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1 Your First MicroStation Session

This tutorial shows you how to start MicroStation and perform
some of its most basic operations. This chapter gets you into and
out of a MicroStation session.
This tutorial is structured as a series of exercises that are meant to
be performed consecutively. You will learn about:
MicroStation Basics (page 1-2)
Starting MicroStation (page 1-7)
Using a drawing tool (page 1-10)
Placing line strings and circles (page 1-13)
Placing text (page 1-15)
Getting help (page 1-17)
Deleting elements (page 1-19)
Using key-ins (page 1-20)
Saving a design file (page 1-22)
Ending the session (page 1-23)
Tutorial Prerequisites
This document assumes that you can do the following:
Set up and start your computer system.
Use the basic system commands to edit, copy, rename, and
delete files and directories.
Use the basic features of Microsoft Windows (if applicable).
Recognize fundamental MicroStation procedures and
terminology presented in Getting Started in Chapter 3 in the
Setup Guide.
Use MicroStations On-line Help system to find additional
information on any term or procedure described.
Before you work through this tutorial, you should register your
license. See Registering Your MicroStation 95 License in Chapter
3 in the Setup Guide. If you have not completed that process, you
can still use MicroStation, but upon starting your session you will
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have to click the Bypass button in the License Information dialog
box and wait 30 seconds.
MicroStation Basics
Before you begin the exercises, you should review the following
information to familiarize yourself with the options and terms
used within MicroStation. For more details on the basics of
MicroStation see Chapter 3 in the Setup Guide.
Using the Mouse
Windows
The default mouse button assignments are as follows:
The defaults are appropriate for a two-button mouse. If you are
using a three-button mouse, you should change Tentative to use a
single button (rather than the two-button chord) for faster
operation.
DOS
The default mouse button assignments are as follows:
MicroStation button: Invoked by:
Data Left button
Tentative Left button-Right button chord
Reset Right button
Command Not available
Cursor 1 / 3D Data <Alt>-Left button
Cursor 2 / 3D Tentative <Alt>-Left button-Right button chord
Cursor 3-12 Not available
MicroStation button: Invoked by:
Data Button 1 (left button)
Tentative Button 1-Button 2 chord
Reset Button 2 (right button)
Command Not available
Cursor 1 / 3D Data <Alt>-Button 1
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Screen Layout
The application window (or screen in the DOS version) is
arranged by default as follows:
Window Controls
MicroStation windows have a control menu that opens when you
press on the window menu button at the far left of the title bar.
The complete set of options is only available from a view
window. in other windows or dialog boxes there is a smaller set
of options.
All standard Windows items are listed in the control menu. Items
that are not available in microStation are dimmed and cannot be
chosen.
Cursor 2 / 3D Tentative <Alt>-Button 2
Cursor 3-12 Not available
MicroStation button: Invoked by:
Menu bar
Main tool bar
Status bar
Tool Settings window
Primary tool bar
Standard tool bar
View window (1 of 8)
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Window Navigation
Views, tool boxes, dialog boxes, and settings boxes are displayed
graphically in windows. Windows contain controls that can be
operated graphically, by clicking or dragging, and controls that
can be operated or take input from the keyboard.
The window in which a keystroke will have an effect is said to
have the input focus. The title bar of the window that has the
input focus is highlighted. One way to give a window the input
focus is to click in the window.
You can also use the keyboard to move the input focus from one
window to another.
Primary and
Standard tool bars,
view window, and
Tool Settings window
Design File Settings box
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Use these keys to navigate between windows:
When the Key-in window has the input focus, the cursor in
the key-in area blinks.
To move the input focus from one window to another:
N Click in the desired window.
or
Press <Alt-F6> until the desired windows title bar is
highlighted.
Using Dialog Boxes and Settings Boxes
MicroStation has dialog boxes for a variety of operations,
including opening and saving different types of files. For
example, the Open Design File dialog box is used to open a
design file. Save Plot As dialog box is used to name and save a
plotfile you are creating.
A settings box is a dialog box that can be left open on the screen
while you work. Other dialog boxes must be closed before you
can go on to something else. The controls in both work the same
way, so the term dialog box can generally be assumed to
include settings boxes.
Key: Function:
<sc> Moves input focus upward through the following window hierarchy:
Primary tool bar
Key-in window
Tool Settings window
AccuDraw window
If a window is closed, its level in the hierarchy is skipped. However,
once the Key-in window receives the focus, pressing <Esc> does not
move the focus to another window.
<Shift-Esc> Moves input focus downward through the window hierarchy. If a
window is closed, its level in the hierarchy is skipped.
