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Quick Look Course Summary:MicroStation Advanced Course
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  • Length: 2 day(s)

  • Price (at your venue): 1 Person R 12,470 EX VAT 3 Person R 8,716 EX VAT 10 Person R 5,987 EX VAT

  • Certification Type:Accredited

  • Locations & Venues: Off-site or in-house. We train in all major city centres throughout South Africa.

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    MicroStation Advanced Course: Introduction

    This is the advanced course, also intended for students who currently need a project program, who wish to learn the advanced features of Micro Station.

    MicroStation Advanced Course :Course Outline

    1. Introduction to Micro Station Advanced
    Introduction to the 2D Level 2 course
    Previous Skills
    Work Habits
    Units of Measure
    Inclusions

    2. Key-Ins
    The Key-in Dialogue Box
    Finding Key-in Sequences
    Direct Key-in Entry

    3. Advanced AccuDraw
    Adding Shortcuts
    Entering Command Lines
    Naming Shortcut Key-ins
    Editing Shortcuts
    AccuDraw and Orthographic Views
    AccuDraw Settings Menus

    4. Advanced Dimensioning
    Working with Insert Vertex and Delete Vertex
    Dimension Associations
    Dimensions and Rotated Views
    Understand and Apply Level Styles
    Placing Geometric Tolerances
    Plotting drawings at multiple scales
    Dimension Audit tool
    Annotation Scale

    5. Advanced Annotation
    Placement Methods
    Create and save Text Styles
    Text Nodes
    Text Number Increment Tool
    Data Field Tools
    Importing Text Files
    Spell checking and Find and Replace text
    Stretching Text
    Annotation Tool Box Options
    Annotation Scale
    Place text with a background colour

    6. Reference Files and Models
    Creating new files
    Attaching a title block file to a house plan file
    Scaling and moving attached reference files
    Add annotation to an attached file and clip and mask selected areas
    Copy attachments and copy elements within attachments
    More attachment settings and tools
    Reference hierarchies and level display
    Dimension attached references
    Developing an orthographic design using saved views
    Additional reference settings
    Dealing with different working units between files and references
    Understanding and Applying Annotation Scale
    Understanding Paper Sheet layouts
    Plotting models at Multiple Scales
    Models and View Groups
    Reference information
    Saved View information
    Model Information

    7. Cells
    Micro Station’s Cell Libraries
    Placing Cells
    Placing Shared Cells
    Using the Cell Selector
    Additional Cell Placement Tools
    Creating Cells and Cell Libraries
    Changing Cell Contents
    Using the Replace Cells Tool
    Additional Cell Information
    Control Attachment of V7 Cell Libraries

    8. Tags
    Tag Organization
    Editing Tags
    Creating Tag Set Libraries
    Change Tags Tool
    Generating Tag Data Reports

    9. Complex Elements
    Using Smart Lines
    Creating Complex Chains
    Creating Complex Shapes
    Creating Regions (Boolean Operations)
    Practical Uses
    Dropping Complex Elements

    10. Patterning
    Single-Line Hatches
    Cross-hatches
    Patterning Methods
    Patterning with Cells
    Associative Patterns
    Pattern Attributes
    Deleting Patterns
    Patterning Around Holes
    Show Pattern and Match Pattern Attributes Tools
    Linear Pattern Tool
    Change Pattern Tool

    11. Multi-Lines
    Placing Multi-lines
    Using Multi-lines
    Editing Wall Junctions
    Adding Windows and Doors
    Multi-line Editing Tools
    Saving Multi-line Definitions

    12. Custom Line Styles
    Basic Processes
    Creating the Buoy Symbol and Point Component
    Creating the New Stroke Pattern
    Associating the Symbol with the Stroke Pattern
    Creating the Compound Component
    Managing the Line Style Definition Dialogue Box

    13. Curves
    Curve Tool Location
    Place Point or Stream Curve Tool
    B-Spline Curves
    Composite Curves
    Curve Calculator
    Curve Editing Tools

    14. Points
    Active Point
    Placing Active Point Tool
    The Construct Active Points Between Data Points Tool
    The Project Active Point onto Element Tool
    The Construct Active Point at Intersection Tool
    The Construct Active Points along Element Tool
    The Construct Active Points at Distance along Element Tool

    15. Customisation
    Create Active Element Templates
    Create Design Libraries to store Active Element Templates
    Create custom Tool Boxes
    Create custom Task Lists
    Apply the Standards Checker to customized element placements
    Create User Interfaces
    Element Templates – Customization

    16. Project Explorer
    Starting Project Explorer
    Adding links to Project Explorer
    Opening links in Project Explorer
    Adding additional links
    Managing links
    Models dialogue box

    17. Miscellaneous Items
    Auxiliary Coordinate System (Acs) versus Rotated Views
    Opened AutoCAD Files in Micro station
    Assigning Tools to Function Keys
    Package Design Files and Open Archive Files
    Apply Design History to Record Design Changes
    Apply Data Cleanup
    Named Groups, Display Sets, and Quicksets
    OLE Objects – Excel in Micro Station

    MicroStation Advanced Course: Course Duration

    2 day/s

    Who should attend: MicroStation Advanced Course

    This course is intended for programmers, microstation advanced.

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