Table of Contents
SofTutor for MicroStation XM / V8i 2D

Over 6 hours of instruction 109 topics 

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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