<F6> or
<Alt-Tab>
Moves input focus from one settings box (or the Primary tool bar) to
the next. (If using Microsoft Windows, use <F6> only.)
<Shift-F6> or
<Alt-Shift-Tab>
Same as <F6> but moves through the windows in the reverse order.
(If using Microsoft Windows, use <Shift-F6> only.)
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Menus in dialog boxes and settings boxes
Many dialog boxes have pull-down menus from which you can
choose functions appropriate for the operations performed with
the dialog boxes. Dialog boxes that are used to select files to
open, import, attach, display, or run contain File and Directory
menus, as well.
File menu in dialog boxes used to open files
From the File menu, you can choose from among the last four
files opened with the dialog box. For example, the File menu in
the Open Design File dialog box contains items for up to four of
the most recently opened design files. (These same files also are
listed in, and can be opened from, the File menu in the
MicroStation window.) The File menu in the Run User Command
dialog box contains up to the last four user commands run. If no
files of the appropriate type have been opened, the File menu
contains the item, No File History.
Directory menu in dialog boxes used to open files
From the Directory menu, you can choose Select Configuration
Variable (see Configuration Variables in Chapter 4 in the
Administrators Guide), Current Work Directory, or one of the
numbered (1, 2, 3, and so on) directories.
The current work directory is the directory that was the current
directory when you started MicroStation. Some users segregate
their projects by directory and start MicroStation in a particular
directory to work on that project. Choosing Current Work
Directory from the File menu displays the files in the directory in
which MicroStation was started in the dialog box.
The numbered directories include the directory or directories
specified in the configuration variable used by the dialog box and
up to four of the last directories used by the dialog box in the
current session.
Controls
Dialog boxes have the following types of controls:
Buttons are areas that you click to start an operation. A button,
usually labeled OK, must be clicked to start the open or save
operation and dismiss (close) the dialog box.
Check boxes are areas that you click to turn a setting on or
off. When on, a check box is filled with an x.
File menu in Open Design
File dialog box.
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A field is an area into which you can key in text or numbers. In
a non-modal settings box (one that can remain open while
you work), what you key in has no effect until you press <Tab>
or <Return> or otherwise move the input focus out of the field.
List boxes are rectangular areas in which files, directories, or
other items are listed for selection or reference. When an item is
selected, it is displayed as light text on a dark background.
Option menus are menus that pop down when you press on
the currently chosen menu item text.
Radio buttons are diamond-shaped controls that let you turn
on one of several mutually exclusive items, just as the buttons
on a car radio allow you to tune in only one station at a time.
When off, a radio button is light gray and appears to project
upwards. When on, the radio button is dark and appears to be
depressed.
If a button in a dialog box is outlined, it is the default button;
pressing the <Return> key on the keyboard is the equivalent of
clicking that button with the mouse. For example, the OK button
in the Open Design File dialog box is the default button, so you
can press <Return> rather than clicking the OK button to open
the selected file. You can also double-click the desired file in the
Files list box to open it, rather than selecting the file in the Files
list box and then clicking the OK button.
Exercise: Starting MicroStation
This exercise covers starting MicroStation and introduces you to
some basic fundamentals. Settings are provided for both Windows
and DOS.
Start MicroStation (Windows):
1. Open the MicroStation program group in the Windows
Program Manager.
2. Double-click the MicroStation icon in the MicroStation
program group.
Start MicroStation (DOS):
1. Change to the MicroStation directory (typically c:\ustation,
or c:/ustation depending on your machine. Throughout the
remainder of the chapters, all directories will be listed in the
following format: drive:/directory).
2. At the system prompt, enter: ustation
MicroStation 95
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When MicroStation starts, the MicroStation Manager dialog
box is displayed.
Create a design file:
1. Open MicroStation Managers File menu by pointing at File in
the menu bar and clicking the Mouse button.
2. From the File menu, choose New by clicking that menu item.
To click an item in a menu or a button means to point at it
and click the Mouse button.
If you are using: The Data button is:
Mouse The mouse button
Tablet cursor See Using the Mouse or
Digitizing Tablet in Chapter 3
in the Setup Guide
Microstation Manager dialog box
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The Create Design File dialog box opens.
3. Type the name for your new design file, mydesign, in the
Name field.
4. Click the OK button.
The Create Design File dialog box closes, and the MicroStation
Manager dialog box displays mydesign.dgn in the Name
field. The file is also selected (highlighted) in the Files list box.
5. Click the OK button.
6. The MicroStation Manager dialog box closes and the design
file mydesign.dgn opens.
Create Design File dialog box
MicroStation Manager dialog box
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Your screen should look something like this:
Exercise: Using a drawing tool
A MicroStation design is composed of elements, such as lines,
ellipses, and arcs.
