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&lt;strong&gt;Original Article Date: &lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;March 16, 2006&lt;/em&gt;
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Authored by Bentley&amp;rsquo;s &lt;em&gt;Tim Hickman&lt;/em&gt; this article will acquaint you with the customize dialog, templates, tasks, and tools in MicroStation V8 XM Edition. 
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Note: The following content is based upon version 08.09.02.12 and assumes that &lt;em&gt;MS_DGNLIBLIST&lt;/em&gt; is pointing to the open design file.&lt;br /&gt;
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The &lt;em&gt;Tools&lt;/em&gt; tab will list your design files current tools, tasks and menus that are available. There are &lt;em&gt;user&lt;/em&gt; tools which are custom tools created by the user, and there are &lt;em&gt;application&lt;/em&gt; tools that are delivered by the applications.&lt;br /&gt;
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There are &lt;em&gt;user&lt;/em&gt; tasks which are tasks created by the user, and there are &lt;em&gt;application&lt;/em&gt; tasks which are delivered with the application.&lt;br /&gt;
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Notice the User Tools and the User Tasks both have a sub-heading of the file that&amp;rsquo;s currently open. It is this file that will store the custom tools and tasks that are created. 
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&lt;em&gt;Templates&lt;/em&gt; control settings like level, color, fill mode, text style, cell name, cell scale, dimension style, and so forth. There are two ways to use templates:&lt;br /&gt;
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1. Select the template to control the active attributes only. 
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2. Select / activate the &lt;em&gt;template icon&lt;/em&gt; to link it to the element being placed. This way, if the template changes so does the element that it&amp;rsquo;s linked to. 
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&lt;em&gt;Tools&lt;/em&gt; are similar to the old tool boxes of pre-XM MicroStaiton. Instead of controlling settings, you simply supply the command string, description, associate a template (to control the settings), and give it an icon.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Tasks&lt;/em&gt; contain tools and represent specific actions that you may execute to complete your design. &lt;br /&gt;
For example a road designer might want to define the following tasks:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Place Right of Way&lt;br /&gt;
Place Roadaway&lt;br /&gt;
Place Curbing&lt;br /&gt;
Place Barrier&lt;br /&gt;
Place Drainage Grading&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The following image illustrates tasks delivered with the &lt;em&gt;building&lt;/em&gt; workspace. 
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Note that all tools, tasks and templates all reside in the open design file which is being pointed to by &lt;em&gt;MS_DGNLIBLIST&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When doing customization in MicroStation V8 XM Edition, tools and templates are typically created first. Once these are done, you can then create the tasks and menu items. 
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&lt;strong&gt;Tim Hickman &lt;/strong&gt;
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Tim is a technical support analyst with Bentley and works out of the Exton office. 
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</description></item><item><title>An introduction to templates, tasks and tools </title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1099/an-introduction-to-templates-tasks-and-tools/revision/2</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:57:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:6bb77927-b430-48d5-a101-66bfbe4246f3</guid><dc:creator>Hannah Blye</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1099/an-introduction-to-templates-tasks-and-tools#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Hannah Blye on 6/20/2008 2:57:36 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Original Article Date: &lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;March 16, 2006&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Authored by Bentley&amp;rsquo;s &lt;em&gt;Tim Hickman&lt;/em&gt; this article will acquaint you with the customize dialog, templates, tasks, and tools in MicroStation V8 XM Edition. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt solid"&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
Note: The following content is based upon version 08.09.02.12 and assumes that &lt;em&gt;MS_DGNLIBLIST&lt;/em&gt; is pointing to the open design file.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The &lt;em&gt;Tools&lt;/em&gt; tab will list your design files current tools, tasks and menus that are available. There are &lt;em&gt;user&lt;/em&gt; tools which are custom tools created by the user, and there are &lt;em&gt;application&lt;/em&gt; tools that are delivered by the applications.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There are &lt;em&gt;user&lt;/em&gt; tasks which are tasks created by the user, and there are &lt;em&gt;application&lt;/em&gt; tasks which are delivered with the application.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Notice the User Tools and the User Tasks both have a sub-heading of the file that&amp;rsquo;s currently open. It is this file that will store the custom tools and tasks that are created. 
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&lt;em&gt;Templates&lt;/em&gt; control settings like level, color, fill mode, text style, cell name, cell scale, dimension style, and so forth. There are two ways to use templates:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
1. Select the template to control the active attributes only. 
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2. Select / activate the &lt;em&gt;template icon&lt;/em&gt; to link it to the element being placed. This way, if the template changes so does the element that it&amp;rsquo;s linked to. 
