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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Article Date:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sep 16, 2003&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Often times I&amp;#39;m asked how one can &amp;quot;insert&amp;quot; or attach a reference at a known location. The following workflow may be of some help and is applicable to all versions of MicroStation. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Often times I&amp;#39;m asked how one can &amp;quot;insert&amp;quot; or attach a reference at a known location. The following workflow may be of some help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Set up the view:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Open the file that you are going to attach or use as a reference.&lt;br /&gt;Keyin &lt;em&gt;Window Center&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Snap to the location that you want the &amp;quot;attachment point&amp;quot; to be.&lt;br /&gt;Finally, enter a datapoint on the view.&lt;br /&gt;The view will then be adjusted so that the snap point is in the center. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Create the saved view:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go to &lt;em&gt;Utilities &amp;gt; Saved Views&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enter a name and description&lt;br /&gt;Poke on the &lt;em&gt;Save&lt;/em&gt; button.&lt;br /&gt;The view has now been saved in the file and can be used as a reference. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Attach the saved view as a reference:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Open the file you want to attach the reference to and navigate to the reference dialog.&lt;br /&gt;Poke on &lt;em&gt;Tools &amp;gt; Attach&lt;/em&gt; and select the reference file.&lt;br /&gt;In the attachment settings dialog, select the saved view created earlier.&lt;br /&gt;Make other adjustments such as scale, and logical name as required.&lt;br /&gt;Press &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;At this point, you will notice a box stuck to your cursor and the cursor itself will be in the middle of this box.&lt;br /&gt;This is the center of the view that you defined above.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Without worrying about the size of the box, simply snap to the location you want the reference to be positioned about.&lt;br /&gt;Or, you could keyin a location using &lt;em&gt;xy=x-value,y-value&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(For illustrative purposes, I&amp;#39;m using the green dot below.) &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The center of the saved view is now positioned where you want it. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AskInga Article #154 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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</description></item><item><title>How to attach a reference saved view at a known location</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1414/how-to-attach-a-reference-saved-view-at-a-known-location/revision/3</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:08:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:2ab32957-e77b-45f4-b662-69d248f5b3aa</guid><dc:creator>Hannah Blye</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1414/how-to-attach-a-reference-saved-view-at-a-known-location#comments</comments><description>Revision 3 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Hannah Blye on 6/24/2008 11:08:25 AM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Original Article Date:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sep 16, 2003&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;p&gt;
Often times I'm asked how one can &amp;quot;insert&amp;quot; or attach a reference at a known location. The following workflow may be of some help and is applicable to all versions of MicroStation. 
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&lt;p&gt;
Often times I'm asked how one can &amp;quot;insert&amp;quot; or attach a reference at a known location. The following workflow may be of some help.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Set up the view:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Open the file that you are going to attach or use as a reference.&lt;br /&gt;
Keyin &lt;em&gt;Window Center&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Snap to the location that you want the &amp;quot;attachment point&amp;quot; to be.&lt;br /&gt;
Finally, enter a datapoint on the view.&lt;br /&gt;
The view will then be adjusted so that the snap point is in the center. 
&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Create the saved view:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Go to &lt;em&gt;Utilities &amp;gt; Saved Views&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Enter a name and description&lt;br /&gt;
Poke on the &lt;em&gt;Save&lt;/em&gt; button.&lt;br /&gt;
The view has now been saved in the file and can be used as a reference. 
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&lt;strong&gt;Attach the saved view as a reference:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Open the file you want to attach the reference to and navigate to the reference dialog.&lt;br /&gt;
Poke on &lt;em&gt;Tools &amp;gt; Attach&lt;/em&gt; and select the reference file.&lt;br /&gt;
In the attachment settings dialog, select the saved view created earlier.&lt;br /&gt;
Make other adjustments such as scale, and logical name as required.&lt;br /&gt;
Press &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;
At this point, you will notice a box stuck to your cursor and the cursor itself will be in the middle of this box.&lt;br /&gt;
This is the center of the view that you defined above.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Without worrying about the size of the box, simply snap to the location you want the reference to be positioned about.&lt;br /&gt;
Or, you could keyin a location using &lt;em&gt;xy=x-value,y-value&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
(For illustrative purposes, I'm using the green dot below.) 