Place a line element with the Place Line tool:
1. Point at the Place SmartLine tool in the Main tool box and
press and hold down the Data button. (On the mouse, Data is
the left button.)
The Place SmartLine tool is highlighted and additional,
connected tools branch off from the Place SmartLine tool.
2. As you continue to hold down the Data button, drag the
pointer toward the center of view window 1.
As you drag, a rectangular outline of the additional tools is
displayed.
3. Release the Data button.
The rectangular outline becomes the Linear Elements tool box,
which contains Place SmartLine and several more tools. You
MicroStations screen when mydesign.dgn is opened.
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have torn the Linear Elements tool box from the Main tool
box.
4. In the Linear Elements tool box, point at the Place Line tool
(next to the Place SmartLine tool) and click (press and
release) the Data button.
The Place Line tool is now selected. There are several visible
effects: the tool name is displayed in the status bar, and the
title bar of the Tool Settings window now reads Place Line.
In the Main tool box, Place Line replaces Place SmartLine.
When you move the pointer into view window 1, the pointer
changes from an arrow to a crosshair.
5. Press and hold down the Data button as you move the pointer
in view window 1.
The pointer assumes the shape of an X. As you drag the
pointer, the line you are placing is dynamically displayed as
though it were a rubber band attached to the pointer. This
effect is called dynamic update or rubberbanding.
6. Release the Data button to place the line. If the line appears
jagged, dont worry. The screen may not have enough dots
(pixels) to display this particular line without jaggies. When
you plot the line (as in the illustration), it will be straight.
The pointer locations where you pressed and released the Data
button are called data points. These data points, labeled 1 and 2
in the above illustration, specify the endpoints of the line.
The Place Line tool is still selected, as indicated in the status bar.
The tool is locked. You can place additional lines simply by
repeating steps 5 and 6 above. Experienced users like to lock
tools as a means of increasing efficiency. (You can select tools
without locking them by double-clicking them: pointing at them
and clicking the Data button twice in quick succession.)
Dragging the pointer to place a
line.
1
2
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Lets get back to placing elements. When you enter a series of
data points, one after the other, you can press (and release) the
Data button to enter each one. You may find this drawing method
easier than dragging.
Place a line by pressing the Data button to enter each
data point instead of dragging:
1. Press (and release) the Data button to enter a data point in
view window 1.
The line you are placing is dynamically displayed as you
move the pointer.
2. Enter a second data point in view window 1 and place the
line.
Surprise! A new line is dynamically displayed as you move the
crosshair pointer. The dynamic line extends from the end of
the line you just placed.
If you were to enter another data point now, you would have two
connected lines. (They would be separate elements, but have a
common endpoint.)
Lets say you want to start a new line at another location.
Place a new line at another location:
1. Press the Reset button. (On the mouse, Reset is the right
button.)
This is called entering a Reset or Resetting.
2. Enter a data point in view window 1.
3. Enter a second data point and place the line.
Placing a second line.
1
2
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The Place Line tool is like most element placement tools in that,
when you use it, you enter a series of two or more data points.
For entering each data point, you can choose between dragging
and pressing the Data button, and these techniques can be used
in combination.
You can Reset to start an element at a different location.
Now that you have learned these techniques, place some more
lines for practice, and then continue with the next exercise.
Exercise: Placing line strings and circles
You have just seen how easy it is to place a series of connected
line elements (that is, line elements with common end points)
with the Place Line tool. It is preferable, though, to place
connected line segments as a single line string so they can be
directly manipulated (copied, moved, deleted, and so on) as a
group. The Place SmartLine tool is used to place a line string.
Placing a line string with Place SmartLine is much like placing a
series of connected line elements. As you might expect, a data
point defines each vertex (corner) of the line string. The
difference is that you Reset to signal MicroStation that you are
finished defining the vertices.
Place a line string:
1. In the Linear Elements tool box, point at the Place SmartLine
tool and click the Data button.
The Place SmartLine tool is selected. The prompt in the status
bar reads Place SmartLine > Enter first vertex.
2. Enter a data point (press and release the Data button) in view
window 1 to define a vertex.
The first segment of the line string is dynamically displayed as
you move the crosshair pointer.
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3. Enter several more data points to define additional vertices.
4. Reset (press the right mouse button).
The line string is placed.
The Place SmartLine tool is one of the few tools with which you
cannot Reset to start over at a different location. This is because a
line string can have many segments, and Resetting is how you
indicate to MicroStation that the line string is complete.
