- The next command is the Rotate Element command.…Using View group select the Rotate Element model.…The Rotate Element command is very similar to Scale Element…and offers some of the same methods.…We can rotate by Active Angle,…by 2 Points, or by 3 Points.…Let's take a look at rotating an element…using the Active Angle.…Using the Tool Settings dialog…I will key in an angle of 30 degrees.…The prompt field is asking me to identify…the element I want to rotate.…
It is currently in the default layer. To move it, select the select tool. Click the polygon in view 1 (turns purple). Change the active layer from default to Study Area. To check that this worked, select the info tool and click the Study Area polygon. This will show which level the polygon is on (to check/change).
So I will select this rectangle.…Now it wants me to identify a pivot point.…But I want to rotate about.…Let's rotate about the lower left corner of the rectangle.…Now the element is rotated by 30 degrees.…If I change the method to 2 Points,…this command allows me to define…the rotation angle graphically.…I need to identify my element that I want to rotate…at the pivot point…and use the magenta line above…to dynamically define the rotation angle.…
This command is very helpful…when you need to rotate an element…to the same angle as another existing element.…If I change the method to 3 Points,…
1. Managing Design Files | |
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Ctrl+N | New / Create Design File |
Ctrl+O | Open Design File |
Ctrl+W | Closes the active design file |
Ctrl+S | Save changes |
Ctrl+F | Save Settings |
Ctrl+P | Print / Plot Dialog |
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2. Editing | |
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Ctrl+Z/Ctrl+R | Undo / Redo |
Ctrl+x, Ctrl+c, Ctrl+v | Cut, Copy, Paste |
Ctrl+G | Group current selection |
Ctrl+U | Ungroup current selection |
Ctrl+L | Lock element |
Ctrl+M | Unlock element |
Ctrl+I | Element Information |
Ctrl+E | View Levels Display |
Ctrl+B | View Attributes |
Ctrl+T | Tool Boxes dialog |
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3. Microstation AccuDraw/ AccuSnap Shortcuts |
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Manage AccuDraw/ AccuSnap | |
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? | Open the AccuDraw Shortcuts window. |
h, a | Suspend AccuDraw for the current tool operation. Selecting a new tool, or entering a Reset re-enables AccuDraw. |
h, s | Toggle AccuSnap on/off. |
h, u | Suspends AccuSnap for the current tool operation. Selecting a new tool, or entering a Reset re-enables AccuSnap. |
Q | Deactivates AccuDraw. |
Drawing Plane | |
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Enter | Smart LockIn Rectangular coordinates, |
Space | Switches between Rectangular and Polar coordinates. |
O | Moves the drawing plane origin to the current pointer position. |
V | Rotate drawing plane to align with the view axes. |
T | Rotate the drawing plane to align with the axes in a standard Top view. |
F | Rotate the drawing plane to align with the axes in a standard Front view. |
S | Rotate the drawing plane to align with the axes in a standard Side view. |
B | Rotate the drawing plane to align with the active ACS, |
E | Rotate between three main planes: top, front, and side (3D only). This also works when your original plane is an ACS or context rotation, so you do not have to use RX, RY to rotate to a 90° plane. |
r,c | Rotate the drawing plane to the current ACS. |
r, e | Rotate the drawing plane to match the orientation of a selected element. |
r, v | Rotate the active view to match the current drawing plane. |
r, x | Rotate the drawing plane 90° about its x-axis. |
r, y | Rotate the drawing plane 90° about its y-axis. |
r, z | Rotate the drawing plane 90° about its z-axis. |
r, q | Quickly and temporarily rotate the drawing plane. |
r, a | Permanently rotate the drawing plane. |
Lock Elements | |
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X | Toggle the lock status for the X value. |
Y | Toggle the lock status for the Y value. |
Z | Toggle the lock status for the Z value. |
D | Toggle the lock status for the Distance value. |
A | Toggle the lock status for the Angle value. |
l, i | Locks the current index state. |
l, p | Toggle ACS Grid Plane lock |
l, a | Toggle ACS Plane lock. |
l, s | Toggle ACS Plane snap lock. |
l, z | Toggle Sticky Z Lock, which is used in conjunction with ACS Plane Snap Lock to force a series of snap points to lie on the active ACS' XY plane (Z=0). |
Dialog Boxes | |
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~ | Bump an item in the tool settings dialog box |
g, t | Move focus to the Tool Settings window. |
g, k | Move focus to Key-in window |
g, s | Move focus to AccuDraw Settings dialog box |
g, a | Open the get ACS dialog box |
w, a | Open the Write to ACS dialog box |
P | Open the Data Point Key-in dialog box |
M | Open the Data Point Key-in dialog box for entering multiple data points. |
I | Activates Intersect snap mode. |
N | Activates Nearest snap mode. |
C | Activates Center snap mode. |
K | open the Keypoint Snap Divisor dialog box, which is used to set the Snap Divisor for keypoint snapping. |
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