror, 36 as array, 39 move parallel, etc.
61 was drop element
7 was the modify menu, with 71 as modify element, 72 as break element, 73 extend line, etc.
Is there a way to set up these shortcuts in Connect edition? The advice I have seen is to enable "Use Position Mapping" in the Preferences menu, but this hasn't made a difference.
Any advice? Thank you!!
Robert
This will be addressed in the update 13 due out within 2 - 3 weeks (maybe). However, if you want to do it now. Add this VAR to one of your CFG files (personal.cfg, organisation.cfg or a workset.cfg file
MS_TASKNAVIGATION_CONFIGURATION = 1
Ian
Answer Verified By: Robert Doumas
This is so great! Thank you very much.
To enable the task navigation menu, I then went to File>Settings>User>Preferences>Task Navigation and switched it to Presentation: Dialog.
This makes things much much easier.
Hi Robert,
Can you elaborate how to add a VAR to my CFG file? I would also like to try adding the MS_TASKNAVIGATION_CONFIGURATION = 1
Hi Crisanto,
Here's a link to a wiki that explains the process.
How to display the V8i style Tasks dialog in MicroStation CONNECT Edition?
Yep got it. Thanks heaps.
Hey! With the new Connect update there is no Task Navigation option in the user preferences. Do you think the v8I shortcuts are no more??