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    • Stop dimension text from flipping

      Jordan Stierly
      Jordan Stierly
      Original Tip Date: Mar. 5, 2001 Stop dimension text from flipping! To stop your dimension text from flipping when a view is rotated, use the following keyin. (Note that this has to be set before the dimension text is placed…
      • over 13 years ago
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    • Put secondary dimensions in parenthesis

      Jordan Stierly
      Jordan Stierly
      Original Tip Date: Nov. 3, 2003 Put secondary dimensions in parenthesis Karl Detrick posted this "stoopid trick" in the v8.dimensioning newsgroup. Too cool! To place your secondary dimensions in parenthesis, go to the…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Edit dimension text to be an asterisk

      Jordan Stierly
      Jordan Stierly
      Original Tip Date: Dec. 19, 2003 Edit dimension text to be an * This helpful tip was posted by Dennis Barker in the discussion groups. In some situations you may require your dimension text to read as an asterick rather…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Change the datapoint order when dimensioning

      Jordan Stierly
      Jordan Stierly
      Original Tip Date: Jan. 22, 2004 Change the datapoint order when dimensioning While trying to beat his opponent in a game of on-line chess, Josh Schifter tried to distract his opponent by hollering these words repeatedly…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Keyins to flip V7s dimension terminators

      Jordan Stierly
      Jordan Stierly
      Original Tip Date: Mar. 16, 2004 Keyins to flip V7's dimension terminators To quickly and easily flip your dimension terminators to the outside or inside, try these keyins on a button or function key: Inside: mdl…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Modify a dimension without extension lines

      Jordan Stierly
      Jordan Stierly
      Original Tip Date: Mar. 16, 2004 Modify a dimension without extension lines Josh Schifter was sitting by the river reading "Little Red Riding Hood" when to his amazement Robin Hood rode by and muttered: To modify a…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
      • [Archived] AskInga Wiki
    • Add a leader line to the dimension radial tool

      Jordan Stierly
      Jordan Stierly
      Original Tip Date: Jul. 6, 2005 Add a leader line to Dimension Radial There's two ways you can do this: 1) Go to the Dimension Styles dialog and set the Placement > Location option to Manual . Or..... 2) Use the…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Disable word processor when using place note

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Tip Date: July 2005 Updated: December 2009 Here's a gem from Micahel Hall : If you're using Place Note to place leader lines but not text, change the command to read: place note icon;dmsg closedialog 1 wordproc …
      • over 12 years ago
      • MicroStation
      • [Archived] AskInga Wiki
    • Place multiple leader lines with Place Note

      Inga Morozoff
      Inga Morozoff
      Original Tip Date: Jan. 11, 2006 Place lots of leader lines with Place Note Oh, wow...now this is cool. Hold down the CTRL key when placing a note, that way you can position more than one leader line. You'll have to upgrade to…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
      • [Archived] AskInga Wiki
    • Change the minimum dimension line length

      Jordan Stierly
      Jordan Stierly
      Original Tip Date: Mar. 21, 2006 Change the minumum dimension line length To change the minimum length of a dimension line, adjust the value of the minimum leader length. In MicroStation V8, see Terminators > Geometry…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Reinstating the original dimension value

      Jordan Stierly
      Jordan Stierly
      Original Tip Date: Oct. 31, 2002 Reinstating the original dimension value If you've edited your dimension text to read something other than what's been auto-generated, you can re-instate the original value by entering a …
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
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    • Set line spacing used for label line

      Jordan Stierly
      Jordan Stierly
      Original Tip Date: Feb. 13, 2003 Set line spacing used for Label Line In V7, you can adjust the line spacing used with Label Line via: Settings > Dimension > Tolerance > Lower Margin In MicroStation V8 2004 Edition, the Lower Margin…
      • over 13 years ago
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    • Key-In to set active dimension style

      Jordan Stierly
      Jordan Stierly
      Original Tip Date: Apr. 4, 2003 Key-in to set active dimension style To set the active dimension style, use this key-in: DIMSTYLE ACTIVE [dimension_style_name] Note that dimension style name is case-sensitive…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
      • [Archived] AskInga Wiki
    • Comma separate dimension text

      Jordan Stierly
      Jordan Stierly
      Original Tip Date: May 15, 2003 Comma separate dimension text Oh this is so sweet...and many thanks to Bentley's Josh Schifter for sharing it on the v8.dimensioning newsgroup! To place comma separated dimension text…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
      • [Archived] AskInga Wiki
    • Drop dimensions to segments

      Jordan Stierly
      Jordan Stierly
      Original Tip Date: May 15, 2003 Drop dimensions to segments Take a look at Drop Element and notice that there's a new switch to drop dimension elements down to segments. Gotta try it for yourself to see what it does....you…
      • over 13 years ago
      • MicroStation
      • [Archived] AskInga Wiki
    • Ball and chain dimensioning

      Jordan Stierly
      Jordan Stierly
      Original Tip Date: May 15, 2003 "Ball and Chain" dimensioning If you enable the Allow Dimension With Leader switch in your V8 dimension settings, you'll be able to pull the dimension text away as shown below. Related…
      • over 13 years ago
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