User Guide
User Guide
User Guide
User Guide
User Guide
User Guide
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Many of the operations that you perform in a design session rely on the ability to identify existing elements, or to pick specific points on those elements. MicroStation provides the tools to perform these tasks. You can quickly and conveniently identify elements, or keypoints on elements, using tentative snap points and data points.
Many tools require that you identify one or more elements. You can do this manually by placing the pointer over the element and entering a data point to highlight the element. If you want to preview which element is being selected, you can enter tentative snap points first, until the correct element highlights, and then accept with a data point.
For information on entering data points and tentative snap points, see MicroStation and Graphical Input.
AccuSnap automates the identification of elements and the placement of tentative snap points, so that you do not have to enter all tentative snap points manually. You can turn on the Enable AccuSnap setting in the General tab of the AccuSnap Settings dialog box to automatically locate and snap a tentative point to elements. You simply move the screen pointer to the region of the element that you want to identify and AccuSnap snaps to it automatically.
 | Even with AccuSnap enabled, you can still enter tentative snap points manually. |
Another setting can be used in conjunction with AccuSnap to automatically identify elements for various tools. This feature is enabled with the Identify Elements Automatically setting in the AccuSnap Settings dialog box, General tab. Like AccuSnap, this setting can greatly reduce the number of button presses required in a design session. Using this setting with the Delete tool, for example, you only have to move the screen pointer over the required element in any view and it highlights. A single data point then deletes the highlighted element.
As part of the automatic element identification functions, you can turn on Pop-up Info in the AccuSnap Settings dialog box, General tab. With this setting enabled, when you hover, or pause, the pointer over a highlighted element, information about it appears in a pop-up window.