Original Tip Date: Jan. 13, 2006 Open dialogs from Primary Tools under your cursor To open the various dialogs in Primary Tools so that they are right at your cursor, simply press CTRL + F1 for the first icon, CTRL + F2 for…

Original Tip Date: Jan. 13, 2006 Open the View Attributes dialog under your cursor In MicroStation V8 XM Edition you can get to your View Attributes dialog way fast by simply pressing F5 AskInga…

Original Tip Date: Jan. 13, 2006 Open current task as pop-up under your cursor For MicroStation V8 XM Edition users, get quick and easy access to your current task by pressing F4 on the defualt function key menu or doing…

Original Tip Date: Jan. 13, 2006 Updated: 2009-12-18 In MicroStation XM, open the Main tool frame by your cursor by pressing CTRL + RESET. In MicroStation V8i, CTRL+RESET will open the Main task by your…

Original Tip Date: Jan. 13, 2006 Position Mapping continues to work if toolbox is closed If you're a power user of MicroStation V8 XM Edition, and you've embraced position mapping, you'll be happy to know that you can turn…

Original Tip Date: January 2006 Now, here's something that you can do with nearly all versions of MicroStation. To perform dynamic seamless panning, hold down you SHIFT key and the left mouse button (data) at the same time…

Original Tip Date: Jan. 13, 2006 You've waited for this for a long time, so folks here it is...In MicroStation V8 XM Edition, you can pan with your mouse by simply holding down the middle wheel/button on your mouse. Related…

Original Tip Date: Jan. 13, 2006 Relocate view navigation toolbox Do you yearn to have the view control icons on the left side of each view? If so, then just go to Workspace > Preferences > View Options and adjust the Show View…

Original Tip Date: Jan. 13, 2006 Remove the view navigation tools To remove the view navigation tools from the views, go to Workspace > Preferences > View Options and disable Show View Toolbox . …

Original Tip Date: Jan. 13, 2006 Double-click middle button to Fit View Just as the title of this tip says, you can double click your middle mouse button/wheel to issue a Fit View . This mouse function was made available in MicroStation…

Original Tip Date: Jan. 13, 2006 Transparent dialogs When working in MicroStation V8 XM Edition, you can set the transparency of a single dialog by right clicking on it's title bar and selecting the Transparency option. …

Original Tip Date: Jan. 26, 2006 Navigate through task list quicker Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to...well...page up and page down your task list. This is especially helpful when your task list has been expanded or…

Original Tip Date: Jan. 30, 2006 In MicroStation, use the F10 to put the focus into the Tool Settings dialog. If the Tool Settings dialog is not open, then pressing F10 will open it and put the focus there. …

Original Tip Date: Jan. 30, 2006 Open the Saved Views dialog under your cursor To open the Saved Views dialog right under your fingertips, just hit F6 . This feature has been brought to you today by MicroStation V8 XM Edition.…

Original Tip Date: Jan. 30, 2006 Open the Attribute tool box items under your cursor To open the items found in the Attributes tool bar under your cursor, just press SHIFT + F1 for the first item, SHIFT + F2 for the second…

Original Tip Date: Feb. 9, 2006 Create clickable screen menus Create clickable screen menus just like the old days...Plus ca change, plus ce la meme chose! Try this one that's delivered with MicroStation V8 XM Edition: am=MS_APPMEN…

Original Tip Date: Feb. 28, 2006 Move/Copy your custom interface from one machine to another With thanks to Golgi Alvarez for this tip! All items that you customize via Workspace > Customize in MicroStation 95, SE, /J and V8 are…

Original Tip Date: Feb. 16, 2001 Faster switching between folders Make use of directory history found in MicroStation Manager dialog box to switch quickly between commonly accessed directories. …

Original Tip Date: Jun. 19, 2002 Get dialog ID's from an external file Look in the file c:\bentley\program\microstation\mdl\include\dlogids.h and you'll see a bunch of DIALOGID_xxx defined. Most of these dialog ID's will…

Original Tip Date: Jun 26, 2002 Exceed function key character limit When editing your Function Keys via the Workspace > Function Keys dialog, there's a 56 character limit for the keyin. To overcome this limit you can do any…

Original Tip Date: Aug. 14, 2002 Auto-restore status bar By default MicroStation/J restores the Status Bar to it's default appearance as soon as your mouse moves into it. To avoid this from happening, set MS_AUTORESTORESTATUSBAR…

Original Tip Date: Oct. 31, 2002 Toggle the display of the ACS Triad Now here's something great from Shawn Foster : MicroStation V8 - A simple solution to turning the ACS Triad on and off *without* having to open the…

Original Tip Date: Oct. 31, 2002 Load different function key menus Thanks to Sean Forward and Cameron Bauer for this little ripper. You can load different function key menus with the following keyin: AM=(menu name)…

Original Tip Date: Feb. 5, 2003 Maximum number of open GUI items Did you know that the maximum number of concurrently open GUI items is 100? By this we mean that you can have up up 100 windows, dialog boxes, tool bars…

Original Tip Date: Mar. 3, 2003 Move a dialog off your screen without docking To move a dialog such as Level Display off to the side without having it dock, just hold down the CTRL key while moving it! With thanks to Barry Bentley…