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The Incremental Update Command

Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 14:05 in Key-in Tips, MicroStation Tips | viewed 652 times | 0 Comments

By Bob Knepp of American Electric Power Ever have one of those drawings that contain lots of graphics and when you click “Update” it seems to take forever? The only reason you are updating the view is because you just... (Continue reading)

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Quick two-letter key-ins

Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 14:02 in Key-in Tips, MicroStation Tips | viewed 3,281 times | 2 Comments

Although a graphical interface is great for many things, sometimes it’s faster to use two-letter MicroStation key-ins to adjust settings. For example, to set the active scale to 2.0, you can simply type “as=2″ in the key-in browser. MicroStation has... (Continue reading)

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The “Save View” key-in and reference files (for V7 and V8)

Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 14:00 in Key-in Tips, MicroStation Tips | viewed 490 times | 0 Comments

By Larry Shields, Graphics Designer at Stanley Consultants in Muscatine, Iowa If there is a particular area in a design file that you want so see as a reference file, then go into the file you will attach, zoom in... (Continue reading)

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The SET RANGE key-in command

Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 13:57 in Key-in Tips, MicroStation Tips | viewed 870 times | 0 Comments

By Steve Palmer, Axiom’s Executive Product Manager The SET RANGE key-in command is not documented, but is supported in all versions of MicroStation. This command displays element ranges on the screen. [Editor's note: The range of an element is given... (Continue reading)

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