User Guide
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User Guide

Place Block

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Used to place a block (rectangular shape).

Tool SettingEffect
Method

Sets how the block's orientation is determined.

  • Orthogonal
    • — Block is orthogonal to the view in which the first data point is entered.
  • Rotated
    • — Orientation is defined with a data point (step 3).
Area

Active Area — Solid or Hole.

Fill Type

Active Fill Type — None (no fill), Opaque (filled with Active Color), or Outlined (filled with Fill Color).

Fill Color

Sets the color with which the block is filled.

  • If Fill Type is Opaque, the Active Color.

  • If Fill Type is Outlined, the fill color can be different from the Active Color.

To place a rectangular shape
  1. Select the Place Block tool.

  2. Enter a data point to define one corner.

  3. If Method is set to Rotated, enter a data point to define the orientation.

  4. Enter a data point to define the corner that is diagonal from the first.

    Place Block. Left: Method set to Orthogonal; Right: Method set to Rotated.

      

Key-in: PLACE BLOCK ICON


or

Key-in: PLACE BLOCK [ORTHOGONAL | ROTATED]

In 3D, if the second data point is placed at a different depth than the first point, the block is rotated about the x-axis of the view such that the diagonal corner is placed at the second data point. In other words, the first data point defines the depth for one horizontal segment of the block and the second data point defines the depth for the opposite segment.

MicroStation does not have a “Place Square” tool. However, any of these methods can be used to place a square: