Original Tip Date: Feb. 16, 2001 List the Configuration Variables To get a listing of all of MicroStation's Configuration Variables , use this keyin which must be entered *exactly* as shown here: mdl load cfgvars printCfgVarResource…

Original Tip Date: Oct. 2, 2003 Hide Level Library Name Robert McCartney posted this jem on v8.general: To get rid of the level library name, set MS_HIDE_LIBRARY_SOURCE_NAMES = 1 . Very Nice! …

Original Tip Date: Oct. 2, 2003 Number of clip masks allowed Barry Bentley wrote in v8.general: "You can have up to 200 clip shapes (if 1 is used for the boundary, the other 199 can be used for clip masks). They can total up to…

Original Tip Date: Oct. 2, 2003 Change V8's Working Units by Keyin! Bentley's Josh Schifter posted this tidbit in v8.general: You can easily flip flop between units by using the keyin set units xxxx . For example, set units inches…

Original Tip Date: October 2003 Updated: October 2010 Disable the Relative option in Place Cell To disable the Relative option when using the Place Active Cell command, create a MS Basic macro with the following code: …

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: Aug. 14, 2002 Climb up your levels To "climb" up and down the levels sequentially (ie: by level number), put the following pair of keyins on adjacent function keys: lv=+1;of=1-63;dx=,, and lv=-1;of…

Original Tip Date: Mar. 12, 2001 The default font MicroStation uses the first entry in your font resource file as the default font and indicates it as such with an asterisk in the Font Installer dialog. To change the default, create…

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…

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. 2, 2001 Something neat to add to the end of Script Files! Thanks to Chuck Rheault for posting this suggestion to CCM! Add the following lines to the end of your script files: RESET NULL m,erSCRIPT COMPLETE…

Original Tip Date: Apr. 2, 2001 Change non-snappable elements to snappable in V7 Here are a couple of ways to change non-snappable elements to snappable when using MicroStation V7. Modify the snap property in the…

Original Tip Date: April 2001 To create a Graphic cell with only one snap point (kind of like a Point cell), you can do the following: (V7) After creating the graphics for the cell, change the elements so that they're NonSnappable…

Original Tip Date: Apr. 4, 2001 Element Direction An elements direction can affect many things including the way text is placed when using the "Above or Below Element" method. To verify an elements direction,…

Original Tip Date: April 2001 Updated: August 2010 DD°MM'SS" Keyins An alternate method to keying in DD°MM'SS" is DD;MM'SS' and DD;MM'SS" . AskInga Tip #89

Original Tip Date: Feb. 16, 2001 Hate keying in a colon? Well, good riddance with this tip! Hate keying in a colon ( : ) to separate the feet from inches when using Accudraw ? Use a semi-colon ( ; ) , an apostrphe ( ' ) , or two…

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 Remember that nifty overview command? Well, this command has long since disappeared off of MicroStation's interface - but if you're a SELECT subscriber, you can get both V7 and V8 versions from…

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: May 1, 2001 Display a text file in MicroStation To display the contents of a text file while in your design session, use this keyin: type filename.txt AskInga Tip #97

Original Tip Date: May 1, 2001 Scale or rotate your text about a point Need to scale and/or rotate some text about either the origin, justification or center? If so, use SCLTXT which is delivered with MicroStation J and found in…

Original Tip Date: May 1, 2001 Keyin to access a website from MicroStation You can use either of these keyins to launch your browser, go to a specific URL and open the E-Links tool box: mdl silentload webbrows; browse url [insert…

Original Tip Date: May 2001 Updated: October 2010 On using PopSet When using PopSet, you can open the tool settings dialog under the cursor by pressing CTRL+SPACE . Thanks to Sean Forward for submitting this dose of MicroStation Medicine! …

Original Tip Date: May 2001 Updated: August 2010 To access the BASIC Editor Use this keyin to quickly load the BASIC editor: mdl load basicde AskInga Tip #99