Place a circle by its center:
1. In the Main tool box, select the Place Circle tool.
2. Check in the Tool Settings window, whose title bar now reads
Place Circle, to make sure Method is set to Center.
(If Method is set to Edge or Diameter, then set it to Center by
pointing at the Method option menu and clicking the Data
button and then clicking Center.)
The prompt in the status bar reads Place Circle By Center >
Identify Center Point.
3. Enter a data point in view window 1 to define the center of
the circle. The pointer changes to crosshairs.
The circle is dynamically displayed as you move the crosshair
pointer.
4. Enter a data point to define the edge of the circle and place
the circle.
Placing vertices with the
Place Stream Line String
tool (steps 2 and 3).
2
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3
3
Placing a circle by
its center.
3
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There are other ways to place a circle by drawing from edge to
edge, for instance, as you will see in a moment. In fact, there is
more than one way to place most element types.
Place a circle by its edge:
1. In the Tool Settings window, set Method to Edge. Point at the
Method option menu and click the Data button, and then click
Edge.
The prompt in the status bar is Place Circle By Edge >
Identify Point on Circle
2. Enter a data point (press and release the Data button) in view
window 1 to define a point on the edge of the circle.
3. Enter a data point to define another point on the edge of the
circle.
Small squares mark the locations of both edge points. A circle
passing through both points and the location of the pointer is
dynamically displayed.
4. Enter a data point to define a third point on the edge of the
circle and place the circle.
Place some more circles. Try both dragging and pressing for
entering data points. Because the Edge Method setting requires
three data points, you cannot drag to enter them all.
Exercise: Placing text
Text can be used to annotate and label a design, to show part
numbers, to indicate geometric tolerancing, to display data
associated with graphical elements, to include instructions or
explanations for other members of a workgroup, and to relate
other information that cannot conveniently be conveyed
graphically.
Placing a circle by its edge.
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Place a text element:
1. In the Main tool box, select the Place Text tool (its icon is the
letter A).
The Text Editor window opens.
2. In the Text Editor window, type the text you want to place.
3. Move the pointer to where you want to place the text in view
window 1.
The text in the Text Editor window displays dynamically as
you move the pointer. (The text may be too large to fit in view
window 1, but it will all be placed.)
4. Enter a data point (press and release the Data button) to place
the text.
Placing text (step 4).
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Exercise: Getting help
MicroStation has an extensive on-line help system that features
hypertext links between topics. The system can be set to
provide help on each tool you select. You can browse help
topics and search for topic names. In the DOS version, you can
also search for text in help articles. In the Windows version, you
can print individual help articles.
Browse help topics:
1. In the Standard tool bar under the main menu bar, click the ?
(Help) icon.
The Help window opens, and the Table of Contents is
displayed. The topics in the list box (underlined and displayed
in color) are hypertext.
2. In the Help window, click Workspaces.
A list of subtopics is displayed.
3. Click Customizing the User Interface.
A help article is displayed. The article itself contains hypertext.
4. Click the Back button until the Table of Contents is displayed.
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Find the right tool for dimensioning an angles size:
1. In the Help window, click the Search button.
The Search settings box opens.
2. In the Text field of the Search settings box, type dimension.
3. Click the Show Topics button (Windows) or the Search button
(DOS).
A number of help topics are displayed in the list box. The one
titled Dimension Angle Size is the most likely candidate.
4. In the list box, double-click Dimension Angle Size, (and, if
using Windows, click the Go To button). (Remember that to
double-click means to point at the control and click the Data
button twice in rapid succession.)
The help article on the Dimension Angle Size tool is displayed
in the Help window.
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If the Help window is hidden by the Search settings box, drag it
to one side. (Do this by placing the pointer in the settings boxs
title bar, holding down the Data button, and dragging the settings
box elsewhere on the screen.)
You can resize the Help window to see more of the help article.
See Arranging View Windows in Chapter 2 in the
Administrators Guide.
Tracking gives you help on each tool you select. For each new
tool you select, the help is automatically displayed in the Help
window.
Turn on Tracking and get help on the next tool you will
use, Delete Element:
1. In the main menu bar, point at Help and click the Data button.
The Help menu is posted.
2. Click Tracking to turn it on.
When tracking is on, the Help window displays information
about a variety of tools as you select them and menu items as
you choose them.
3. In the Main tool bar, select the Delete Element tool.
Help on Delete Element is displayed in the Help window.
Exercise: Deleting elements
By now view window 1 is crowded with elements. Here is how to
get rid of some of them.
Select a line and delete it:
1. In the Main tool bar, select the Element Selection tool (its icon
is an arrow).
The pointer becomes an arrow with a circle at its tip.
