Microstation Flashcards
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
Ctrl + Z
Undo
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Ctrl + R
Redo
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Ctrl + X
Cut
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Ctrl + C
Copy
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Ctrl + V
Paste
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Ctrl + G
Group current selection
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Ctrl + U
Ungroup current selection
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
Ctrl + L
Lock element
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Ctrl + M
Unlock element
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Ctrl + I
Element information
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Ctrl + E
View levels display
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Ctrl + B
View attributes
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Ctrl + T
Tool boxes dialog
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
Ctrl+A
Select All
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Ctrl + N
New / Create Design File
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Ctrl + O
Open Design File
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Ctrl + W
Closes the active design file
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Ctrl + S
Save changes
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Ctrl + F
Save Settings
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
F1
Opens Help for the active dialog.
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Ctrl + P
Print / Plot Dialog
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F2
Displays the Tasks toolbox’s Task List.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
F3
Displays the Main toolbox.
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F4
Displays the active task.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
F5
Displays the View Attributes dialog.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
F6
Opens the Saved Views dialog.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
F8
Turns on or off the display of the grid in the open view.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
F9
Sends input focus to the Key-in window if it is docked or open. Opens the Key-in window if it is not already open.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
F10
Sends input focus to the Tool Settings window if it is docked or open. Opens the Tool Settings window if it is not already open.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
F11
Sends input focus to the AccuDraw window if it is docked or open. Activates AccuDraw if it is not active and opens the AccuDraw window.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
F12
Sends input focus to home.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
Ctrl+F1
Activates the first tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the Models dialog.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
Ctrl+F2
Activates the second tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the References dialog.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
Ctrl+F3
Activates the third tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the Raster Manager dialog.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
Ctrl+F4
Activates the fourth tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the Point Clouds dialog.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
Ctrl+F5
Activates the fifth tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the Saved Views dialog.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
Ctrl+F6
Activates the sixth tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the Level Manager dialog.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
Ctrl+F7
Activates the seventh tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the Level Display dialog.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
Ctrl+F8
Activates the eighth tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the Cell Library dialog.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
Ctrl+F9
Activates the ninth tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the Auxiliary Coordinates dialog.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
Ctrl+F8
Activates the eighth tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the Cell Library dialog.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
Ctrl+F9
Activates the ninth tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the Auxiliary Coordinates dialog.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
Ctrl+F10
Activates the tenth tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the Element Information dialog.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
Ctrl+F11
Activates the eleventh tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to open or close Project Explorer.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
Ctrl+F12
Activates the twelfth tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to open the Item Sets dialog.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
Alt+F8
Opens the Macros dialog.
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Alt+F11
Opens the Visual Basic Editor.
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Shift+F1
Activates the first tool in the Attributes toolbox. The default is to display the active element template.
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Shift+F2
Activates the second tool in the Attributes toolbox. The default is to display the Active Level list box.
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Shift+F3
Activates the third tool in the Attributes toolbox. The default is to display the Active Color dialog.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
Shift+F4
Activates the fourth tool in the Attributes toolbox. The default is to display the Active Line Style list box.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
Shift+F5
Activates the fifth tool in the Attributes toolbox. The default is to display the Active Line Weight list box.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
Shift+F6
Activates the sixth tool in the Attributes toolbox. The default is to display the Active Element Transparency list box.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
Shift+F7
Activates the seventh tool in the Attributes toolbox. The default is to display the Active Element Priority list box.
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Shift+F8
Activates the eighth tool in the Attributes toolbox.
What do these Microstation keystrokes do?
Shift+F9
Activates the ninth tool in the Attributes toolbox.
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Shift+F10
Activates the tenth tool in the Attributes toolbox.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
?
