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MicroStation Wiki List of Useful Keyboard Shortcuts
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    List of Useful Keyboard Shortcuts

      Product: MicroStation
      Version: V8i
      Environment: N\A
      Area: Configuration
      Subarea: User Preferences


    Text Editor

    When in the Text Editor Dialog box there are some useful keyboard shortcuts to help you get around.

     

    - Ctrl+C (Copy highlighted text to clipboard)

    - Ctrl+X (Cut highlighted text to clipboard)

    - Ctrl+V (Paste text from clipboard)

    - Ctrl+Cursor Right (Next word right)

    - Ctrl+Cursor Left (Next word left)

    - Ctrl+End (End of text string)

    - Ctrl+Home (Beginning of text string)

    - Ctrl+Enter (Apply text edits)

    - Shift+Cursor Keys (Highlight single text)

    - Shift+End/Home (Highlight line text)

    - Shift+Ctrl+Cursor Keys (Highlight next word)

    - (Shift+) Enter (Continue on new line, text will be placed as a text node in the file)

     

     

    AccuDraw

    With the focus in the AccuDraw Dialog box there are some useful keys for changing the active snap mode.

    - I (Intersection Snap)

    - N (Nearest Snap)

    - C (Center Snap)

    - K (Keypoint Snap)

     

    In the entry fields (X,Y,Z) for AccuDraw you can get previous entered values with Page Up/Page Down. This can be a time saver for retyping those long bearings.

    - Page Up (Previous keyed in value)

    - Page Down (First keyed in value)

     

    Windows Keyboard

    - Windows (Displays the start menu)

    - Windows+E (Opens Explorer window)

    - Windows+M (Minimizes all open windows)

    - Windows+Shift+M (Restores all open windows)

    - Windows+F (Opens Find/Search window)

    - Windows+Tab (Cycle open applications in the task bar)

    - Windows+R (Open the windows command line, entering: cmd, will open DOS like command dialog)

     

    MicroStation Pull down

    With a default install of MicroStation the pull down menu has predefined hotkeys to help you run commands and open dialogs. Hotkeys can be added to the pull down menu using Workspace > Customize in MicroStation.

     

    - Ctrl+N (Opens the New file dialog)

    - Ctrl+O (Opens the Open file dialog)

    - Ctrl+W (Closes MicroStation)

    - Ctrl+S (Save file)

    - Ctrl+F (Save settings)

    - Ctrl+P (Opens the Print dialog)

    - Ctrl+Z (Undo Command)

    - Ctrl+R (Redo Command)

    - Ctrl+C (Copy selected elements to clipboard)

    - Ctrl+X (Cut selected elements to clipboard)

    - Ctrl+V (Paste elements from the clipboard)

    - Ctrl+G (Groups selected elements as an unnamed cell)

    - Ctrl+U (Ungroup selected elements)

    - Ctrl+L (Locks selected element)

    - Ctrl+M (Unlocks selected element)

    - Ctrl+I (Element Information tool)

    - Ctrl+B (Opens and will close the View Attributes dialog)

    - Ctrl+T (Opens the Toolboxes dialog)

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      Original Author: Jon AR
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    • Jon AR Created by Jon AR
    • When: Tue, Sep 30 2014 11:38 AM
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    • When: Wed, Mar 20 2019 6:19 AM
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