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.
I have the latest version of connect, is there an updated wiki that will help me set up the key shortcuts from v8i?