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MicroStation Help for MicroStation Users
If you want to know how to do something in MicroStation, or if you've found a cool tip or trick that you'd like to share, you've come to the right place. MicroStationTips.com is a forum for MicroStation users and CAD Managers to share tips, tricks and how-tos. It is a platform for savvy users to share their bounty of knowledge with peers.
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MicroStation Tips & Tricks: Load Your Favorite MicroStation V8i Command Fast with a Function Key
Written on 31 Jan, 2013 at 11:45 in Function Key Tips, MicroStation Tips | viewed 623 times | 0 Comments
By Rick Sewell, Axiom Director of Customer Services Rick Sewell, beloved CAD ace, lives to help CAD users get their projects done on time. He really lives for this stuff. Give him a call and put him to the test.... (Continue reading)
View models using function key ins
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 13:38 in Function Key Tips, MicroStation Tips | viewed 3,268 times | 0 Comments
From Matthew DeBeliso – City of San Diego Did you know a saved view in one model can be viewed (vi=) in any model (same design file)? For example, in a model, save a view called “today”. Now open another... (Continue reading)
Function Key Commands that Wait for a Data Point
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 13:37 in Function Key Tips, MicroStation Tips | viewed 5,586 times | 1 Comment
If you’re like me when you need to do the same set of actions over and over again you start looking for a faster and better way to accomplish it. While macros can be created for just about anything they... (Continue reading)
Function Keys — How to Control and Benefit from them
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 13:34 in Function Key Tips, MicroStation Tips | viewed 13,844 times | 1 Comment
MicroStation provides a number of tools that can aid any designer to increase the speed and accuracy of design work. One of these is function keys. They offer a quick way to accomplish many task and are very easy to... (Continue reading)
Let go of your mouse! Move around using function keys.
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 13:31 in Function Key Tips, MicroStation Tips | viewed 3,925 times | 0 Comments
Did you know that you can move the active view of your design either up, down, left or right by using function keys? You can by defining four function keys with the “move” key-in. First, open the “Function Keys” dialog... (Continue reading)
Loading frequently used dialog boxes using function keys in V8
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 13:26 in Function Key Tips, MicroStation Tips | viewed 5,871 times | 4 Comments
Peter Bekkers of Adviesbureau G&B in Alphen, Netherlands, loves using function keys. Recently he wrote in with the following tip: “The following key-in easily opens the Level Manager dialog box: mdl keyin lvlmangr levelmanager dialog open. Assign it to a... (Continue reading)
More fun with function keys!
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 13:25 in Function Key Tips, MicroStation Tips | viewed 2,002 times | 0 Comments
Using function keys can speed up your workflow. Here is a way to use function keys. As a refresher for the rusty (or an introduction for the neophytes), the “Function Keys” dialog box is under the Workspace menu. Once there,... (Continue reading)
Loading frequently used dialog boxes using function keys in V8
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 13:23 in Function Key Tips, MicroStation Tips | viewed 1,567 times | 0 Comments
Peter Bekkers of Adviesbureau G&B in Alphen, Netherlands, loves using function keys. Recently he wrote in with the following tip: “The following key-in easily opens the Level Manager dialog box: mdl keyin lvlmangr levelmanager dialog open. Assign it to a... (Continue reading)
Assigning view control to function keys.
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 13:22 in Function Key Tips, MicroStation Tips | viewed 4,307 times | 1 Comment
By Alex Argüelles, Survey Tech, Florida Department of Transportation “I used to be a right-hand, mouse-only MicroStation user. But I noticed that when I started to use my left hand, I could work much faster. The greatest speed increase came... (Continue reading)
Load your favorite MicroStation V8 commands fast with a function key.
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 13:19 in Function Key Tips, MicroStation Tips | viewed 10,918 times | 0 Comments
By Rick Sewell Busy MicroStation users are always on the lookout for a faster way to get work done. Here is a simple way to speed things up using function keys. Have you ever noticed that row of keys at... (Continue reading)