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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Article Date: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Feb 2, 2001&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ever wonder how to change your tentative (snap) readouts? If so, then keep reading. This article is for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;2004-03-16&lt;/em&gt; Edited for clarity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;2007-11-13&lt;/em&gt; Added information regarding MicroStation V8 XM Edition (Thank you Artur!) &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;MicroStation has several kinds of readouts which are commonly referred to as the &lt;em&gt;tpmode readout&lt;/em&gt;. The examples below refer to a variety of &lt;em&gt;tpmode&lt;/em&gt; keyins that change the way MicroStation displays tentative point location information. Once the keyin has been entered, the selected &lt;em&gt;tpmode&lt;/em&gt; is saved with the design file until such a time that it is changed. Of course - that&amp;#39;s dependent upon you saving the settings upon leaving the file.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To display the design plane coordinates of the tentative point:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keyin: &lt;em&gt;set tpmode locate&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you snap to a particular location on an element, the relative XY coordinates will be displayed in the status bar. This is a simple and effective way of confirming location information of the element. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Note: For displaying the coordinates of a tentative point in MicroStion V8 2004 Edition and later, consider turning ON &lt;em&gt;Update Statusbar Coordinates&lt;/em&gt; in the &lt;em&gt;AcucSnap Settings&lt;/em&gt; dialog. When this setting is on, MicroStation will display the coordinates of AccuSnap&amp;#39;s yellow &amp;quot;x&amp;quot; in the status bar. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To display the relative distance of a tentative point from a previous input point (data or tentative):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keyin: &lt;em&gt;set tpmode vdelta&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Snapping to two different locations will display the resulting distance as measured along each view axis. Note: Rotating your view will affect the way the distance is being measured! If you are utilizing rotated views in your workflow use the keyin &lt;em&gt;set tpmode delta&lt;/em&gt; instead. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To show the distance and angle between two tentative points:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keyin: &lt;em&gt;set tpmode distance&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this case, the angle is measured from the design plane X-axis while the previous input point serves as the vertex of the angle being measured. To use this mode, select &lt;em&gt;Element Selection&lt;/em&gt;, snap and accept the first location followed by snapping/accepting the second location. The distance and angle will be displayed in the status bar as shown. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When using Auxiliary Coordinate Systems:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The keyin: &lt;em&gt;set tpmpde asclocate&lt;/em&gt; will display the auxiliary coordinates of each tentative point, while &lt;em&gt;set tpmode acsdelta&lt;/em&gt; displays the distance between each tentative point and the previous input point in auxiliary coordinates. &lt;/p&gt;
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</description></item><item><title>Set your tentative (snap) point readout mode</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/390/set-your-tentative-snap-point-readout-mode/revision/4</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:52:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:da89f881-4b29-4404-a953-993367101767</guid><dc:creator>Hannah Blye</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/390/set-your-tentative-snap-point-readout-mode#comments</comments><description>Revision 4 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Hannah Blye on 6/11/2008 4:52:46 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Original Article Date: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Feb 2, 2001&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;p&gt;
Ever wonder how to change your tentative (snap) readouts? If so, then keep reading. This article is for you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2004-03-16&lt;/em&gt; Edited for clarity.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2007-11-13&lt;/em&gt; Added information regarding MicroStation V8 XM Edition (Thank you Artur!) 
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&lt;p&gt;
MicroStation has several kinds of readouts which are commonly referred to as the &lt;em&gt;tpmode readout&lt;/em&gt;. The examples below refer to a variety of &lt;em&gt;tpmode&lt;/em&gt; keyins that change the way MicroStation displays tentative point location information. Once the keyin has been entered, the selected &lt;em&gt;tpmode&lt;/em&gt; is saved with the design file until such a time that it is changed. Of course - that's dependent upon you saving the settings upon leaving the file.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;To display the design plane coordinates of the tentative point:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Keyin: &lt;em&gt;set tpmode locate&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
When you snap to a particular location on an element, the relative XY coordinates will be displayed in the status bar. This is a simple and effective way of confirming location information of the element. 
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Note: For displaying the coordinates of a tentative point in MicroStion V8 2004 Edition and later, consider turning ON &lt;em&gt;Update Statusbar Coordinates&lt;/em&gt; in the &lt;em&gt;AcucSnap Settings&lt;/em&gt; dialog. When this setting is on, MicroStation will display the coordinates of AccuSnap's yellow &amp;quot;x&amp;quot; in the status bar. 
