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Selection set highlight colour
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: February 2001 Updated: August 2010 To change the colour of the Selection Set use this keyin: mdl load calculat;calc tcb->selectionHiliteOverride=[colour_number]; calc tcb->selectionHiliteColor = [colour_number] Where the colour…
over 12 years ago
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Set element highlight colour when snapping
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Feb 16, 2001 Updated: August 2010 To change the colour that an element highlights when you snap to it, use this keyin: set hilite [colour] Where the colour option is one of the following: black, blue, cyan…
over 12 years ago
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Element highlight colour keyins
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: February 2001 Updated: August 2010 Element Highlight Colour Keyins You can set the element highlight colour with the following keyins: SET HILITE [colour] where the colour can be one of the following: black…
over 13 years ago
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Keyin to toggle background colour on a per view basis
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: December 2003 Updated: July 2011 Phil Chouinard shared this on one of the archived Bentley discussion groups: To toggle between a black and white background on a view-by-view basis, use these V8 keyins mdl…
over 12 years ago
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Set design history colours
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Feb. 9, 2004 Set Design History Colours You didn't learn this here. :-) Set MS_DESIGN_HISTORY_COLORS to all white or all black depending upon your background colour. …
over 13 years ago
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Set the pointer circle to a different colour
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Mar. 9, 2004 Set the pointer circle to a different colour To change the color of the circle stuck to your pointer, use this keyin: set xor followed by one of these colour options: blue, black, cyan…
over 13 years ago
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Change the view window background colour with this macro
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Jun 22, 2004 Macros to quickly change the view window background colour Rudi Wells was kind enough to post these two macros on the V7.General discussion boards. They work in both V7 and V8. To change the view…
over 13 years ago
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The fence color
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Jun. 7, 2005 The fence color Did you know that a fence uses two colours in MicroStation V8 2004 Edition? 1) When you place the fence, or do something to the the fence, the colour used to display the dynamics…
over 13 years ago
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Compare design files without level symbology
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Aug. 8, 2005 Compare design files without Level Symbology For an easy way to compare design files graphically, and without using Level Symbology, take a look at this great tip from Dick Dudley : An…
over 13 years ago
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Change colour of engineering links - webtags
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Nov 15, 2004 Change colour of Engineering Links / Webtags To change the color of those elements that have webtags ( Engineering Links ), use this keyin: show webtags color [colour number] For…
over 13 years ago
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Make a custom color book
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Jan. 6, 2006 Make a custom color book In MicroStation V8 XM Edition you can make your own color books. Here's how: Go to Settings > Color Books In the Color Book Editor, select File > New and enter…
over 13 years ago
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Match any colour anywhere with the eye dropper tool
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Jan. 6, 2006 Match any colour anywhere with the eye dropper tool In MicroStation V8 XM Edition you'll find an eye dropper icon in the True Color tab of the colour picker. Use this to match absolutely any…
over 13 years ago
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Set a background image
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Feb 9, 2007 Set a background image To set the background of your design file to an image: Settings > Design File > Views > Background Image Select an image of your choice. Note that the image will be displayed…
over 13 years ago
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Change background of DWG files
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Sep 4, 2002 Change background of DWG files You can control the background colour MicroStation V8 uses for AutoCAD DWG files by selecting the DWG Options button prior to opening the file. This is a global setting…
over 13 years ago
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For the colour blind - change PopSet icons
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: June 2002 Updated: July 2011 Colour blind and can't differentiate between the red and green on V8's PopSet icon? Do a right-click, go to Properties and enable Use Alternate Indicator Icons . Problem solved…
over 12 years ago
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Change the default colour of a sheet model
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: June 2002 Updated: July 2011 Use the configuration variable MS_DEFAULTSHEETRGB to control the background colour of sheet models. for example, MS_DEFAULTSHEETRGB =113,255,113 will set it to green. This variable…
over 12 years ago
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Taking the RED out of colour tables
Inga Morozoff
Original Article Date: February 2001 Updated: August 2010 Learn how MicroStation handles Colour Tables and Color Tables To control the display of element colours in MicroStation, it uses a Colour Table which is essentially a palette of 255…
over 13 years ago
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All about background colours
Inga Morozoff
Original Article Date: January 2004 Updated: November 2004, December 2009, August 2010 Note: All graphics in this article were created from MicroStation V8i SS2. V7, V8 - View Window Background: Toggling Workspace > Preferences > View Windows…
over 13 years ago
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A collection of colour tables
Jordan Stierly
Original Article Date: July 6, 2003 Here's a nice selection of colour / color tables to fiddle with. 2004-02-19 Added the 22nd colour table from Jeffrey Malter . See Page 4. 2004-06-02 Added 15 more from John Evans , see pages 5-7. 2004-11-08 Added…
over 13 years ago
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Change system colour for disabled menu item with this macro
Inga Morozoff
Original Article Date: Aug 12, 2005 With thanks to Peter Overtoom from Bentley's Technical Support Group in Hoofddorp for this VBA code that changes the system text colour used for displaying disabled menu items. And, as always, thanks to Rudi Wells…
over 13 years ago
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Extract and print colour table information
Kees van Prooijen [Bentley]
Original Article Date: February 2004 Updated: October 2005, August 2010 With many thanks to Henry van Berkel , Peter Emmen , Kees van Prooijen and Krister Surell for these macros that allow you to easily extract information from your attached color…
9 months ago
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Viewing a simple DWG file in monochrome
Inga Morozoff
Original Article Date: March 20, 2006 With thanks to Phil Chouinard for providing these files that will allow you to view simple DWG files in monochrome. Note, this workflow works fine in model space for the simple AutoCAD drawings, but doesn't have…
over 12 years ago
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Select by fill colour using this macro
Inga Morozoff
Original Article Date: May 2006 Updated: July 2011 Look what you can do if you learn a little about VBA! This little application will scan the design file and select all shapes based on a user specified fill colour. Now, how cool is that? Thanks…
over 12 years ago
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Compare design files graphically
Inga Morozoff
Original Article Date: June 2002 Updated: July 2011 MicroStaton V8: The graphics below shows a few elements in the active file and a few in the reference file - but which is which? To simplify the volume of on-screen colours, turn on Level…
over 12 years ago
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