Table of Contents |
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| Section | Topic Title |
| 1 | Starting MicroStation |
| 1.1 | MicroStation Manager Dialog Box/Creating A 2D File |
| 1.2 | Creating A 2D File from Within MicroStation Session |
| 1.3 | Mouse Buttons |
| 1.4 | Palettes, User Interface Layout |
| 1.4.1 | MicroStation Application Window |
| 1.4.2 | Position Mapping |
| 1.4.3 | Models Visited |
| 1.4.4 | Pop Up Menu |
| 1.4.5 | Function Key Menu |
| 1.4.6 | Key-Ins |
| 1.4.7 | Status Bar |
| 1.5 | Saving a file |
| 1.6 | The Design Plane and Units |
| 1.7 | Element Attributes |
| 1.8 | Coordinate Systems Using AccuDraw |
| 1.8.1 | Part 1: Rectangular Coordinates And Commands |
| 1.8.2 | Part 2: Polar Coordinates & Commands |
| 1.8.3 | AccuDraw Relative Placement of Elements |
| 1.8.4 | AccuDraw's Context Sensitivity |
| 1.9 | AccuSnap |
| 1.9.1 | AccuSnap Settings |
| 1.9.2 | Using AccuSnap |
| 1.10 | Grid |
| 1.11 | Locks |
| 2 | View Control |
| 2.1 | Opening / Closing Views |
| 2.2 | Configuring Views |
| 2.3 | Zoom In/Out & Window Area |
| 2.4 | Pan |
| 2.5 | Rotate |
| 2.6 | Previous/Next |
| 2.7 | Saving Views |
| 2.8 | View Attributes |
| 2.9 | Fit Command |
| 2.10 | Views On/Off |
| 3 | Levels |
| 3.1 | Level Manager, Level Names and Level Display |
| 3.2 | Level Symbology |
| 3.3 | Level Display in V8 |
| 4 | Element Placement |
| 4.1 | Linear Elements |
| 4.1.1 | Linear Elements Overview |
| 4.1.2 | Lines |
| 4.1.3 | Smart Lines and Complex Shape Closure |
| 4.1.4 | Place Point Or Stream Curve |
| 4.2 | Points |
| 4.3 | Shapes |
| 4.4 | Place Block |
| 4.5 | Circles |
| 4.6 | Arcs |
| 5 | Element Manipulation |
| 5.1 | Copy |
| 5.2 | Moving |
| 5.3 | Moving Parallel |
| 5.4 | Copy Parallel |
| 5.5 | Scale |
| 5.6 | Rotate |
| 5.7 | Polar Array |
| 5.8 | Rectangular Array |
| 5.9 | Delete |
| 5.10 | Element Selector |
| 5.11 | Enhanced Power Selector |
| 5.12 | Element Transparancy |
| 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 | Fitted Text |
| 8.6 | Text Styles in XM |
| 9 | Text Nodes |
| 9.1 | Text Nodes - Setup & Placement |
| 9.2 | Placing Text Nodes |
| 9.3 | Importing Text |
| 10 | Gouping Elements |
| 10.1 | Fence |
| 10.2 | Fence Operations |
| 10.3 | Using Selector |
| 11 | Cells |
| 11.1 | Creating Cells, Libraries and Placing Cells |
| 11.2 | Shared Cells |
| 11.3 | More Placement: Cell Selector |
| 11.4 | Replace (and Update) Cell |
| 12 | Patterning |
| 12.1 | Hatch Area |
| 12.2 | Cells: Pattern Area |
| 12.3 | Cells: Linear Pattern |
| 12.4 | Delete 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 and Function Overview |
| 14.2 | Associative Dimensions |
| 14.3 | Editing Dimension Text |
| 15 | Reference Files |
| 15.1 | 2D Attachments |
| 15.2 | Detaching A Reference File |
| 15.3 | Move/Scale/Rotate A Reference File |
| 15.4 | Clip Boundary/Clip Mask & Delete Reference File |
| 15.5 | Reference File Settings |
| 15.6 | Raster Files |
| 16 | 2D Labs |
| 16.1 | Mechanical Lab Overview |
| 16.2 | Part 1: Mechanical Lab Kickoff |
| 16.3 | Part 2: Mechanical Lab Layout & Plotting |
| 17 | Interoperability |
| 17.1 | With AutoCAD |
| 17.2 | AutoCAD Features - Levels |
| 17.3 | Saving DGN as DWG |
| 18 | Design History |
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