This MicroStation CONNECT Edition basics course helps you build a solid foundation in the concepts, tools, and features found in the MicroStation drawing environment.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Learning your way around MicroStation CONNECT edition
- What you should know
- Using the dataset
- Starting MicroStation
- Explore MicroStation interface
- Explore models
- Working with drawing tools
- Undo, Redo, and Delete
- Save and compress design file
- Create a new design file
- Create a new model
- Explore design file settings
- Element selection and element properties
- Measure elements
- Defining element attributes and using ByLevel symbology
- Changing and matching attributes
- Creating filled elements
- Applying transparency and priority
- Zoom fit window area pan view controls
- Zoom fit rotate pan using a mouse
- Opening multiple view windows
- Control view display by setting view attributes
- Control the display by defining the level display
- Element snapping with AccuSnap
- More snap modes
- Introduction to AccuDraw
- Draw accurately using AccuDraw
- Place SmartLine
- Place block
- Place circle
- Place arc
- Drop element, create complex chain, create complex shape
- Create region
- Select elements with element selection
- Manipulate multiple elements
- Select elements with a fence
- Select elements by attributes with element selection
- Copy and Move
- Move/Copy Parallel
- Mirror
- Rotate
- Scale
- Array
- Stretch
- Modify Element
- Insert Vertex and Delete Vertex
- Break Element
- Trim to Intersection
- Trim to Element
- Trim Multiple
- Extend Line
- Construct Fillet and Construct Chamfer
- Place cells
- Place cells as line terminators
- Create cells
- Edit cells
- Replace cells
- Place text with different text styles
- Place text using different methods
- Use Annotation Scale
- Edit or change text
- Place dimensions
- Change dimensions
- Pattern areas
- Change pattern
- Attach a reference
- Control the display of references
- Apply transparency and priority to a reference
- Work with nested references
- Exchange to or activate a reference
- Attach a raster image
- Control the display order of raster images and design elements
- Attach a PDF document
- Create a sheet model with a border
- Create a print composition
- Print a sheet model with a print composition to PDF
- Print directly from a design model
- Next steps
Taught by
Frank Conforti, Bentley Systems and Shawn McGaffick