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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Construct Bisector Angle in MicroStation -  External Angle</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/96757/construct-bisector-angle-in-microstation---external-angle</link><description>Construct Bisector Angle tool bisects the (smaller) angle between two lines. Is there a tool that bisects the external (larger) angle between those lines?</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Construct Bisector Angle in MicroStation -  External Angle</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/283388?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2014 21:40:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:2b507c2b-0b6a-42f7-a43a-eb661b993a60</guid><dc:creator>nikolay.tishkov@pse.com</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thank you all for your suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Construct Bisector Angle in MicroStation -  External Angle</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/283168?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2014 11:02:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:55fd88b3-d492-4e52-97f6-d427963c0b9f</guid><dc:creator>Lorys</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&amp;quot;Jan Slegr&amp;quot;]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[/quote]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Demo brilliant ! OMG &amp;nbsp;Accudraw I love it!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;thanks!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This tips going in the magazine for sure &amp;nbsp;and I&amp;#39;ll acknowledge it came from you here Jan&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Great!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Construct Bisector Angle in MicroStation -  External Angle</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/283165?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2014 10:52:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:5cab2346-82ed-48c1-85ec-3201564e6a94</guid><dc:creator>Lorys</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Ron very good but Jans demo with just &amp;nbsp;accudraw with smartline is easier , fewer steps.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Construct Bisector Angle in MicroStation -  External Angle</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/283152?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2014 05:22:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:308521d9-b790-4eb4-b378-f46ec3137535</guid><dc:creator>Jan Šlegr</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&amp;quot;nikolay.tishkov@pse.com&amp;quot;]I am sure there is a way to do this by writing a macro, can anyone point me in the right direction?[/quote]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Your are right, a reason why MicroStation offers different programming API is exactly this - to allow adding extensions when a particular feature / tool is needed but missing. To create such tool can be done in every API MicroStation has: C/C++, NET and VBA, where VBA is the most simple way. A question is what development experiences you have? If none or basic, it&amp;#39;s usually faster (and cheaper at the end) to hire a developer. To create such tool is not complex task.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Quite often it&amp;#39;s better to create own placement tool (which requires to implement IPrimitiveCommandEvents interface in VBA) from scratch than to use the original MicroStation tool and try to automate what you do manually.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&amp;quot;nikolay.tishkov@pse.com&amp;quot;]Also, it seems like it would be possible for Bentley to add that option to the existing tool.[/quote]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The best way is to create Service Ticket as Change Request and to explain why such enhancement should be implemented. I agree it looks like small change with a good benefit. But to create own tool is faster way, especially if to place a line in a different direction is the only requirement for this tool.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With regards,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; Jan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Construct Bisector Angle in MicroStation -  External Angle</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/283149?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2014 02:42:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:d50f2eac-b71f-4ebd-8b7c-33c506f36cae</guid><dc:creator>Ron Jones</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;With accudraw, you can bisect&amp;nbsp;an external angle using only the Construct Angle Bisector command.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Try this:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Pick Construct Angle Bisector command&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Snap to the angle point and type &amp;quot;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;O&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;quot; to set accudraw origin.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Snap to other&amp;nbsp;end of&amp;nbsp;first line and then&amp;nbsp;type &amp;quot;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RQ&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp;and &amp;quot;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Enter&lt;/span&gt;&amp;quot; to rotate accudraw compass and smart lock to this axis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Move cursor back past the origin point and&amp;nbsp;enter&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1st data point&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Snap to angle point and enter &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2nd data point&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Snap to end other end&amp;nbsp;of second&amp;nbsp;line and then&amp;nbsp;type &amp;quot;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RQ&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp;and &amp;quot;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Enter&lt;/span&gt;&amp;quot; to rotate accudraw compass and smart lock to this axis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Move cursor back past the origin point and&amp;nbsp;enter&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3rd data point&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(&lt;em&gt;See example video below&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;HTH,&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ron&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/273/ScreenCapture_5F00_4_2D00_30_2D00_2014-6.55.57-PM.wmv"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../ScreenCapture_5F00_4_2D00_30_2D00_2014-6.55.57-PM.wmv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding:0;margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Construct Bisector Angle in MicroStation -  External Angle</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/283145?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2014 23:35:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:af4736f2-93a3-4e54-bf65-79bbaac73358</guid><dc:creator>nikolay.tishkov@pse.com</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thank you all for your answers. I have been using workarounds you are describing until now, but I am looking for an easier way to do it. I have to bisect the external angle many times over again and again and could save a lot of time if I had the right tool.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am sure there is a way to do this by writing a macro, can anyone point me in the right direction? Also, it seems like it would be possible for Bentley to add that option to the existing tool.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Construct Bisector Angle in MicroStation -  External Angle</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/283064?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2014 11:48:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:0cc41d8d-40c4-440f-9c11-b03b904520ad</guid><dc:creator>Jan Šlegr</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Lorys,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Start SmartLine placing, place the firtst point.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Change AccuDraw mode to polar [Space].&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Rotate AccuDraw Compass. I used quick rotation [RE], but also element rotation [RE] should work.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Snap to the second leg, so the angle displayed is the angle between legs.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If required, move focus to the angle textbox [Tab].&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use AccuDraw calculator [/ at numerci keyborad] to divide the angle in half.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Voila, the correct bisector is there, just place the second point.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/273/1832.Angle-bisector-with-AccuDraw.gif"&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/273/1832.Angle-bisector-with-AccuDraw.gif" alt=" " border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[Edited] Click on the image, it&amp;#39;s the animated GIF, but it&amp;#39;s not played by default.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With regards,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; Jan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Construct Bisector Angle in MicroStation -  External Angle</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/283059?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2014 10:54:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:67a870ad-261d-4ff8-966d-a1dbeb549fa4</guid><dc:creator>Lorys</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;OMG I love accudraw!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;m trying this out right now! .. duh couldnt do it.. how about a video &amp;nbsp;say with Jing...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Construct Bisector Angle in MicroStation -  External Angle</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/283053?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2014 10:18:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:77d70882-74f9-4c38-af05-58536201a7bc</guid><dc:creator>Jan Šlegr</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;an alternative to Conors&amp;#39;s advice is to place SmartLine (or simple line) and to use AccuDraw properly: To define second point, if you will change AccuDraw mode to polar, rotate a compass by one leg and use AccuDraw cacluclator to divide the angle by half, you will receive the same result. If you are familiar with AccuDraw, it can be easier and done in one step. Otherwise the workflow proposed by Conor is simplier.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With regards,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; Jan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Construct Bisector Angle in MicroStation -  External Angle</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/283038?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2014 07:02:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:d421b008-45cd-42d1-bbef-906149984b75</guid><dc:creator>Conor K</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hello,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#39;t see a tool to specifically bisect the external angle. You could use the &lt;em&gt;Construct Bisector Angle&lt;/em&gt; tool and then use the&lt;em&gt; Extend Line&lt;/em&gt; tool to project the result back to the other side to bisect the larger angle. Extend Line can be found from menu &lt;em&gt;Tools &amp;gt; Manipulate &amp;gt; Modify &amp;gt; Extend Line &lt;/em&gt;or from the Tasks menu&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Regards,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>