Main tool frame

Used to select general usage drawing tools.

The Main tool frame is open when you start MicroStation for the first time. By default, the Main tool frame is docked to the left edge of the MicroStation window. It can be undocked or docked to the right edge.

With the exception of Delete Element, the tools in the Main tool frame are also members of a “child” tool box. When a tool is pointed to and the Data button held down, its child tool box opens. The child tool box can be “torn off” and floated by dragging it away from the Main tool frame.

When a tool is selected in a child tool box (attached or floating), the tool automatically becomes the “representative” of the child tool box in the Main tool frame.

The following table shows the “as delivered” arrangement of the Main tool frame and identifies the corresponding child tool boxes.

Left Column	Right Column
Element Selection tool box (Element Selection)	Fence tool box (Place Fence)
Points tool box (Place Active Point)	Linear Elements tool box (Place SmartLine)
Patterns tool box (Hatch Area)	Polygons tool box (Place Block)
Arcs tool box (Place Arc)	Ellipses tool box (Place Circle)
Tags tool box (Attach Tags)	Text tool box (Place Text)
Groups tool box (Drop Element)	Cells tool box (Place Active Cell)
Measure tool box (Measure Distance)	Dimensioning tool box (Element Dimensioning)
Change Attributes tool box (Change Element Attributes)	Manipulate tool box (Copy)
Delete Element	Modify tool box (Modify Element)

Key-in: DIALOG TOOLBOX MAIN [OFF | ON | TOGGLE]