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Rotate a view based on an existing element
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Feb 16, 2001 Rotate a view based on an existing element To rotate a view based on the angle of an existing element, use the keyin: ROTATE VIEW ELEMENT Note, this keyin may give you different results in a 3D file…
over 13 years ago
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Speed up view controls
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Feb 16, 2001 Speed up view controls Use the SELV [view number] to streamline view commands. For example, put Fit All;selv 1;selv 2;selv 3;selv 4;selv 5;selv 6;selv 7;selv 8 on a function key to fit all views…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
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Keyin to toggle through your open views
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Oct. 16, 2003 Keyin to toggle through your open views Thanks to Chuck Rheault for enlightening us with this: To toggle through all open views, put this keyin on a function key: window bottomtotop It will take…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
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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
MicroStation
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Set your view to be B sized
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Jan. 6, 2004 Set your view to be B sized If ever you want you set your view to be a particular size, you can do so by going to Settings > Design File > Views Then adjust the Pixel Width and Pixel Height to be…
over 13 years ago
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Reduce available view controls
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Jan. 8, 2004 Reduce available view controls Don't use all of the view controls in the default installation of MicroStation V8? Just do a right-click on them and turn off the ones you don't use. …
over 13 years ago
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Keyin to maximize and fit a view
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Jan. 14, 2004 Keyin to maximize and fit a view Larry Whitt recieved a pass from the hall monitor to share this on the newsgroups: To automatically maximize a single view and fit it's contents, use this keyin…
over 13 years ago
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Using your mouse wheel to set the window center
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Mar. 22, 2004 Using your mouse wheel to set the window center So, this is cool. In MicroStation V8: If you've got your Workspace > Preferences > Mouse options set up as follows you'll be able to set your window…
over 11 years ago
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Smoother panning with your mouse
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Mar. 22, 2004 Smoother panning with your mouse To smooth out your panning, go to Workspace > Preferences > Mouse and set the Pan and Zoom Ratios down to 1.1 or 1.2 . The results will be obvious. With thanks…
over 13 years ago
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Fit the view to the fence
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Oct 22, 2004 Fit the view to the fence Oh, this is cool! With thanks to Gerald Hernandez for posting this tip on the v8.general discussion group. To fit the view and adjust the window to a fence, use the keyin…
over 13 years ago
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Toggle Fill isplay with one button
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Oct 22, 2004 Toggle Fill Display with one button Rudi Wells shared this excellent tip on the v8.general discussion group: To quickly turn on and off the display of filled elements, stick this keyin on a function…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
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Use saved views from references for navigating - Part 2
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Sep 26, 2005 Use saved views from references for navigating - Part 2 Matthew DeBeliso from City of San Diego Water & Sewer Design Division offers this awesome tip! In Part 1 of this tip, you learned how you can…
over 13 years ago
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Use Saved Views from references for navigating - Part 1
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Sep 26, 2005 Use saved views from references for navigating - Part 1 Matthew DeBeliso from City of San Diego Water & Sewer Design Division offers this awesome tip! Did you know that a saved view created in a…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
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Batch create thumbnails to use in the MicroStation Manager
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Sep 26, 2005 Batch create thumbnails to use in the MicroStation Manager Here's a cool keyin from Bentley's own Phil Chouinard that lets you create a saved view called Preview for thumbnail generation. Use it…
over 13 years ago
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Rotate a view by increments of an angle
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Nov 8. 2004 Rotate a view by increments of an angle With thanks to Phil Chouinard for sharing this on the v8.general discussion group. To increment a views rotation by a specific angle: RV=x where x is the angle…
over 13 years ago
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Rotate a view based on absolute angles
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Nov 8, 2004 Rotate a view based on absolute angles To rotate a view to a specific number of degrees, and not change the active angle, use this keyin: rotate view absolute x Where x are the absolute degrees…
over 13 years ago
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Rotate a view based on the active angle
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Nov 8, 2004 Rotate a view based on the active angle To rotate a view based on the active angle, use this keyin: mdl silentload calculat;rotate view absolute {tcb->actangle};selview 1 With thanks to Phil Chouinard…
over 13 years ago
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Exchange into reference - keep the current view - and don't update it
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Nov. 24, 2005 Exchange into reference, keep the current view, and don't update it With many thanks to Rudi Wells for sharing this tip! Since the beginning of time you've been able to exchange the active file…
over 13 years ago
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Rotate the view to match orientation of AccuDraw compass
Jordan Stierly
Original Tip Date: Jan. 4, 2006 Rotate the view to match orientation of AccuDraw compass Just like the title says, in MicroStation V8 XM Edition you can rotate the view to match the alignement of the AccuDraw compass by issuing…
over 13 years ago
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Improve the Update View command on the view pop-up
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Feb 14, 2005 Improve the Update View command on the view pop-up Here's a great tip from Truels Wissneth : Replace the existing Update View command in the View Pop-up menu from update view extended to update all…
over 13 years ago
MicroStation
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Alternate keyin for Selview
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Feb 18, 2005 Alternate keyin for selview Tired of using the keyin selview [view number] in your scripts? If so, use point absolute instead. This one uses the "active view" and therefore eliminates the need to…
over 13 years ago
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Rotate isometric view in 90 degree increments
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Mar 21, 2005 Rotate isometric view in 90 degree increments With thanks to some fellow called Richard for sharing this on the discussion groups. To quickly rotate your isometric view in 90 degree increments, use…
over 13 years ago
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Control how the views appear when navigating through models
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Jan. 9, 2006 Control how the views appear when opening model When using the Previous Model , Next Model , or All Models Visited buttons in MicroStation V8 XM Edition, you may find these keystrokes a cool way…
over 13 years ago
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Navigate through your models even faster
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: Jan. 9, 2006 Navigate through your models even faster In MicroStation V8 XM Edition you'll find a couple of new icons in the View Groups tool box: Previous Model - Lets you access the previous model in the session…
over 13 years ago
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Mimic the old OverView - Birds Eye View with this keyin
Inga Morozoff
Original Tip Date: June 2005 Mimic the old OverView / Bird's Eye View with this keyin Wow! Way to go Steve Atkinson for contributing this excellent tip! This keyin will open a second window, the "bird's eye view", and allow you…
over 12 years ago
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