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Introduction xix Chapter 1 Getting Started 1 STARTING MicroStation V8 XM 1 BEGINNING A NEW DESIGN 2 File Names 4 Seed Files 5 OPENING AN EXISTING DESIGN FILE 6 Opening a Design in Read-Only Mode 7 MicroStation APPLICATION WINDOW 7 Menus 8 Tool Boxes 10 Tool Settings Window 17 Key-in Window 17 Status Bar 19 View Windows 20 INPUT METHODS 21 Keyboard 21 Pointing Devices 25 Cursor Menu 27 THE DESIGN PLANE 28 WORKING UNITS 29 Custom Units 31 Advanced Units Settings 32 CREATING MODELS 33 Create a New Model/Sheet 34 Copying an Existing Model/Sheet 36 Edit Model/Sheet Properties 36 Delete a Model/Sheet 36 Import a Model/Sheet 37 DRAWING PROPERTIES 37 SAVING CHANGES AND EXITING THE DESIGN FILE 39 Saving the Design File Settings 40 Exiting the MicroStation Program 40 GETTING HELP 41 Contents 41 Tool Index 42 Online Support 42 ENHANCEMENTS IN MicroStation V8 XM 42 Chapter 2 Fundamentals I 45 Objectives 45 PLACEMENT COMMANDS 45 Place Line 45 Place Block 47 Place Shape 50 Place Orthogonal Shape 52 Place Circle 53 Place Arc 58 MANIPULATING ELEMENTS 64 Delete Element 65 Drop Element 66 PRECISION INPUT 67 Absolute Rectangular Coordinates 68 Relative Rectangular Coordinates 69 Relative Polar Coordinates 69 Chapter 3 Fundamentals II 75 Objectives 75 DRAWING TOOLS 75 The Grid System 75 Axis Lock 80 Snap Lock 81 AccuSnap 91 ELEMENT ATTRIBUTES 95 Levels 95 Element Color 101 Element Line Style 104 Element Line Weight 105 Element Transparency 106 Element Priority 107 Change Element Attributes 108 Match Element Attributes 110 VIEW CONTROL 111 Update View 112 Controlling the Design Area Displayed in the View 113 Fit View 118 Rotate View 120 Pan View 122 View Previous 122 View Next 123 Copy View 124 VIEW WINDOWS AND VIEW ATTRIBUTES 124 Opening and Closing View Windows 125 Arranging Open View Windows 126 Changing the Tool box Displayed on the View Windows 127 Creating and Using View Window Groups 128 Setting View Attributes 131 Saving Views 134 UNDO AND REDO 138 Undo Tool 139 Redo Tool 140 Things to Consider Before Undoing 140 Chapter 4 Fundamentals III 143 Objectives 143 PLACEMENT TOOLS 143 Place Ellipse 143 Place Regular Polygon 147 Place Point or Stream Curve 151 Place Multi-line 153 ELEMENT MODIFICATION 154 Construct Circular Fillet 155 Construct Chamfer 157 Trim Elements 158 Partial Delete 168 ELEMENT MANIPULATION 169 Copy Element 170 Move Element 171 Move Parallel Element 172 Scale Element 174 Rotate Element 179 Mirror Element 184 Construct Array 187 TEXT PLACEMENT 191 Place Text 191 Tool Settings window 192 Place Text by Origin 197 Keyboard Shortcuts for the Text Editor window 198 Chapter 5 AccuDraw and SmartLine 203 Objectives 203 GETTING TO KNOW ACCUDRAW 203 Start and Stop AccuDraw 203 Key-In Shortcuts 205 The AccuDraw Compass 205 The AccuDraw Settings Box 208 The Popup Calculator 211 Smart Lock 213 CHANGE ACCUDRAW SETTINGS 213 Operation 213 Display 215 Coordinates 218 AccuDraw Shortcuts 220 WORKING WITH ACCUDRAW 222 Example of Simple Placement 222 Moving the Compass Origin 223 Using Tentative Points with AccuDraw 223 Rotating the AccuDraw Plane 224 Placing Elements with AccuDraw Active 224 Manipulating Elements with AccuDraw Active 225 PLACE SMARTLINE TOOL 226 The SmartLine Tool Settings Box 227 Using SmartLine with AccuDraw 230 Chapter 6 Manipulating a Group of Elements 233 ELEMENT SELECTION TOOLS 233 Mode Tools 234 Method Tools 237 Select Elements by Attributes 241 Consolidate Elements into a Group 243 Ungroup Consolidated Elements 244 Locking Selected Elements 244 Unlock Selected Elements 245 Drag Selected Elements to a New