Use shift to activate representative or previous tool

Original Tip Date: Sep 18, 2006

*Use Shift* to activate representative or previous tool**
With thanks to Victor Nip for sharing this on the discussion groups. To return to the previous tool in MicroStation V8 XM Edition, press Shift + the number or letter corresponding to the representative tool in the Main tool box or in the Task Navigation tool box For example, by default the Manipulate tool box is in position number three and is represented by Copy Element tool. By pressing 3 the Manipulate screen menu will open, and pressing 4 will get you to the Rotate tool. This now sets the Rotate tool as the representative tool for that tool box. In other words, it's this icon that now shows in position three on the Main tool box. To re-activate the representative tool of the tool box, just the Shift + the number or letter adjacent to the icon. Not only does this bypass the screen menu, it's also very effective for those of you working with the Element Selection tool. The video below shows the following keystrokes: 3, 4, 1, Shift + 3 Notice that the screen menu has been bypassed when pressing Shift + 3 to return to Rotate

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