Open the AccuDraw shortcuts window
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
h, a
Suspend AccuDraw for the current tool operation. Selecting a new tool, or entering a Reset re-enables AccuDraw.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
h, s
Toggle AccuSnap on /off
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
h, u
Suspends AccuSnap for the current tool operation. Selecting a new tool, or entering a Reset re-enables AccuSnap.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
q
Deactivates AccuDraw
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
Spacebar
Switches between Rectangular and Polar coordinates
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
Enter
Smart Lock• In Rectangular coordinates, locks X to 0 if the pointer is on the drawing plane y-axis or Y to 0 if the pointer is on the x-axis.• In Polar coordinates, locks Angle to 0°, 90°, -90°, or 180° if the pointer is on a drawing plane axis or otherwise locks Distance to its last entered value.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
o
Moves the drawing plane origin to the current pointer position.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
v
Rotate drawing plane to align with the view axes. Pressing this key a second time restores context-sensitive rotation.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
t
Rotate the drawing plane to align with the axes in a standard Top view. Pressing this key a second time restores context-sensitive rotation.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
f
Rotate the drawing plane to align with the axes in a standard Front view. Pressing this key a second time restores context-sensitive rotation.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
s
Rotate the drawing plane to align with the axes in a standard Side view. Pressing this key a second time restores context-sensitive rotation.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
b
Rotate the drawing plane to align with the active ACS, or if you set up a rotation in the dialog, it will return you to that rotation. In a new file (where you haven’t used an ACS yet) it will be the rotation of the view.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
r, c
Rotate the drawing plane to the current ACS.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
e
Rotate between three 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.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
r, e
Rotate the drawing plane to match the orientation of a selected element.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
r, v
Rotate the active view to match the current drawing plane.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
r, x
Rotate the drawing plane 90° about its x-axis
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
r, y
Rotate the drawing plane 90° about its y-axis
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
r, q
Quickly and temporarily rotate the drawing plane.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
r, z
Rotate the drawing plane 90° about its z-axis
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
x
Toggle the lock status for the X value.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
r, a
Permanently rotate the drawing plane. Because it rotates the current ACS, this rotation will still be active after the tool in use is exited. If on, the tool setting Use Current Origin causes the drawing plane origin to be used as the x-axis origin, thereby eliminating the need to enter an extra data point. Of course, in many cases it is desirable to be able to define the x-axis origin at a different location than the drawing plane origin.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
y
Toggle the lock status for the Y value.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
z
Toggle the lock status for the Z value.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
d
Toggle the lock status for the Distance value.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
a
Toggle the lock status for the Angle value.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
l, i
Locks the current index state. If an axis or distance is not indexed, indexing is disabled. If an axis or distance is indexed, it is locked. The effect is temporary, lasting until a data point is entered or the shortcut is run again. This is useful if you need to index to one axis but not the other, or to enter a data point very close to an axis but not on the axis.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
l, p
Toggle the ACS Plane and ACS Plane Snap locks, and the Grid view attribute for all views.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
l, a
Toggle ACS Plane lock.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
l, s
Toggle ACS Plane snap lock.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
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).
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
~
Changes a control in the tool settings dialog (shortcut is ~, usually right below the key — there is no need to press the key). It finds the first enabled control in the tool settings dialog that is an option menu or a check box. If it is an option menu it selects the next valid value. If it is a check box it switches it from off to on or vice versa. For instance, if you are drawing a SmartLine and the focus is in the AccuDraw window, you can press the key and it switches to arcs without moving the focus from the AccuDraw window.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
g, t
Move focus to the Tool Settings window.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
g, k
Opens (or moves focus to) the Key-in window (same as choosing Utilities > Key-in).
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
g, s
Opens (or moves focus to) the AccuDraw Settings dialog (same as choosing Settings > AccuDraw).
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
g, a
Opens the Get ACS dialog, which lets you select a saved Auxiliary Coordinate System.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
w, a
Opens the Write to ACS dialog, which lets you save the drawing plane alignment as an ACS.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
p
Opens the Data Point Key-in dialog for entering a single data point
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
m
Opens the Data Point Key-in dialog for entering multiple data points
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
i
Activates Intersect snap mode.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
n
Activates Nearest snap mode.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
c
Activates Center snap mode.
What do these AccuDraw keystrokes do?
k
Open the Keypoint Snap Divisor dialog box, which is used to set the Snap Divisor for keypoint snapping.
