• Design Settings

    Inga Morozoff
    Inga Morozoff
    Related Links: Disable highlighting when passing cursor over elements Personal settings manager
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  • Change V8 working units by keyin

    Inga Morozoff
    Inga Morozoff
    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…
    • over 13 years ago
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  • Set the active angle

    Jordan Stierly
    Jordan Stierly
    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 #…
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  • Remember that nifty Overview command

    Inga Morozoff
    Inga Morozoff
    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…
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  • Assign global origin

    Inga Morozoff
    Inga Morozoff
    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…
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  • On using PopSet

    Inga Morozoff
    Inga Morozoff
    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! …
    • over 12 years ago
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  • V7 workmode and live nesting

    Jordan Stierly
    Jordan Stierly
    Original Tip Date: Oct. 3, 2003 V7 Workmode and Live Nesting Live Nesting in the V7 Workmode is not a sticky setting. AskInga Tip #307
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  • Reset the graphic group number

    Jordan Stierly
    Jordan Stierly
    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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  • Exit a file without saving changes

    Inga Morozoff
    Inga Morozoff
    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…
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  • _Multiple marks

    Inga Morozoff
    Inga Morozoff
    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…
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  • Delete design history

    Jordan Stierly
    Jordan Stierly
    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…
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  • Global line style scale setting

    Inga Morozoff
    Inga Morozoff
    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…
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  • Change the order of a multi-snap

    Jordan Stierly
    Jordan Stierly
    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…
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  • Set the default snap mode as a user preference

    Jordan Stierly
    Jordan Stierly
    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. …
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  • Toolbox for all your locks

    Jordan Stierly
    Jordan Stierly
    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…
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  • Compress a directory

    Inga Morozoff
    Inga Morozoff
    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…
    • over 12 years ago
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  • Reference changes not undoing

    Inga Morozoff
    Inga Morozoff
    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:…
    • over 13 years ago
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  • Change V7 working units by keyin

    Inga Morozoff
    Inga Morozoff
    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…
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  • Change revision number for design history

    Jordan Stierly
    Jordan Stierly
    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…
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  • Set mouse wheel preferences

    Inga Morozoff
    Inga Morozoff
    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
    • over 13 years ago
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  • CTRL B for better viewing and bye bye

    Inga Morozoff
    Inga Morozoff
    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
    • over 12 years ago
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  • Ignore the active attributes when changing element attributes

    Inga Morozoff
    Inga Morozoff
    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…
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  • Working units and survey feet

    Phil Chouinard
    Phil Chouinard
    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…
    • over 11 years ago
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  • Populate file properties with this macro

    Inga Morozoff
    Inga Morozoff
    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…
    • over 12 years ago
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  • Understanding the global origin

    Jordan Stierly
    Jordan Stierly
    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…
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