&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
The center of the saved view is now positioned where you want it. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
AskInga Article #154 
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Article, Askinga, Reference Files&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>How to attach a reference saved view at a known location</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1414/how-to-attach-a-reference-saved-view-at-a-known-location/revision/2</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 19:10:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:2ab32957-e77b-45f4-b662-69d248f5b3aa</guid><dc:creator>Hannah Blye</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1414/how-to-attach-a-reference-saved-view-at-a-known-location#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Hannah Blye on 5/20/2008 7:10:59 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
Often times I'm asked how one can &amp;quot;insert&amp;quot; or attach a reference at a known location. The following workflow may be of some help and is applicable to all versions of MicroStation. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt solid"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Often times I'm asked how one can &amp;quot;insert&amp;quot; or attach a reference at a known location. The following workflow may be of some help.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Set up the view:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Open the file that you are going to attach or use as a reference.&lt;br /&gt;
Keyin &lt;em&gt;Window Center&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Snap to the location that you want the &amp;quot;attachment point&amp;quot; to be.&lt;br /&gt;
Finally, enter a datapoint on the view.&lt;br /&gt;
The view will then be adjusted so that the snap point is in the center. 
&lt;/p&gt;
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	&lt;tbody&gt;
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			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/154Pic1.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Create the saved view:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Go to &lt;em&gt;Utilities &amp;gt; Saved Views&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Enter a name and description&lt;br /&gt;
Poke on the &lt;em&gt;Save&lt;/em&gt; button.&lt;br /&gt;
The view has now been saved in the file and can be used as a reference. 
&lt;/p&gt;
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	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/154Pic2.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Attach the saved view as a reference:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Open the file you want to attach the reference to and navigate to the reference dialog.&lt;br /&gt;
Poke on &lt;em&gt;Tools &amp;gt; Attach&lt;/em&gt; and select the reference file.&lt;br /&gt;
In the attachment settings dialog, select the saved view created earlier.&lt;br /&gt;
Make other adjustments such as scale, and logical name as required.&lt;br /&gt;
Press &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt; 
&lt;/p&gt;
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			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/154Pic3.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
At this point, you will notice a box stuck to your cursor and the cursor itself will be in the middle of this box.&lt;br /&gt;
This is the center of the view that you defined above.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Without worrying about the size of the box, simply snap to the location you want the reference to be positioned about.&lt;br /&gt;
Or, you could keyin a location using &lt;em&gt;xy=x-value,y-value&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
(For illustrative purposes, I'm using the green dot below.) 
&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/154Pic4.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
The center of the saved view is now positioned where you want it. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
AskInga Article #154
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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</description></item><item><title>How to attach a reference saved view at a known location</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1414/how-to-attach-a-reference-saved-view-at-a-known-location/revision/1</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 19:09:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:2ab32957-e77b-45f4-b662-69d248f5b3aa</guid><dc:creator>Hannah Blye</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1414/how-to-attach-a-reference-saved-view-at-a-known-location#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Hannah Blye on 5/20/2008 7:09:21 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Often times I'm asked how one can &amp;quot;insert&amp;quot; or attach a reference at a known location. The following workflow may be of some help and is applicable to all versions of MicroStation.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt solid"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Often times I'm asked how one can &amp;quot;insert&amp;quot; or attach a reference at a known location. The following workflow may be of some help.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Set up the view:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Open the file that you are going to attach or use as a reference.&lt;br /&gt;
Keyin &lt;em&gt;Window Center&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Snap to the location that you want the &amp;quot;attachment point&amp;quot; to be.&lt;br /&gt;
Finally, enter a datapoint on the view.&lt;br /&gt;
The view will then be adjusted so that the snap point is in the center.
&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/154Pic1.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Create the saved view:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Go to &lt;em&gt;Utilities &amp;gt; Saved Views&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Enter a name and description&lt;br /&gt;
Poke on the &lt;em&gt;Save&lt;/em&gt; button.&lt;br /&gt;
The view has now been saved in the file and can be used as a reference.
&lt;/p&gt;
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	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/154Pic2.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Attach the saved view as a reference:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Open the file you want to attach the reference to and navigate to the reference dialog.&lt;br /&gt;
Poke on &lt;em&gt;Tools &amp;gt; Attach&lt;/em&gt; and select the reference file.&lt;br /&gt;
In the attachment settings dialog, select the saved view created earlier.&lt;br /&gt;
Make other adjustments such as scale, and logical name as required.&lt;br /&gt;
Press &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
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	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/154Pic3.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
At this point, you will notice a box stuck to your cursor and the cursor itself will be in the middle of this box.&lt;br /&gt;
This is the center of the view that you defined above.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Without worrying about the size of the box, simply snap to the location you want the reference to be positioned about.&lt;br /&gt;
Or, you could keyin a location using &lt;em&gt;xy=x-value,y-value&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
(For illustrative purposes, I'm using the green dot below.)
&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/154Pic4.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
The center of the saved view is now positioned where you want it.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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