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    An alternate keyin for DL=0,0,0

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    Original Tip Date: February 2001

    Updated:  July 2011

     DL=[Enter] can be used in place of DL=0,0,0.

    For those of you who haven't been around MicroStation as long as some of us, you may find the following of interest. 

    Before AccuDraw was added to  MicroStation in 1995, all input that required precision was done via keybaord keyins.   

    Key-in

    Alternate Key-in

    Distance from

    Along

    POINT ABSOLUTE

    XY=

    Design plane origin

    Design plane axes

    POINT DELTA

    DL=

    Last tentative or data point

    Design plane axes

    POINT VDELTA

    DX=

    Last tentative or data point

    View axes

    POINT DISTANCE

    DI=

    Last tentative or data point

    Relative to view x-axis

    For more information, search Help for precision Input Key-ins

     

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    • JStierly Created by JStierly
    • When: Tue, Jun 17 2008 3:42 PM
    • Inga Morozoff Last revision by Bentley Colleague Inga Morozoff
    • When: Wed, Jul 27 2011 12:59 PM
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