Position 245 Drag an Element Handle to Change Its Shape 246 Manipulation Tools with Previously Selected Elements 247 Change the Attributes of Selected Elements 248 FENCE MANIPULATION 248 Fence Types 248 Fence Mode 252 Modify a Fence's Shape or Location 255 Remove the Active Fence 258 Manipulate Fence Contents 258 Named Fences 262 Chapter 7 Placing Text, Data Fields and Tags 267 PLACE TEXT 267 Setting Text Attributes 267 The Place Text Methods Menu 268 PLACE NOTE 276 Place Note Settings 276 Placing a Note with Multiple Leaders 280 SINGLE-CHARACTER FRACTIONS 280 TEXT STYLES 282 Select a Text Style 282 Create and Maintain Text Styles 283 Text Styles Box Parts 283 Create a New Text Style 284 Modify an Existing Text Style 284 Delete a Style 285 The Text Style Tabs 285 Importing Text Styles 293 IMPORT TEXT 293 TEXT MANIPULATION TOOLS 295 Spell Checker 295 Edit Text Elements 297 Match Text Attributes 298 Change Text Attributes 298 Display Text Attributes 299 Copy/Increment Text 300 TEXT NODES 301 View Text Nodes 301 Place Text Nodes 302 Fill In Text Nodes 303 DATA FIELDS 304 Data Field Character 304 Data Field View Attribute 305 Set Justification for Data Field Contents 305 Fill In Data Fields 306 Copy Data Fields 307 Copy and Increment Data Fields 308 Edit Text in a Data Field 309 TAGS 309 Tag Terms 310 Create a Tag Set and Tags 311 Maintain Tag Set Definitions 313 Attach Tags to Elements 313 Edit Tags 315 Review Tags 316 Change Tags 317 Create Tag Reports 319 Tag Libraries 322 Chapter 8 Element Modification 325 EXTENDING ELEMENTS 325 Extending Lines 325 Extending Elements to Intersection 327 Extending Element to Intersection 328 MODIFYING VERTICES 330 Modifying Elements 330 Deleting Vertices 332 Inserting Vertices 334 MODIFYING ARCS 334 Modifying An Arc Radius 335 Modifying Arc Angle 335 Modifying Arc Axis 336 CREATING COMPLEX CHAINS 337 Manual Method 338 Automatic Method 339 CREATING COMPLEX SHAPES 341 Manual Method 341 Automatic Method 342 Creating Regions 344 Flood Method 345 Union Method 346 Intersection Method 347 Difference Method 348 DROPPING COMPLEX CHAINS AND SHAPES 350 MULTI-LINE STYLES 351 Multi-Line Style Components 351 The Multi-Line Styles Settings Box 351 Changing a Style Changes Placed Elements 356 Create a Multi-Line Style 356 MODIFYING MULTI-LINE JOINTS 360 Constructing Closed Cross Joints 360 Constructing Open Cross Joints 361 Constructing Merged Cross Joints 362 Constructing Closed Tee Joints 363 Constructing Open Tee Joints 364 Constructing Merged Tee Joints 365 Constructing Corner Joints 366 Cutting Single Component Lines 367 Cutting All Component Lines 368 Uncutting Component Lines 369 Multi-Line Partial Delete 369 Moving Multi-line Profiles 370 Editing Multi-line Caps 372 Chapter 9 Measurement and Dimensioning 375 MEASUREMENT TOOLS 375 Measure Distance 375 Measure Radius 379 Measure Angle 380 Measure Length 380 Measure Area 381 Element Information 386 DIMENSIONING 388 Dimensioning Terminology 389 Associative Dimensioning 390 Alignment Controls 391 Dimension Styles 392 Linear Dimensioning 392 Angular Dimensioning 401 Dimension Radial 410 Dimension Element 417 Miscellaneous Dimensions 418 DIMENSION SETTINGS 424 Geometry related Settings 425 Units Related Settings 431 Text Related Settings 434 Symbology Related Settings 438 Advanced Settings 439 Match Dimension Settings 442 Change Dimensions 443 Dimension Audit 444 Chapter 10 Printing 447 OVERVIEW OF THE PRINTING PROCESS 447 PRINTING FROM MICROSTATION 449 Selecting the Area of the Design to Print 450 Setting the Vector Output Color 451 Selecting a Printer and Paper Size 451 Print Scale and Position 452 