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Welcome to the TMCBUG "TIPS and Tricks" Section

We will be trying to add tips every month.  If you have a tip or tick that you would like to share, send it to "tmcbug@hotmail.com

 

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CADD Guru <http://www.cadgurus.com/learn/totw/totwintro.asp> Microstation Tips

ACAD Guru <http://www.cadgurus.com/ATip/ATip.asp> AutoCAD Tips

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Microstation Forward Thinking http://members.optusnet.com.au/~forwardthinking/html/tips_hints.htm>

CADD Gurus <http://www.cadgurus.com/> A site with useful articles, applications, and links for Microstation Users

Ask Inga <http://www.askinga.com/> A site with useful articles, applications, and links for Microstation Users

TMC <http://www.tmc.org/> The Microstation Community homepage

MS Top Ten <http://www.tenlinks.com/CAD/USERS/microstation/10microstation.htm> Various Microstation Links

ACAD Top Ten <http://www.tenlinks.com/CAD/USERS/AutoCAD/10autocad.htm> Various AutoCad Links

CADALYST <http://www.cadalyst.com/> AutoDesk Monthly Magazine

CADENCE <http://www.cadenceweb.com/> AutoDesk Monthly Magazine

UPFRONT <http://www.upfrontezine.com/> AutoDesk Online Magazine

DIGITALCAD <http://www.digitalcad.com/Htm/HomeSet1.htm> AutoDesk & Microstation Online Magazine

Top Ten <http://www.tenlinks.com/> Various CAD/Engineering website with many resources

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V8 - The Super Keyin List! 

 

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How is Bentley handling the visualiztion aspect of 3D Visualiztion? The latest thing I've seen is Particle tracing. Are there resources where Particle tracing is discussed in detail. I started my 3d experience with Microstation. They have great, intuitive tools for modeling, but when it comes to the final image, sometimes Mstation runs a little short. I've used Mstation for 10 years as a 3d/visualization program. I just started to use 3DS Max, I was able to tell that the image quality in their standard raytracer outputs better images. It handles texture mapping better also. How is Bentley planning to improve on those tools in Microstation?

 

Answer :  If you know this answer - email it to tmcbug@hotmail.com

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You can change your working units by using a keyin. For example, to change the sub-units to 100 and positional units to 10, use the following keyin:

MDL LOAD CALCULAT;calc tcb->subpermast=100;calc tcb->uorpersub=10
                                                             master units                            sub-units

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I had a client with a problem.  He has a contract that states he must provide an
exact copy of all design work in DWG format.  His problem was he did all work in
DGN format.  He needed an exact duplicate of the DGN including the referenced
files be turned into xrefs.  What a chore.

His DGN has 2 reference DGN files attached to the DGN file.  One of these
attached files was mirrored to save time.  When this DGN file was exported to
DWG everything came over fine, expect the mirrored reference file was totally
missing. 

How can this be?  How can this be corrected?

This is what are conversion team found.  MicroStation J does not have the
capability to export mirrored reference files to AutoCAD.

I did find that MicroStation SE will work perfectly every time.

If you have this problem just try using SE.


Adam Doerr
Conversion Services Consultant
Axiom International
1805 Drew Street
Clearwater, Florida 33765
727-442-7774 voice
727-442-8344 fax
adam.doerr@axiomint.com
www.axiomint.com

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What do you do when you have alot of text in single line and you want to link it all in to one paragraph???

One of the ways that I have found is to hilite the text using the "select tool" and go to the pull down "edit -copy".

Now it is in the clipboard - nex t go to the edit or place text dialog box and use the command "shift insert"

to insert the text as a paragraph - cool

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