The first sessions of the MicroStation SIG were well received. The second subject is a dive down into AccuDraw. Registration is here:
http://learn.bentley.com/app/Public/GetLiveCourseOfferings?CourseId=107996&lpId=105422&FreeForAll=False When you register, you will receive the links to the videos to watch before the live session which will be October 29. The live webinar will be held 2 times: One at 8am Calif (11am to 12 pm EDT/UTC-4) and a repeat at 3pm Calif (6pm to 7pm EDT/UTC-4). As you watch the videos, pls pause them and work exercises. Then, post any questions in the MicroStation - Forum. You will increase your productivity in MicroStation, AECOsim, InRoads S
Pretty good overall I even learned something too how to use accudraw to do draw at point midway between two elements ... man I could have saved heaps of time over the last year with that...
apart from the very poor connection and a few drop outs Mike the session content and presentation was pretty good or was it Tom or are they one in the same guy , brothers or just email name pseudonyms....
looking forward to many more... and delving more 3d...
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.click link to PM me
under tool settings for arcs and circles see if little black pull down is available then see if CW or ACW is set ie clockwise or anticlockwise...
Qs for today's Accudraw SIG:
a) not strictly about Accudraw, but in Accudraw 2 how come the Tool Settings dialog seems to be docked inside or just below the Task bar? Really neat.
b) at end of Accudraw 2, first curve of the racetrack, why does my 180o arc draw itself inside out i.e. back across the rectangle?
Some suggestions for future sigs not necessarily the next one.. I already know how to do these but as a extended feature for other users to promote use of mstn at there work in particular Links and bentley view as a productivity and presentation tool across their corporate networks...for eg at my work place I developed a map of all geotechnical reports available through out Melbourne airport..these I linked by drawing shapes or extents covered by the reports to the actual reports giving a graphical representation (sort of fake GIS) of reports available and enabling quick retrieval of the relevant report...
This continues to save a lot of time and money and unnecessary duplication of geotech bore holes .. and is available to all the network users without the need for microstation just Bentley view and any office standard desktop or intranet capable device...
Future topics
Links... how to link microstation graphic elements to other file formats like pdf reports, photos, word , excel and other dgn files...
Annotation scale and how to use it properly.
Raster manipulation ie warping etc
The Macro recorder... and editing macros...
F key customisation.
Mouse key customisation eg how to run the plot function from a 5 button mouse
Pentables for productivity... ie text substitution, standardisation of output, customisation for specific task prints..
Printer.pltcfg customisation for specific jobs ie pdfs, 3dpdfs, layered pdfs, lowres pdfs, highres pdfs, rasterised on/off
etc...
Annotation scale cells their creation and how to use effectively...
Custom menus and interfaces through dgnlibs
Custom workspace configs for specific project clients with custom specific standards..
Again these are for future advanced training SIGS but I thought I'd get in early.. but the links thing is good for maybe the sig after accudraw as while it is an advanced topic it is pretty easy once you see how then you'll want to use it all the time and keep finding new possibilities for producing interactive Drawings!
Lorys Lea
This apparent new deal is turning into a rich diet, after a beginner's year of drought and starvation!