Conversion to MicroStation

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Conversion to MicroStation V8 / XM

Course Description:

For the existing CAD user wishing to transition to MicroStation, this course builds a solid foundation in the concepts, tools, and features found in the MicroStation drawing environment. Starting with setting up a drawing and concluding with plotting, the participant is walked through a typical workflow using the tools and features of the latest version of MicroStation.

Interspersed throughout are real-world design problems solved using the concepts learned to the point in the course. Various disciplines are represented in the form of hands-on exercises. Course participants will learn to create, organize, view, modify, annotate, and plot drawings in a 2-D environment.

You will gain a solid understanding of MicroStation. The ability to create and edit 2D designs using established design standards in a production environment.

Course Content:

Module 1: Working with design files
* Starting MicroStation
* The MicroStation manager dialog box
* Opening, creating, and closing design sessions

Module 2:. MicroStation design environment
* Primary, standard, and status bars
* Tool boxes and tool frames
* Tool settings window
* Key-in window
* Mouse button assignments
* Setting user preferences
* Design file settings

Module 3: Models
* What is a model?
* Activate, create, copy, and delete models
* Setting working units in a model

Module 4:. Viewing and zooming
* Working with view windows
* View control, saved views, and view attributes

Module 5: Basic drawing tools
* Snapping with AccuSnap
* Linear elements
* Arcs, polygons, ellipses, and active points
* Delete, undo, redo, and setting marks

Module 6: Precision drawing
* Snapping
* Locks and active depth placement
* Precision geometry with AccuDraw

Module 7:. Modification and construction tools
* Moving and copying elements
* Creating and using SmartLines
* IntelliTrim

Module 8: Levels
* Creating and controlling levels
* Moving elements to appropriate levels
* Level filters

Module 9: Element selection and grouping
* Grouping and Selection tools
* Manipulate selection sets, graphic groups and named groups
* Create and activate quicksets

Module 10: Complex elements
* Creating complex chains and shapes
* Creating element groups
* Dropping complex status

Module 11: Annotating drawings
* Text tools
* Data fields
* XYZ text tool
* Find and replace text

Module 12: Cells
* What cells are
* Cell library creation, attachment, and use Cell tools

Module 13: Hatching and patterning
* Patterning, hatching, and cross hatching

Module 14: Dimensioning
* Dimension tool box
* Modifying dimensions
* Dimension settings

Module 15: Information and measuring tools
* Analyzing elements
* Measure tool box

Modue 16: References
* What they are
* Attachment and manipulation of reference files

Module 17: Design history
* What is it?
* Reviewing design history
* Undo and redo by revision and elements
* Setting the major revision number

Module 18: Printing
* Using the print dialog box
* Preparing to print
* Launching a plot
* Pen tables
* Plot configuration files