Setting Print Attributes 453 Printing the Design 454 SAVING A PRINT CONFIGURATION 455 PEN TABLES 456 Creating a Pen Table 456 Renaming a Pen Table Section 457 Inserting a New Pen Table Section 457 Deleting a Pen Table Section 458 Modifying a Pen Table Section 458 BATCH PRINTING 463 Setting Print Specifications 464 Design Files to Print 472 Chapter 11 Cells and Cell Libraries 475 CELLS 475 CELL LIBRARIES 476 Creating a New Cell Library 476 Attaching Cell Libraries 478 CREATING CELLS 481 Steps for Creating a Cell 482 Graphic and Point Cell Types 485 ACTIVE CELLS 485 Place Cells 486 Place Active Line Terminator 492 Point Placement 493 CELL SELECTOR 500 Opening the Cell Selector Box 501 Invoking Tools from the Cell Selector Box 502 Customizing the Cell Selector 502 Creating and Using Cell Selector Files 507 CELL HOUSEKEEPING 510 Identify Cell 510 Replace Cells 511 Drop Complex Status 513 Drop Fence Contents 514 Fast Cells View 515 LIBRARY HOUSEKEEPING 515 Edit a Cell's Name and Description 516 Delete a Cell from the Library 517 Compress the Attached Cell Library 517 Create a New Version of a Cell 518 SHARED CELLS 518 Turn on the Shared Cell Feature 519 Determine Which Cells Are Shared 519 Declare a Cell to Be Shared 519 Place Shared Cells 520 Turn a Shared Cell into an Unshared Cell 520 Delete the Shared Cell Copy from the Design File 521 Chapter 12 Patterning 523 CONTROLLING THE VIEW OF PATTERNS 523 PATTERNING TOOLS 524 Hatch Area tool 525 Crosshatch Area tool 534 Pattern Area tool 535 USING THE AREA SETTINGS TO CREATE HOLES 537 Changing an Element's Area 538 DELETE PATTERNS 539 MATCH PATTERN ATTRIBUTES 540 CHANGE PATTERN 540 SHOW PATTERN ATTRIBUTES 541 FILLING AN ELEMENT 542 Changing the Fill Type of an Existing Element 543 Chapter 13 Attaching References 545 OVERVIEW OF REFERENCES 545 Examples of Using References 545 Reference Manipulations 546 Access the Reference Tools 546 List the Attached References 547 ATTACHING A REFERENCE 547 Attach Reference Dialog Box Options 549 REFERENCES SETTINGS BOX 555 Tools Menu 555 Settings Menu 556 REFERENCE MANIPULATION TOOLS 560 Selecting the Reference 560 Clipping a Reference 561 Masking a Reference 562 Deleting a Reference Clip 563 Reloading a Reference 564 Moving a Reference 564 Copying a Reference 566 Scaling a Reference 567 Rotating a Reference 569 Mirroring a Reference 571 Detaching a Reference 572 Using Standard Manipulation Tools 573 Creating Sheet Models 575 Chapter 14 Special Features 579 GRAPHIC GROUPS 579 Create or Add to a Graphic Group 580 Create a New Graphic Group from Selected Elements 581 Using the Element Manipulation Tools with Graphic Groups 581 Dropping Elements from a Graphic Group 582 NAMED GROUPS 583 Change Propagation 584 Named Groups List Box 585 Create a Named Group 588 Adding Elements to a Named Group 590 Remove Elements from a Named Group 591 SELECTION BY ATTRIBUTES 592 Select By Attributes Dialog Box 593 Selection by Levels 593 Selection by Types 593 Selection by Symbology 594 Selection Modes 594 Select By Properties Dialog Box 595 Select By Tags Dialog Box 595 Executing Selection Criteria 596 DATA CLEANUP 596 General Settings 598 Duplicates Settings 599 Overlaps Settings 600 Gaps Settings 601 CHANGE THE HIGHLIGHT AND POINTER COLOR 602 IMPORT AND EXPORT DRAWINGS IN OTHER FORMATS 603 Supported Formats 604 Opening a File of Another File Format 605 Saving a Design File Using Another File Format 606 Import and Export Other Formats into an Open Design File 607 AUTOCAD INTEROPERABILITY 607 MANIPULATING IMAGES 608 ANNOTATION TOOLS 611 Annotate Tool Box 612 Detailing Symbols 615 XYZ Text Tool Box 622 