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&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
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			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/290Pic3.gif" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Tools&lt;/em&gt; are similar to the old tool boxes of pre-XM MicroStaiton. Instead of controlling settings, you simply supply the command string, description, associate a template (to control the settings), and give it an icon.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Tasks&lt;/em&gt; contain tools and represent specific actions that you may execute to complete your design. &lt;br /&gt;
For example a road designer might want to define the following tasks:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Place Right of Way&lt;br /&gt;
Place Roadaway&lt;br /&gt;
Place Curbing&lt;br /&gt;
Place Barrier&lt;br /&gt;
Place Drainage Grading&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The following image illustrates tasks delivered with the &lt;em&gt;building&lt;/em&gt; workspace. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
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			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/290Pic4.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
Note that all tools, tasks and templates all reside in the open design file which is being pointed to by &lt;em&gt;MS_DGNLIBLIST&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When doing customization in MicroStation V8 XM Edition, tools and templates are typically created first. Once these are done, you can then create the tasks and menu items.&lt;!--  End: Related Articles  --&gt; 
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&lt;strong&gt;Tim Hickman &lt;/strong&gt;
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Tim is a technical support analyst with Bentley and works out of the Exton office. 
&lt;/p&gt;
AskInga Article #290 
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</description></item><item><title>An introduction to templates, tasks and tools </title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1099/an-introduction-to-templates-tasks-and-tools/revision/1</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 14:41:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:6bb77927-b430-48d5-a101-66bfbe4246f3</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1099/an-introduction-to-templates-tasks-and-tools#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Anonymous on 5/30/2008 2:41:28 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
Authored by Bentley&amp;rsquo;s &lt;em&gt;Tim Hickman&lt;/em&gt; this article will acquaint you with the customize dialog, templates, tasks, and tools in MicroStation V8 XM Edition. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt solid"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Note: The following content is based upon version 08.09.02.12 and assumes that &lt;em&gt;MS_DGNLIBLIST&lt;/em&gt; is pointing to the open design file.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The &lt;em&gt;Tools&lt;/em&gt; tab will list your design files current tools, tasks and menus that are available. There are &lt;em&gt;user&lt;/em&gt; tools which are custom tools created by the user, and there are &lt;em&gt;application&lt;/em&gt; tools that are delivered by the applications.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There are &lt;em&gt;user&lt;/em&gt; tasks which are tasks created by the user, and there are &lt;em&gt;application&lt;/em&gt; tasks which are delivered with the application.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Notice the User Tools and the User Tasks both have a sub-heading of the file that&amp;rsquo;s currently open. It is this file that will store the custom tools and tasks that are created.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/290Pic1.gif" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Templates&lt;/em&gt; control settings like level, color, fill mode, text style, cell name, cell scale, dimension style, and so forth. There are two ways to use templates:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
1. Select the template to control the active attributes only.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/290Pic2.gif" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
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2. Select / activate the &lt;em&gt;template icon&lt;/em&gt; to link it to the element being placed. This way, if the template changes so does the element that it&amp;rsquo;s linked to.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/290Pic3.gif" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Tools&lt;/em&gt; are similar to the old tool boxes of pre-XM MicroStaiton. Instead of controlling settings, you simply supply the command string, description, associate a template (to control the settings), and give it an icon.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Tasks&lt;/em&gt; contain tools and represent specific actions that you may execute to complete your design. &lt;br /&gt;
For example a road designer might want to define the following tasks:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Place Right of Way&lt;br /&gt;
Place Roadaway&lt;br /&gt;
Place Curbing&lt;br /&gt;
Place Barrier&lt;br /&gt;
Place Drainage Grading&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The following image illustrates tasks delivered with the &lt;em&gt;building&lt;/em&gt; workspace.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/290Pic4.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Note that all tools, tasks and templates all reside in the open design file which is being pointed to by &lt;em&gt;MS_DGNLIBLIST&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When doing customization in MicroStation V8 XM Edition, tools and templates are typically created first. Once these are done, you can then create the tasks and menu items.&lt;!--  End: Related Articles  --&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt solid"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Tim Hickman &lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Tim is a technical support analyst with Bentley and works out of the Exton office.
&lt;/p&gt;
Ask Inga Article #290
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