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Original Tip Date: Oct. 2, 2003 Make Move Element behave like V7 Ever notice how V8's Move Element releases the element right after entering the new location? If this is making you nuts, you can revert to V7 behaviour by simply…

Original Tip Date: Mar. 30, 2001 Need lots of holes? To create a group hole a little quicker, use this workflow: Make the outer shape a solid element and the inner shapes holes. This is done by selecting the proper Area type…

Original Tip Date: Apr. 20, 2001 Control Pattern/Hatch Placement When using Patterning or Hatching tools, you can control the origin by following these easy steps: Select the tool Adjust the necessary settings…

Original Tip Date: Apr. 30, 2001 Recall AccuDraw Keyins To quickly recall values entered into the AccuDraw keyin window, use either the Page Up or Page Down keys. AskInga Tip #93

Original Tip Date: Apr. 30, 2001 Hatch on the active level When placing non-associative patterning or hatching, MicroStation V7 places the elements on the same level as the bounding element. To over-ride this feature: …

Original Tip Date: Oct. 3, 2003 Reset the Graphic Group number Phil Chouinard posted this to the v7.general newsgroup: To reset the Graphic Group number, use this keyin: mdl keyin calculat calc tcb->graphic=1 …

Original Tip Date: Oct. 6, 2003 Transient Elements in MicroStation V8 Perhaps you've seen the message Element is a Transient Element in either the status bar or message center and have wondered what what that's all about…

Original Tip Date: Oct. 17, 2003 Combine / Merge existing shapes If you've got several shapes that need combining, put them into a selection set, then use Construct Region with the method set to Union . …

Original Tip Date: Feb. 13, 2004 Move hatch intersection point with ease MicroStation V8.5 - To adjust the placement point (intersection point) of existing hatch: select Modify Pattern , enable Intersection Point , identify…

Original Tip Date: Feb. 13, 2004 Change hatch symbology MicroStation V8.5 - To quickly and easily change the symbology of hatching, select Modify Pattern , enable Attributes and select the hatch. The hatch will adopt your…

Original Tip Date: March 2004 Updated: December 2010 While trying to figure out what noise annoys an oyster the most, the following was posted: MicroStation V8 2004 Edition : To quickly move the input focus into the key…

Original Tip Date: March 2004 Updated: October 2010 Auto-drop multi-lines as you place them If you want to auto-drop multi-lines as you place them, use this keyin: set compatible mline on . And, if you have a file where it's dropping multi-lines…

Original Tip Date : Mar. 31, 2004 How to re-order your data fields If you have a need to re-order your data fields, try this: Using either the Power Selector or the Element Selection tool, place the data fields into a selection…

Original Tip Date: Aug. 18, 2005 Analyze your curves How curvey are your curves? Check them out with this keyin: analyze curvature point and take a look at the status bar. In there you'll see two values being returned…

Original Tip Date: Jan. 4, 2006 Toggle between tangent points In MicroStation V8 XM Edition, if you're in the Tangent Snap mode, you can switch between the tangent points by simply pressing the ALT key. Note that this only…

Original Tip Date: Jan. 5, 2006 Extended Element Info settings To gain access to additional element properties in the Element Info dialog, just do a right click in the bottom section and select items from the pop-up menu…

Original Tip Date: Jan. 5, 2006 Change various text rotations all at once Ever get a file from someone and all the text is at different angles and you need a fast way to rotate them back to 0 degrees? Well, take a look at what…

Original Tip Date: Jan. 5, 2006 Modify handles for multiple elements You'll find this tidbit in MicroStation V8 XM Edition: After selecting multiple elements, poke on the Select Handles option in the tool settings box…

Original Tip Date: Jan. 5, 2006 Unlock angle preservation when manipulating handles If you like to drag your handles around to modify elements, then you'll love this new feature in MicroStation V8 XM Edition. If you…

Original Tip Date: January 2006 Updated: November 2011 The setting called called Treat Attachment as Element for Manipulation allows you to use the normal element manipulation tools on your references. You can toggle this…

Original Tip Date: Jan 10, 2006 Right click on element to open another instance of MicroStation MicroStation V8 XM Users will love this! Right click on an element that's in a reference and select Edit Refernce . …

Original Tip Date: Jan. 10, 2006 Right click on element to exchange into that file This is something that MicroStation V8 XM Edition users just have to know. If you do a right click on an element that's in a reference, you…

Original Tip Date: Jan. 11, 2006 Cool graphics with Array Take a look at MicroStation V8 XM Edition's Array tool! To give you an idea of the relative spacing of the array, only one single instance is shown in the dynamics…

Original Tip Date: Jan. 30, 2006 Popup for available tasks In MicroStation V8 XM Edition you can strike the F2 key to get a popup of your available tasks. AskInga Tip #622

Original Tip Date: Feb. 9, 2006 Copy selection sets with the CTRL key You know how you can move a selection set by just grabbing and dragging it eh? Well, in MicroStation V8 XM Edition, hold down the CTRL key to copy the…