Introduction

• Introduction to the 2D Level 2 course
• Previous Skills
• Work Habits
• Units of Measure
• Inclusions

Key-Ins

• The Key-in Dialogue Box
• Finding Key-in Sequences
• Direct Key-in Entry

Advanced AccuDraw

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

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

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

Reference Files and Models

• Create new files for reference file exercise
• Attach a title block file to a house plan file
• Scale and move attached reference files
• Add annotation to an attached file and clip and mask selected areas
• Copy attachments and copy elements within attachments
• Additional attachment settings and tools
• Reference hierarchies and level display
• Dimension attached references
• Develop an orthographic design using saved views
• Additional reference settings
• Dealing with different working units between files and references
• Reference and Model exercise
• Understand and apply Annotation Scale
• Understand Paper Sheet layouts
• Plotting models at multiple scales
• Models and View Groups
• Additional Reference information
• Additional Saved View information
• Additional Attachments
• Additional Model information

Cells

• Microstation's Cell Libraries
• Placing Cells
• Placing Shared Cells
• Using the Cell Selector
• Other Cell Placement Tools
• Creating Cells and Cell Libraries
• Changing Cell Contents
• Using the Replace Cells Tool
• More Cell Information
• Cell Exercise
• Control Attachment of V7 Cell Libraries

Tags

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

Complex Elements

• Using Smart Line
• Creating Complex Chains
• Creating Complex Shapes
• Creating Regions (Boolean Operations)
• Practical Uses
• Dropping Complex Elements

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

Multi-Lines

• Placing Multi-lines
• Using Multi-lines
• Editing Wall Junctions
• Adding Windows and Doors
• Other Multi-line Editing Tools
• Saving Multi-line Definitions

Custom Line Styles

• The Basic Process
• First Step - Create the Buoy Symbol and Point Component
• Second Step - Create the New Stroke Pattern
• Third Step - Associate the Symbol with the Stroke Pattern
• Fourth Step - Create the Compound Component
• Manage Line Style Definition Dialogue Box
• Additional Information

Curves

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

Points

• The Active Point
• The Place 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 with Element Tool
• The Construct Active Points at Distance along with Element Tool

Customization

• 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

Project Explorer

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

Miscellaneous Items

• Auxiliary Coordinate System (Acs) vs Rotated Views
• Oped AutoCAD Files in Microstation
• 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 MicroStation