2. Select the line you want to delete by pointing at it and
pressing (and releasing) the Data button.
The line is bracketed with handles (small squares) to indicate
that it is selected. If you selected the wrong element (or didnt
select any element), just try again.
3. In the Primary tool bar, select the Delete Element tool.
The line is deleted. The Element Selection tool is automatically
reselected.
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Rather than selecting the Delete Element tool, you can press the
<Del> key to delete the element.
If you delete the wrong element, you can undo the mistake.
Undelete the line:
1. Press <Ctrl-Z> (<Ctrl> refers to MicroStations logical <Ctrl>
key. See Using the Keyboard in Chapter 3 in the Setup
Guide). That is, while holding down the <Ctrl> key, press the
<Z> key.
This is the same as choosing Undo from the Edit menu.
<Ctrl-Z> is the keyboard accelerator for that menu item.
The line is displayed where it was before it was deleted.
You can undo element placement, manipulation, and
modification operations. It is possible to undo multiple operations
in MicroStation. The first undoable operation is shown as part of
the Undo item in the Edit menu. Similarly, the first redoable
operation is shown as part of the Redo item in the same menu.
When you delete an element, the element remains in the design
file even though it is no longer part of the design and you cannot
see it.
Exercise: Using key-ins
You can select a tool by clicking it, and you can also select a tool
by entering a key-in in the Key-in window. To key in means to
type text in the Key-in windows key-in field and press <Return>.
Some MicroStation functions, namely the set of utilities known as
special key-ins, can be activated only by key-in.
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Open the Key-in window:
N From the Utilities menu, choose Key-in. (This instruction is
shorthand for Point at Utilities in the main menu bar; click the
Data button to post the menu; and click the Key-in item.)
When you use the keyboard, the text you type goes into the
window that has the input focus. The title bar of the window
that has the input focus title is highlighted.
If a settings box has the input focus when you want to enter a
key-in in the Key-in window, you must first give the Key-in
window the input focus. To do this, press <Esc> or click in the
Key-in window.
The MicroStation key-in language is composed of a hierarchy of
English keywords. For example, keying in PLACE CIRCLE
CENTER CONSTRAINED selects the Place Circle tool and sets
the tools Method to Center; PLACE CIRCLE EDGE
CONSTRAINED, the Place Circle tool with Method set to Edge;
and DELETE ELEMENT, the Delete Element tool. The key-in used
to select each tool is shown in the Users Guide.
You can abbreviate key-ins for example, PLACE CIRCLE
CENTER CONSTRAINED can be abbreviated to PLA CI C C and
PLACE CIRCLE EDGE CONSTRAINED to PLA CI E C. (You can
shorten the key-in by omitting letters at the ends of words as long
as the abbreviation is unique, so MicroStation understands which
key-in you are abbreviating.) You dont need to use uppercase
letters.
Select Place Circle and set its Method to Center with a
key-in:
N With the input focus in the Key-in window, key in pla ci c c
(type the text and then press <Return>).
The prompt in the status bar reads Place Circle By Center >
Identify Center Point.
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While the key-in area of the Key-in window has the input focus,
you can recall previous key-ins by pressing the <> key (up
arrow). Another way to recall a previous key-in is to select it in
the list box at the bottom of the window.
Depending on the context, the instruction, Key in, may mean
that text is to be keyed in fields in other windows, such as
settings boxes.
Exercise: Saving a design file
The standard Save and Save As items in MicroStations File menu
are used to save the active design file. For more information on
when these settings are enabled or disabled, see Preferences...
in Chapter 8 in the Users Guide.
Save (and rename) the active design file:
1. From the File menu, choose Save or Save As.
The Save Design As dialog box opens. (Choosing either menu
item has the same effect if the active design file is
untitled.dgn as is the case here.)
2. In the Files field, key in a new filename.
The default extension for design files is .dgn.
3. Use the Directories list box to specify the destination
directory.
4. Use the Drives option menu to specify the destination disk
drive.
5. Click the OK button.
The file is saved. The MicroStation windows title bar shows
the new filename.
Ending the session
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Exercise: Ending the session
Exit MicroStation:
N From the File menu, choose Exit.
or
In the Key-in window, key in EXIT.
or
In the Key-in window, key in QUIT.
or
Press <Alt-F4>. (<Alt> refers to MicroStations logical <Alt>
key. See Using the Keyboard in Chapter 3 in the Setup
Guide.)
OR
1. Press <Alt-F> .
2. Press <X>.
<Alt-F> and <X> are mnemonic access characters. For more
information about these short-cuts, see Operating menus with
the keyboard in Chapter 3 in the Setup Guide.
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