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&lt;strong&gt;To display the relative distance of a tentative point from a previous input point (data or tentative):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Keyin: &lt;em&gt;set tpmode vdelta&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Snapping to two different locations will display the resulting distance as measured along each view axis. Note: Rotating your view will affect the way the distance is being measured! If you are utilizing rotated views in your workflow use the keyin &lt;em&gt;set tpmode delta&lt;/em&gt; instead. 
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&lt;strong&gt;To show the distance and angle between two tentative points:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Keyin: &lt;em&gt;set tpmode distance&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, the angle is measured from the design plane X-axis while the previous input point serves as the vertex of the angle being measured. To use this mode, select &lt;em&gt;Element Selection&lt;/em&gt;, snap and accept the first location followed by snapping/accepting the second location. The distance and angle will be displayed in the status bar as shown. 
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&lt;strong&gt;When using Auxiliary Coordinate Systems:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The keyin: &lt;em&gt;set tpmpde asclocate&lt;/em&gt; will display the auxiliary coordinates of each tentative point, while &lt;em&gt;set tpmode acsdelta&lt;/em&gt; displays the distance between each tentative point and the previous input point in auxiliary coordinates. 
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Ever wonder how to change your tentative (snap) readouts? If so, then keep reading. This article is for you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2001-02-02&lt;/em&gt; Original posting date.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2004-03-16&lt;/em&gt; Edited for clarity.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2007-11-13&lt;/em&gt; Added information regarding MicroStation V8 XM Edition (Thank you Artur!) 
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&lt;p&gt;
MicroStation has several kinds of readouts which are commonly referred to as the &lt;em&gt;tpmode readout&lt;/em&gt;. The examples below refer to a variety of &lt;em&gt;tpmode&lt;/em&gt; keyins that change the way MicroStation displays tentative point location information. Once the keyin has been entered, the selected &lt;em&gt;tpmode&lt;/em&gt; is saved with the design file until such a time that it is changed. Of course - that's dependent upon you saving the settings upon leaving the file.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;To display the design plane coordinates of the tentative point:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Keyin: &lt;em&gt;set tpmode locate&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
When you snap to a particular location on an element, the relative XY coordinates will be displayed in the status bar. This is a simple and effective way of confirming location information of the element. 
&lt;/p&gt;
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Note: For displaying the coordinates of a tentative point in MicroStion V8 2004 Edition and later, consider turning ON &lt;em&gt;Update Statusbar Coordinates&lt;/em&gt; in the &lt;em&gt;AcucSnap Settings&lt;/em&gt; dialog. When this setting is on, MicroStation will display the coordinates of AccuSnap's yellow &amp;quot;x&amp;quot; in the status bar. 
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&lt;strong&gt;To display the relative distance of a tentative point from a previous input point (data or tentative):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Keyin: &lt;em&gt;set tpmode vdelta&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Snapping to two different locations will display the resulting distance as measured along each view axis. Note: Rotating your view will affect the way the distance is being measured! If you are utilizing rotated views in your workflow use the keyin &lt;em&gt;set tpmode delta&lt;/em&gt; instead. 
&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;To show the distance and angle between two tentative points:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Keyin: &lt;em&gt;set tpmode distance&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, the angle is measured from the design plane X-axis while the previous input point serves as the vertex of the angle being measured. To use this mode, select &lt;em&gt;Element Selection&lt;/em&gt;, snap and accept the first location followed by snapping/accepting the second location. The distance and angle will be displayed in the status bar as shown. 
&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;When using Auxiliary Coordinate Systems:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The keyin: &lt;em&gt;set tpmpde asclocate&lt;/em&gt; will display the auxiliary coordinates of each tentative point, while &lt;em&gt;set tpmode acsdelta&lt;/em&gt; displays the distance between each tentative point and the previous input point in auxiliary coordinates. 
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Ever wonder how to change your tentative (snap) readouts? If so, then keep reading. This article is for you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2001-02-02&lt;/em&gt; Original posting date.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2004-03-16&lt;/em&gt; Edited for clarity.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2007-11-13&lt;/em&gt; Added information regarding MicroStation V8 XM Edition (Thank you Artur!) 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt solid"&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
MicroStation has several kinds of readouts which are commonly referred to as the &lt;em&gt;tpmode readout&lt;/em&gt;. The examples below refer to a variety of &lt;em&gt;tpmode&lt;/em&gt; keyins that change the way MicroStation displays tentative point location information. Once the keyin has been entered, the selected &lt;em&gt;tpmode&lt;/em&gt; is saved with the design file until such a time that it is changed. Of course - that's dependent upon you saving the settings upon leaving the file.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;To display the design plane coordinates of the tentative point:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Keyin: &lt;em&gt;set tpmode locate&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
When you snap to a particular location on an element, the relative XY coordinates will be displayed in the status bar. This is a simple and effective way of confirming location information of the element. 
