Basic MicroStation Training Outline

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1 12:30 DAY 1 Equipment Review Workstation, monitor, keyboard File server, Plot server, STATE server Drive Assignments Shortcut Menu General overview of commands Explorer Managing Folders & Files MicroStation Manager Show File Icons Option Directory Pull down Menu File Pull down Menu Selecting Workspace Components Opening a Design File Overview of the MicroStation Interface The MicroStation Application Window Tool Boxes, Tool Frames and Main Menu Design Files (DGN) Models Tool Settings Views Help MicroStation Mouse Configuration The Data Button The Reset Button The Tentative Button Checking and Changing Button Assignments 2:15 (BREAK) 2:30 MicroStation Design File Concepts Scale Working Units Coordinate Readout Drawing with AccuSnap Creating New Design Files Seed Files View Attributes Design File Settings Setting Coordinate Readout Saving Settings Using the Coordinate Readout 4:30-1 -

2 8:00 DAY 2 Introducing AccuDraw The AccuDraw Window AccuDraw Settings The AccuDraw Compass AccuDraw Shortcuts AccuDraw Angles AccuDraw Locks 10:00 (BREAK) 10:15 Undoing and Redoing Introducing Levels Active Level Turning Levels On and Off Sorting Levels Managing Levels Element Attributes Symbology Setting the Active Symbology Changing Element Symbology Changing Element Fill Level Symbology Symbology ByLevel Creating Models Editing Model Properties Snapping Basics AccuSnap vs. Mouse Button snapping Toggle AccuSnap On/Off Key-point Snap Tool Settings and AccuDraw Element Information AccuSnap Popup Information Element Manipulations Copy / Move Move Parallel Scale Rotate Mirror Align Edges Construct Array 12:00 (LUNCH) 1:00-2 -

3 Element Selection Element Selection Tool Power Selector Fence Manipulate Fence Contents Smarter Lines Circles and Ellipses Place Circle Place Ellipse Arcs Place Arc Tool Place Half Ellipse Tool Place Quarter Ellipse Tool Modify Arc Radius Tool Modify Arc Angle Tool Modify Arc Axis Tool Curves Modifying Elements Modify Element Tool Partial Delete Tool Extend Line Tool Extend Two Elements to Intersection Tool Extend Element to Intersection Tool Trim Element Intelli-Trim Tool Insert Vertex Tool Delete Vertex Tool Construct Circular Fillet Construct Chamfer Tool 2:15 (BREAK) 2:30 Active Points Place Active Point Tool Place Points Between Data Points Tool Project Active Point Onto Element Tool Construct Active Point at Intersection Tool Construct Points Along Element Tool Construct Active Point at Distance Along Element Tool Key-Ins Key-in window Cell Concepts Group, Orphaned Cells and Named Groups Named Cells Cell Library - 3 -

4 Creating a Cell The Cells Tool Box Place Active Cell Tool Place Active Cell Matrix Tool Select and Place Cell Tool Place Active Line Terminator Replace Cell Tool 4:30 8:00 DAY 3 Shared Cells Placing and updating Shared Cells Converting Shared Cells Dropping Cells Graphic vs. Point Cells Closed Elements Groups Tool Box Create Complex Shape Tool Group Holes Tool Patterns Toolbox Hatching Cross Hatching Patterning with Cells Regions Create Region Tool Linear Patterning 10:00 (BREAK) 10:15 References Attaching and Detaching Coincident Coincident World Interactive Manipulating Reference Attachments Reference Tools Nested References Levels in Reference Files Clipping and Masking References Clip Reference Tool Modify Clip Boundary Delete Clip Boundary Using a Fence to Define a Clip Boundary Mask Reference Tool Raster References - 4 -

5 Raster Tool Frame Attaching Raster References Manipulating Raster References Clipping Raster References Mirroring an Image Moving Raster References Masking Raster References More Manipulations 12:00 (LUNCH) 1:00 Text in General Text Tool Box Text Styles Changing Text Attributes Creating a Text Style Using Text Styles Child Text Styles Editing Text Styles Importing Text Styles Text Placement Options Fitted Text Text Style and Working Units View Independent Text Above or Below Element On Element Along Element Word Wrapped Instance Specific Overrides 2:15 (BREAK) 2:30 Text Nodes Copying and Pasting Text Editing Edit Text Tool Matching Text Attributes Enter Data Fields Creating Annotations Place Note Tool Associative Notes Dimension Element Dimensioning Tools Quick Dimensioning of Elements Dimension Alignments - 5 -

6 Associative Dimensions Dimension Size Tools Dimension Angle Tools Radial Dimensions Dimensioning from an Origin 4:30 8:00 DAY 4 Dimension Styles Create Use Override Settings for Associated Dimensioning Dimension Line Settings Setting Units Unit Format Alternate Labels Secondary Units Dimension Text Settings Tool Settings Modifying Dimension Elements Moving With Leader Moving and Extension Lines Changing the Number of Dimensions in a String Editing Dimension Text Dimension Scale Printing / Plotting Print files to produce small or large format printouts Make use of various saved configurations for the printed output 10:00 (BREAK) 10:15 TEST Use IPlot Organizer to print. Use IPlot to print. 12:00 END OF CLASS - 6 -