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Using “/” to Divide Values

Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 14:10 in Keyboard Tips, MicroStation Tips | viewed 431 times | 0 Comments

By Rodolf Lumampao, Worley Astron, Karratha, Australia You can use the “/” to divide anything in a MicroStatin input field. Say you have 500mm of text height and you want to change it to 250mm. Just add “/2″ or “500/2″.... (Continue reading)

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Quick Element Selection — for V7 and V8

Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 14:09 in Keyboard Tips, MicroStation Tips | viewed 650 times | 0 Comments

You probably know that if you drag the element selection tool, you can select any element that is completely inside the selection area (shown as a dashed line below). But, what you may not know is that by holding down... (Continue reading)

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MicroStation V8 XM keyboard shortcuts

Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 14:08 in Keyboard Tips, MicroStation Tips | viewed 1,227 times | 0 Comments

This month, we will go over how to speed up your V8 design work using keyboard shortcuts. You will notice that the toolbar icons have characters below them. These are the shortcut keys associated with each tool set. Each tool... (Continue reading)

Edit Text — “Apply” from the Keyboard (V7 only)

Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 14:06 in Keyboard Tips, MicroStation Tips | viewed 656 times | 0 Comments

By Rick DeWitt I frequently hear users complain that you have to manually click the “apply” button on the text editor dialog with the mouse to commit the proposed text changes to the design file. There are actually two fast... (Continue reading)

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