The Primary Toolbar

• The Primary toolbar contains commonly used MicroStation tools.

• This is on toolbar you’ll frequently use, so you will probably want to open and

   docked.

• Select Tools > Primary to toggle on the Primary toolbar.

The Key-in Browser Box

• Many MicroStation commands can be accomplished by keying in the command

   text (e.g. Place Line).

• Key-ins can also be used to input data (e.g. XY=<x,y,z> to locate a coordinate).

  Note: Key-ins are not case sensitive.

• This is another toolbar you’ll frequently use. Select Utilities > Key-in to open,

   then dock the box. 

• When you’re ready to key in a command, set the focus in the Key-in box by

   data pointing in it.

• After you key in the command, use the <Enter> or <Tab> key to activate the

command.

Compressing the design file Select File > Compress > Design to permanently remove deleted elements from the Undo Buffer. This will make your design file smaller and more efficient. However, you will lose your Undo history for the design file session.

Microstation View Control Toolbar

View Manipulation and Control

The View Control toolbar is located by default in the lower-left corner of the MicroStation interface. The horizontal and vertical scroll bars also help you move around in the view. To use the View Control toolbar and scroll bars, turn on the options under Workspace > Preferences > View Options. To show the scroll bars, turn on Scroll Bars on View Windows. To show the view toolbox settings, turn on Show View Toolbox and set the location from the pull down menu.

1) View Attributes - to set view attribute settings.

2) View Display Mode - to change the view’s rendering options

3) Adjust View Brightness - Changes brightness settings on rendered views

4) Update View - to update a view (refresh or redraw). Unlike AutoCAD, 

     Microstation does not automatically refresh or “regen”. TIP: Zooming in and  

     out will also update the screen.

5) Zoom In - to increase the magnification of a view by Zoom factor.

6) Zoom Out - to decrease the magnification of a view by Zoom factor.

7) Window Area - to increase the magnification of a view by drawing a “box”

     around the area you want to see close up.

8) Fit View - to show all displayable elements in a view.

9) Rotate View - to rotate the view (top, front, etc.)

10) Pan View - to move around in the view (up, down, left, right, etc.)

11) Walk - to interactively walk through a 3D model.

12) Fly - to interactively fly through a 3D model.

13) Navigate View - to interactively navigate a 3D view.

14) View Previous - to step back through view operations.

15) View Next - to step ahead through view operations.

16) Copy View - to copy the contents from one view to another.

17) Change View Perspective - to change the Perspective Angle.

18) Camera Settings - to adjust the Camera in 3D view.

19) Clip Volume - to apply Clip Volume to a view.

20) Clip Mask - to apply Clip Mask to a view.

Basics Of AutoCad

As I said in my previous Post , Autocad is a open platform, you can do any thing with  it.

Lets Start some basics of Autocad.

Fist line in autocad is main menu, in which all commands and tools are available, second line is toolbar lines, in which there are certain tool bars already set by default when you run the AutoCad, if you want to see the list of toolbars in AutoCad, then just right click anywhere in second line empty space, and show you a list of toolbars.

Cursor

Cursor is used to move in Autocad, just like windows, it helps you pick the tools, draw lines, and everything is done by the cursor.

Command Line

As I said Autocad is easy to use software you can use it by selecting the tools or by just type the commands in command line.

There are certain shortcuts for the commands, we discuss it later.

UCS

UCS is a coordinate system which show you the axes of work, weather you are working in two dimensional drawing or three dimensional.