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Section Topic
1 MicroStation Concepts
1.1 MicroStation Manager Dialog Box
1.2 Mouse Buttons
1.2.1 Data Button
1.2.2 Reset Button
1.2.3 Tentative Button
1.3 Menus
1.3.1 Palettes
1.3.2 User Interface Layout
1.3.3 Pop Up Menu
1.4 Key-Ins
1.5 File Commands
1.5.1 Creating A File (2D And 3D)
1.5.2 Saving A File
1.6 The Design Plane
1.7 Element Attributes
1.8 Coordinate Systems
1.8.1 Part 1: Rectangular Coordinates And Commands
1.8.2 Part 2: Polar Coordinates & Commands
1.9 AccuDraw
1.10 Grid
1.11 Locks
1.12 Snaps
1.13 Work Spaces
2 View Control
2.1 Opening / Closing Views
2.2 Configuring Views
2.3 Zoom In/Out
2.4 Relationships With Window Areas
2.5 Pan
2.6 Rotate
2.7 Previous/Next
2.8 Saving Views
2.9 View Attributes
2.10 Fit Command
3 Levels
3.1 Numbers
3.2 Names
3.3 Groups
3.4 Display
3.5 Level Manager
3.6 Level Symbology
4 Element Placement
4.1 Linear Elements
4.1.1 Lines
4.1.2 Smart Lines
4.1.3 Auto Closure With Smart Lines
4.1.4 Place Point Or Stream Curve
4.2 Points
4.3 Shapes
4.4 Circles
4.5 Arcs
5 Element Manipulation
5.1 Copy
5.2 Moving
5.3 Parallel
5.4 Scale
5.5 Rotate
5.6 Array
5.7 Delete
5.8 Element Selector
5.9 Enhanced Power Selector
6 Change / Match Attributes
6.1 Change Element Attributes
6.2 Match Element Attributes
6.3 Match All Attributes
7 Element Modification
7.1 Modify
7.2 Delete Partial
7.3 Extend One Element
7.4 Extend Two Elements
7.5 Extend To An Intersection
7.6 Trim
7.7 IntelliTrim
7.8 Insert Vertex / Delete Vertex
7.9 Fillet / Chamfer
7.10 Tip On Reordering Elements
7.11 Align Edges
8 Text
8.1 Text - Setup & Placement
8.2 Edit Text
8.3 Copy / Increment
8.4 Installing Fonts
8.5 Fitted Text
9 Text Nodes
9.1 Text Nodes - Setup & Placement
9.2 Editing Text Nodes
9.3 Importing Text
10 Gouping Elements
10.1 Fence
10.2 Fence Operations
10.3 Selector
10.3.1 Grouping Elements With The Selector
10.3.2 Alternate Selection Method
10.4 Selector Operations
11.0 Note: Cell Directory Location
11 Cells
11.1 Creating Cells & Cell Libraries
11.2 Cell Placement / Usage
11.2.1 More Placement: Cell Selector
11.3 Replace (and Update) Cell
12 Patterning
12.1 Hatch Area
12.2 Cells: Pattern Area
12.3 Cells: Linear Pattern
13 Measurement
13.1 Distance
13.2 Radius
13.3 Angle
13.4 Length
13.5 Measure Area
14 Dimensioning
14.1 Dimension Setup
14.2 Dimension Placement Options
14.3 Associative Dimensions
14.4 Changing/Applying Dimension Setups
14.5 Editing Dimension Text
15 Reference Files
15.1 2D Attachments
15.2 Attaching 3D Reference Files
15.3 Attaching A File To Itself
15.4 Detaching A Reference File
15.5 Move/Scale/Rotate A Reference File
15.6 Clip Boundary/Clip Mask & Delete Reference File
15.7 Reference File Settings
15.8 Raster Files
16 2D Labs
16.1 Part 1: Mechanical Lab Overview
16.2 Part 2: Mechanical Lab Kickoff
16.3 Plotting A File
16.3.1 Part 1: Creating Drawings/Plot - Setup
16.3.2 Part 2: Creating Drawings/Plot - Reference Files

 

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