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: Feb 21, 2001
Set the Active Angle
To set the Active Angle based on two datapoints, use the keyin Active Angle PT2
And to set it by three points, use Active Angle PT3
AskInga Tip #…
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: February 2001
Updated: October 2010
Assign global origin
To assign the global origin, key in active origin or GO = [Enter] and you'll be the tool settings dialog will present two modes:
Monument Point which allows…
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!
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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
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Original Tip Date: October 2003
Updated: October 2010
Exit a file without saving changes
With thanks to Karl Peterson for this tip. Want to close a file without saving your changes? Then go and turn off Workspace > Preferences…
Original Tip Date: October 2003
Updated: October 2010
Multiple marks
Did you know that you can have multiple marks in a file? Very cool for being able to undo to different points in your design process.
To test this out, create a new file…
Original Tip Date: Oct. 29, 2003
Delete design history
To delete design history out of your file, set this configuration variable: MS_DESIGN_HISTORY=delete=1
Restart MicroStation, then keyin history delete
Bentley…
Original Tip Date: Jan. 4, 2006
Global Line Style Scale setting
In the MicroStation V8 XM Edition, you don't have to refer to a keyin to set the global line style scale . Just hop on over the Settings > Design File > Element Attributes…
Original Tip Date: Jun 6, 2005
Change the order of a Multi-Snap
To change the order of V8's Multi-Snap , simply drag and drop the snap name up or down within the Multi-Snap dialog.
With thanks to Samir Haque for exposing…
Original Tip Date: Jan 8, 2007
Set the default Snap Mode as a User Preference
In 08.09.03 you'll find a new variable that enables you to tell MicroStation where to get the default snap mode and multi-snap settings from. …
Original Tip Date : Mar. 27, 2006
Toolbox for all your locks
Well, not quite, but here's a little dialog that's fairly close.
Simply keyin Dialog locktoggles to get to it.
With thanks to Phil for sharing this on…
Original Tip Date: February 2001
Updated: October 2010
To compress an entire folder of design files, just select Directory > Compress from the MicroStation Manager. If your version of MicroStation shows the WinOpen dialog, and not the MicroStation…
Original Tip Date: Aug 8, 2007
Reference changes not undoing?
If you've run into a situation where changes to the active file will undo, but those made to a reference won't, then perhaps you have the following setting enabled:…
Original Tip Date: Jul 3, 2001
You can change your working units by using a keyin. For example, to change the sub-units to 100 and positional units to 10, use the following keyin: MDL LOAD CALCULAT;calc tcb->subpermast=100;calc…
Original Tip Date: Mar. 3, 2003
Change revision number for Design History
The following is snipped from the Readme file:
The key-in history setversion nn.mm creates a new revision in history with the specified revision…
Original Tip Date: Apr 3, 2003
Set mouse wheel preferences
To set up your mouse, take a look at the available options in Workspace > Preferences > Mouse
AskInga Tip #257
Original Tip Date: May 2003
Use CTRL+B to quickly open the View Attributes dialog. When done - just do another CTRL+B to close it! With thanks to an unknown user at the BIUC!
AskInga Tip #281
Original Tip Date: June 2002
Updated: August 2010
Use Active Attributes
When using the Change Element Attributes tool, you'll notice that there is an option to Use Active Attributes. When this is turned on, the active attribute settings are connected…
Original Article Date: Feb 23, 2005 Updated: October 4, 2011
With many thanks to Bentley's Dan Ahern from Bentley Civil Professional Services for contributing this article! Written for those of you who are having to deal with Survey Feet in MicroStation…
Original Article Date: Febrary 2005
Updated: February 2011
With many thanks to Bentley's Rudi Wells for this VBA macro that populates File > Properties . No doubt you'll all find this useful.
NOTE: The following information is applicable to Windows…
Original Article Date: June 5, 2003
Confused about the Global Origin in MicroStation V7? This article should help clear things up. It even has pictures to help you visualize what's going on.
The Global Origin is the location xy=0…