&lt;/p&gt;
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Note: For displaying the coordinates of a tentative point in MicroStion V8 2004 Edition and later, consider turning ON &lt;em&gt;Update Statusbar Coordinates&lt;/em&gt; in the &lt;em&gt;AcucSnap Settings&lt;/em&gt; dialog. When this setting is on, MicroStation will display the coordinates of AccuSnap's yellow &amp;quot;x&amp;quot; in the status bar. 
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&lt;strong&gt;To display the relative distance of a tentative point from a previous input point (data or tentative):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Keyin: &lt;em&gt;set tpmode vdelta&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Snapping to two different locations will display the resulting distance as measured along each view axis. Note: Rotating your view will affect the way the distance is being measured! If you are utilizing rotated views in your workflow use the keyin &lt;em&gt;set tpmode delta&lt;/em&gt; instead. 
&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;To show the distance and angle between two tentative points:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Keyin: &lt;em&gt;set tpmode distance&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, the angle is measured from the design plane X-axis while the previous input point serves as the vertex of the angle being measured. To use this mode, select &lt;em&gt;Element Selection&lt;/em&gt;, snap and accept the first location followed by snapping/accepting the second location. The distance and angle will be displayed in the status bar as shown. 
&lt;/p&gt;
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			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/41Pic3.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;When using Auxiliary Coordinate Systems:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The keyin: &lt;em&gt;set tpmpde asclocate&lt;/em&gt; will display the auxiliary coordinates of each tentative point, while &lt;em&gt;set tpmode acsdelta&lt;/em&gt; displays the distance between each tentative point and the previous input point in auxiliary coordinates. 
&lt;/p&gt;
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</description></item><item><title>Set your tentative (snap) point readout mode</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/390/set-your-tentative-snap-point-readout-mode/revision/1</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 12:38:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:da89f881-4b29-4404-a953-993367101767</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/390/set-your-tentative-snap-point-readout-mode#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Anonymous on 5/30/2008 12:38:37 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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Ever wonder how to change your tentative (snap) readouts? If so, then keep reading. This article is for you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2001-02-02&lt;/em&gt; Original posting date.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2004-03-16&lt;/em&gt; Edited for clarity.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2007-11-13&lt;/em&gt; Added information regarding MicroStation V8 XM Edition (Thank you Artur!)
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MicroStation has several kinds of readouts which are commonly referred to as the &lt;em&gt;tpmode readout&lt;/em&gt;. The examples below refer to a variety of &lt;em&gt;tpmode&lt;/em&gt; keyins that change the way MicroStation displays tentative point location information. Once the keyin has been entered, the selected &lt;em&gt;tpmode&lt;/em&gt; is saved with the design file until such a time that it is changed. Of course - that's dependent upon you saving the settings upon leaving the file.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;To display the design plane coordinates of the tentative point:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Keyin: &lt;em&gt;set tpmode locate&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
When you snap to a particular location on an element, the relative XY coordinates will be displayed in the status bar. This is a simple and effective way of confirming location information of the element.
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Note: For displaying the coordinates of a tentative point in MicroStion V8 2004 Edition and later, consider turning ON &lt;em&gt;Update Statusbar Coordinates&lt;/em&gt; in the &lt;em&gt;AcucSnap Settings&lt;/em&gt; dialog. When this setting is on, MicroStation will display the coordinates of AccuSnap's yellow &amp;quot;x&amp;quot; in the status bar.
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&lt;strong&gt;To display the relative distance of a tentative point from a previous input point (data or tentative):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Keyin: &lt;em&gt;set tpmode vdelta&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Snapping to two different locations will display the resulting distance as measured along each view axis. Note: Rotating your view will affect the way the distance is being measured! If you are utilizing rotated views in your workflow use the keyin &lt;em&gt;set tpmode delta&lt;/em&gt; instead.
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&lt;strong&gt;To show the distance and angle between two tentative points:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Keyin: &lt;em&gt;set tpmode distance&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, the angle is measured from the design plane X-axis while the previous input point serves as the vertex of the angle being measured. To use this mode, select &lt;em&gt;Element Selection&lt;/em&gt;, snap and accept the first location followed by snapping/accepting the second location. The distance and angle will be displayed in the status bar as shown.
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&lt;strong&gt;When using Auxiliary Coordinate Systems:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The keyin: &lt;em&gt;set tpmpde asclocate&lt;/em&gt; will display the auxiliary coordinates of each tentative point, while &lt;em&gt;set tpmode acsdelta&lt;/em&gt; displays the distance between each tentative point and the previous input point in auxiliary coordinates.
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