Custom Symbols


Custom Symbols category controls

Consists of controls that are used to specify characters from symbol fonts or cells as the following:

Prefixes or suffixes
Symbols for “diameter” and “plus-or-minus” (alternates to MicroStation's defaults, which are “Ø”and “± ,” respectively)

Controls the specification of a custom prefix symbol.

Prefix	Choose to display a field(s) to key in
None	No prefix.
Symbol	Character and Font (by number).
Cell	Cell name. see footnote 168

Controls the specification of a custom suffix symbol.

Suffix	Choose to display a field(s) to key in
None	No suffix.
Symbol	Character and Font (by number).
Cell	Cell name. see footnote 169

Controls the specification of an alternate diameter symbol.

Diameter	Symbol in dimensions
Default	Default diameter symbol “Ø”.
Symbol	Character and Font (by number) that are keyed in.

Controls the specification of an alternate plus or minus symbol.

Diameter	Symbol in dimensions
Default	Default plus/minus symbol “±”.
Symbol	Character and Font (by number) that are keyed in.

Contains fields that are used to specify additional (single) characters as dimension text prefixes and suffixes.

In the font library supplied with MicroStation, fonts 60 and 102 contain symbols.

Sets the prefix that is placed before a single line of dimension text.

Sets the suffix that is placed after a single line of dimension text.

Sets the prefix that is placed before both lines of tolerancing text.

Sets the suffix that is placed after both lines of tolerancing text.

Sets the prefix that is placed before the primary (upper) dimension text in dual (for example, English/metric) dimensions.

Sets the suffix that is placed after the primary (upper) dimension text in dual (for example, English/metric) dimensions.

Sets the prefix that is placed before the secondary (lower) dimension text in dual (for example, English/metric) dimensions.

Sets the suffix that is placed after the secondary (lower) dimension text in dual (for example, English/metric) dimensions.