What are the Microstation keystrokes to:
Undo
Ctrl + Z
What are the Microstation keystrokes to:
Redo
Ctrl + R
What are the Microstation keystrokes to:
Cut
Ctrl + X
What are the Microstation keystrokes to:
Copy
Ctrl + C
What are the Microstation keystrokes to:
Paste
Ctrl + V
What are the Microstation keystrokes to:
Group current selection
Ctrl + G
What are the Microstation keystrokes to:
Ungroup current selection
Ctrl + U
What are the Microstation keystrokes to:
Lock element
Ctrl + L
What are the Microstation keystrokes to:
Unlock element
Ctrl + M
What are the Microstation keystrokes to:
Element information
Ctrl + I
What are the Microstation keystrokes to:
View levels display
Ctrl + E
What are the Microstation keystrokes to:
View attributes
Ctrl + B
What are the Microstation keystrokes to:
Tool boxes dialog
Ctrl + T
What are the Microstation keystrokes to:
Select All
Ctrl+A
What are the Microstation keystrokes to:
New / Create Design File
Ctrl + N
What are the Microstation keystrokes to:
Open Design File
Ctrl + O
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Closes the active design file
Ctrl + W
What are the Microstation keystrokes to:
Save changes
Ctrl + S
What are the Microstation keystrokes to:
Save Settings
Ctrl + F
What are the Microstation keystrokes to:
Opens Help for the active dialog.
F1
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Print / Plot Dialog
Ctrl + P
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Displays the Tasks toolbox’s Task List.
F2
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Displays the Main toolbox.
F3
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Displays the active task.
F4
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Displays the View Attributes dialog.
F5
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Opens the Saved Views dialog.
F6
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Turns on or off the display of the grid in the open view.
F8
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Sends input focus to the Key-in window if it is docked or open. Opens the Key-in window if it is not already open.
F9
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Sends input focus to the Tool Settings window if it is docked or open. Opens the Tool Settings window if it is not already open.
F10
What are the Microstation keystrokes to:
Sends input focus to the AccuDraw window if it is docked or open. Activates AccuDraw if it is not active and opens the AccuDraw window.
F11
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Sends input focus to home.
F12
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Activates the first tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the Models dialog.
Ctrl+F1
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Activates the second tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the References dialog.
Ctrl+F2
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Activates the third tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the Raster Manager dialog.
Ctrl+F3
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Activates the fourth tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the Point Clouds dialog.
Ctrl+F4
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Activates the fifth tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the Saved Views dialog.
Ctrl+F5
What are the Microstation keystrokes to:
Activates the sixth tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the Level Manager dialog.
Ctrl+F6
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Activates the seventh tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the Level Display dialog.
Ctrl+F7
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Activates the eighth tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the Cell Library dialog.
Ctrl+F8
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Activates the ninth tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the Auxiliary Coordinates dialog.
Ctrl+F9
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Activates the eighth tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the Cell Library dialog.
Ctrl+F8
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Activates the ninth tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the Auxiliary Coordinates dialog.
Ctrl+F9
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Activates the tenth tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to display the Element Information dialog.
Ctrl+F10
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Activates the eleventh tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to open or close Project Explorer.
Ctrl+F11
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Activates the twelfth tool in the Primary Tools toolbox. The default is to open the Item Sets dialog.
Ctrl+F12
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Opens the Macros dialog.
Alt+F8
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Opens the Visual Basic Editor.
Alt+F11
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Activates the first tool in the Attributes toolbox. The default is to display the active element template.
Shift+F1
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Activates the second tool in the Attributes toolbox. The default is to display the Active Level list box.
Shift+F2
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Activates the third tool in the Attributes toolbox. The default is to display the Active Color dialog.
Shift+F3
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Activates the fourth tool in the Attributes toolbox. The default is to display the Active Line Style list box.
Shift+F4
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Activates the fifth tool in the Attributes toolbox. The default is to display the Active Line Weight list box.
Shift+F5
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Activates the sixth tool in the Attributes toolbox. The default is to display the Active Element Transparency list box.
Shift+F6
What are the Microstation keystrokes to:
Activates the seventh tool in the Attributes toolbox. The default is to display the Active Element Priority list box.
Shift+F7
What are the Microstation keystrokes to:
Activates the eighth tool in the Attributes toolbox.
Shift+F8
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Activates the ninth tool in the Attributes toolbox.
Shift+F9
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Activates the tenth tool in the Attributes toolbox.
Shift+F10
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Open the AccuDraw shortcuts window
?
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Suspend AccuDraw for the current tool operation. Selecting a new tool, or entering a Reset re-enables AccuDraw.
h, a
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Toggle AccuSnap on /off
h, s
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Suspends AccuSnap for the current tool operation. Selecting a new tool, or entering a Reset re-enables AccuSnap.
h, u
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Deactivates AccuDraw
q
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Switches between Rectangular and Polar coordinates
Spacebar
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Smart Lock• In Rectangular coordinates, locks X to 0 if the pointer is on the drawing plane y-axis or Y to 0 if the pointer is on the x-axis.• In Polar coordinates, locks Angle to 0°, 90°, -90°, or 180° if the pointer is on a drawing plane axis or otherwise locks Distance to its last entered value.
Enter
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Moves the drawing plane origin to the current pointer position.
o
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Rotate drawing plane to align with the view axes. Pressing this key a second time restores context-sensitive rotation.
v
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Rotate the drawing plane to align with the axes in a standard Top view. Pressing this key a second time restores context-sensitive rotation.
t
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Rotate the drawing plane to align with the axes in a standard Front view. Pressing this key a second time restores context-sensitive rotation.
f
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Rotate the drawing plane to align with the axes in a standard Side view. Pressing this key a second time restores context-sensitive rotation.
s
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Rotate the drawing plane to align with the active ACS, or if you set up a rotation in the dialog, it will return you to that rotation. In a new file (where you haven’t used an ACS yet) it will be the rotation of the view.
b
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Rotate the drawing plane to the current ACS.
r, c
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Rotate between three 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.
e
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Rotate the drawing plane to match the orientation of a selected element.
r, e
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Rotate the active view to match the current drawing plane.
r, v
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Rotate the drawing plane 90° about its x-axis
r, x
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Rotate the drawing plane 90° about its y-axis
r, y
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Quickly and temporarily rotate the drawing plane.
r, q
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Rotate the drawing plane 90° about its z-axis
r, z
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Toggle the lock status for the X value.
x
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Permanently rotate the drawing plane. Because it rotates the current ACS, this rotation will still be active after the tool in use is exited. If on, the tool setting Use Current Origin causes the drawing plane origin to be used as the x-axis origin, thereby eliminating the need to enter an extra data point. Of course, in many cases it is desirable to be able to define the x-axis origin at a different location than the drawing plane origin.
r, a
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Toggle the lock status for the Y value.
y
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Toggle the lock status for the Z value.
z
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Toggle the lock status for the Distance value.
d
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Toggle the lock status for the Angle value.
a
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Locks the current index state. If an axis or distance is not indexed, indexing is disabled. If an axis or distance is indexed, it is locked. The effect is temporary, lasting until a data point is entered or the shortcut is run again. This is useful if you need to index to one axis but not the other, or to enter a data point very close to an axis but not on the axis.
l, i
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Toggle the ACS Plane and ACS Plane Snap locks, and the Grid view attribute for all views.
l, p
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Toggle ACS Plane lock.
l, a
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Toggle ACS Plane snap lock.
l, s
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
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).
l, z
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Changes a control in the tool settings dialog (shortcut is ~, usually right below the key — there is no need to press the key). It finds the first enabled control in the tool settings dialog that is an option menu or a check box. If it is an option menu it selects the next valid value. If it is a check box it switches it from off to on or vice versa. For instance, if you are drawing a SmartLine and the focus is in the AccuDraw window, you can press the key and it switches to arcs without moving the focus from the AccuDraw window.
~
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Move focus to the Tool Settings window.
g, t
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Opens (or moves focus to) the Key-in window (same as choosing Utilities > Key-in).
g, k
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Opens (or moves focus to) the AccuDraw Settings dialog (same as choosing Settings > AccuDraw).
g, s
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Opens the Get ACS dialog, which lets you select a saved Auxiliary Coordinate System.
g, a
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Opens the Write to ACS dialog, which lets you save the drawing plane alignment as an ACS.
w, a
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Opens the Data Point Key-in dialog for entering a single data point
p
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Opens the Data Point Key-in dialog for entering multiple data points
m
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Activates Intersect snap mode.
i
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Activates Nearest snap mode.
n
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Activates Center snap mode.
c
What are the AccuDraw keystrokes to:
Open the Keypoint Snap Divisor dialog box, which is used to set the Snap Divisor for keypoint snapping.
k