Align Elements

Fisrt, sorry if this is the wrong forum. I can't figure out anything Bentley today.

V8i SS3 08.11.09.357

I want to *exactly* align one element with another. The align tool draws a rectangle in the XY directions around the base element to align edges in the XY direction.

I want to take an element and align its whole self, rotated and translated, with another element. This could be a rectangular block that I no longer want oriented in the XY direction, a text element, whatever.

I can rotate an element and eyeball it pretty close, but close is not good enough for what I need to do. It has to exactly match the rotation of the base element.

Advice?

 

Thanks,

David

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  • ahh you didnt say your a convert!

    under help look up autocad users ... we have alias commands in mstn that ie if you cant think of right tool in mstn but know the acad command then from keyin window keyin dwg  and you  open the dialog fully and you can see all the common acad  commands  and sub commands if you run one then right mstn tool pops up so learn msnt faster...

    in help there are some good tutorials  ie getting started and accudraw.. read both these and especially the accudraw and accusnap if you master these two  and basic tools you'll leave your mstn  colleagues behind in no time.. oh learn how to use reference files much better than acad as can copy through to live without insertion point and like acad  can edit theref without leaving the session via activate /deactivate ... ref files and  right mouse button are two of the best features in msnt

    get as much training as you can even if you have to buy a book... anything by Keith Little ( now out dated) is still great help.  Harnessing mstn is very good book but not " Inside mstn "( very basic and more expensive) IMHO  it is no better than help file I bought it and was disappointed...

    also mstn 8 for acad is helpful but also a little old   best price form here  www.bookdepository.com/.../9781418041823 but depends on which country your in maybe amazon better for you...

    Lorys

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  • That's another great teaching book you've come up with Lorys. It's avail as free pdf:

    MicroStation for AutoCAD Users - Engineering.com