DIMENSION-DRIVEN DESIGN 627 Example of a Constrained Design 628 Dimension-Driven Design Terms 629 Dimension-Driven Design Tools 630 Creating a Dimension-Driven Design 631 Modifying a Dimension-Driven Design 642 Creating a Dimension-Driven Cell 644 OBJECT LINKING AND EMBEDDING (OLE) 644 Embedding MicroStation Elements in another Document 645 Inserting Objects in a MicroStation Design File 645 Updating Objects in a MicroStation Design File 649 Maintaining Objects in a MicroStation Design File 649 Design Management Features 650 Approving Designs 650 Checking Design Standards 650 Track Design Changes 650 Archive Designs 651 Chapter 15 Customizing MicroStation 653 SETTINGS GROUPS 653 Selecting a Settings Group and Component 654 Attaching a Settings Group File 655 Managing a Settings Group 655 LEVEL FILTERS 663 Creating a New Filter 664 Creating Filter Criteria 664 Element Templates 665 CUSTOM LINE STYLES 665 The Line Styles Settings Box 666 The Line Style Editor Settings Box 666 WORKSPACES 678 Setting Up the Active Workspace 679 Setting User Preferences 681 Working with Configuration Variables 682 Customizing the User Interface 686 FUNCTION KEYS 687 Creating and Modifying Function Key Definitions 688 FONTS 689 Selecting the Source Font Files 690 Selecting the Destination Fonts File 691 Importing Fonts 691 MICROSTATION ENVIRONMENT PACKAGES 691 Project Explorer and Link Sets 693 Maintaining Link Sets 695 ASSOCIATE FILES 697 The MicroStation Drag/Drop Tab 697 The MicroStation Link Tab 698 LAUNCHING THE WEB BROWSER AND OPENING FILES REMOTELY 698 Remote Opening of a File 701 PUBLISHING MICROSTATION DATA TO THE INTERNET 702 Creating HTML Files from Design File Saved Views 702 Creating HTML File from Design File Snapshot 704 Creating HTML File from Cell Library 705 Creating HTML File from Basic Macros 707 LINKING GEOMETRY TO INTERNET URLS 708 Attaching Link to a Geometry 709 Displaying Links 710 Connecting to URLs 710 Edit Engineering Link 711 Delete Engineering Link 712 SCRIPTS AND MACROS 712 Scripts 712 Macros 713 Chapter 16 3D Design and Rendering 715 WHAT IS 3D? 715 CREATING A 3D DESIGN FILE 716 VIEW ROTATION 718 Rotate View 718 Changing View Rotation from the View Rotation Settings Box 718 Rotating View by Key-in 719 DESIGN CUBE 720 DISPLAY DEPTH 721 Fitting Display Depth to Design File Elements 723 ACTIVE DEPTH 723 Setting Active Depth 723 Boresite Lock 725 PRECISION INPUTS 725 Drawing Coordinate System 726 View Coordinate System 726 AUXILIARY COORDINATE SYSTEMS (ACS) 727 Precision Input Key-in 729 Defining an ACS 730 Rotating the Active ACS 732 Moving the Active ACS 733 Selecting the Active ACS 733 Saving an ACS 734 3D PRIMITIVES 735 Display Method and Surface Rule Lines 735 Selection of Solids and Surfaces 736 Place Slab 736 Place Sphere 737 Place Cylinder 738 Place Cone 739 Place Torus 741 Place Wedge 742 CHANGING THE STATUS SOLID OR SURFACE 743 USING ACCUDRAW IN 3D 743 PROJECTED SURFACES 745 EXTRUDE ALONG A PATH 746 SURFACE OF REVOLUTION 747 Shell solid 748 Thicken to solid 749 PLACING 2D ELEMENTS 750 CREATING COMPOSITE SOLIDS 750 Union Operation 750 Intersection Operation 752 Difference Operation 753 CHANGE NORMAL 755 Modify solid 755 Remove faces 756 Cut solid 757 CONSTRUCT A FILLET 758 CONSTRUCT A CHAMFER 760 PLACING TEXT 761 FENCE MANIPULATIONS 762 CELL CREATION AND PLACEMENT 762 DIMENSIONING 762 RENDERING 762 Setting Up Cameras 763 Placement of Light Sources 764 Rendering Methods 765 DRAWING COMPOSITION 766 Appendix A 767 Appendix B 769 Appendix C 783 Index 787
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Computer-aided design -- Computer programs.
MicroStation.