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Attributes

	Element Template Association Used to lock the active element template when placing an element. When on, the icon is displayed with highlighting.
	Element Template Opens the Element Templates drop-down to set the active element template, and to manage element templates using the Element Templates dialog.
	Level Opens the Level drop-down to set the Active Level and the Active Level Filter, to manage levels and filters, to set the display of levels and apply filters, and to recall existing level filters.
	Color Opens the Active Color drop-down to set the active color, and change the colors of selected elements.
	Line Style Opens the line style drop-down to set the active line style to the line style that is chosen.
	Line Weight Opens the line weight drop-down to set the active line weight and change the line weights of selected elements.
	Transparency Opens the transparency drop-down to set the active element transparency.
	Priority Opens the priority drop-down to sets the active element priority (2D models only), which determines how an element is displayed relative to other elements.
	Element Class Opens the element class drop-down to set the active class of element on placement.

Primary

	Explorer Used to manage and control project content within MicroStation.
	References Used to attach and detach referenced models, adjust reference settings and select reference tools.
	Raster Manager Used to control the display of one or more raster images in a DGN file view.
	Point Clouds Used to manage the display of one or more point clouds in a DGN file view.
	Models Used to create, manage, and switch between models in the open DGN file.
	Level Display Used to turn on and turn off levels in a model.
	Level Manager Used to control level display and level symbology for the open DGN/DWG file and attached references.
	Properties Used to review or modify the properties of an element(s), such as its geometry.
	Key-in Used to browse, construct, and enter key-ins.
	Toggle AccuDraw Turns on/off AccuDraw, and the display of the AccuDraw Window, which is used to facilitate data point entry.
	Auxiliary Coordinates Used to create, copy, delete, or import an Auxiliary Coordinate System (ACS) and to select ACS tools.
	Saved Views Used to create, update, apply, import, and delete saved views and edit properties of saved views. Saving a view allows you to quickly apply a view with specific attributes.
	Cells Used to attach cell libraries and activate different types of cells, if one is attached.
	Markups Used to view markups made in an overlay file in Bentley Navigator. A markup can be annotation text, freehand redlining, pen and area highlighting.
	Details Used to display information related to what is selected in any of the tabs of the Explorer dialog.
	Window List Used to display information related to what is selected in any of the tabs of the Explorer dialog.

Selection

	Element Selection Used to select and deselect elements for modification or manipulation. The set of selected elements is called the selection set.
	Select All Selects all elements in the design.
	Select None Deselects all elements in the design.
	Select By Attributes Used to select elements based on specified criteria.
	Lock Locks selected elements. The attributes and location of a locked element cannot be changed. Locking is useful for preventing accidental element manipulation. If you try to manipulate a locked element, MicroStation beeps to alert you that the element is locked.
	Unlock Unlocks selected locked elements. Each unlocked element can be manipulated.
	Bring to Front Brings the selected element to the front of the view display.
	Place Fence Used to place a fence.
	Modify Fence Used to move a fence or modify one of its vertices.
	Manipulate Fence Contents Used to move, copy, rotate, mirror, scale, or stretch fence contents, which are defined by a fence and (except for stretching) the Fence (Selection) Mode.
	Delete Fence Contents Used to delete the fence contents, which are defined by a fence and the Fence (Selection) Mode, which determines what constitutes the contents of a fence.
	Drop Fence Contents Used to break up the contents in a fence into their components.
	Save Fence to File Used to copy or move the contents of the active fence to a new DGN or DWG file.
	Named Boundaries Used to manage named boundaries and named boundary groups.
	Cut Used to cut selected elements to clipboard.
	Copy Used to copy selected elements to clipboard.
	Paste Used to paste elements from clipboard.
	Paste Special Used to select the data type and open the Paste OLE dialog where a special display format can be applied to the contents of the Clipboard.

Camera

	Place Camera Used to setup a view camera, in 3 point projection mode, by entering data points to define first the camera location, then the camera target location.
	Define Camera Used to set up a view for rendering, or to create saved views.
	Camera Lens Used to set up a camera lens in a selected view.
	Focal Distance Used to set the focal distance of the camera; the distance from the eyepoint to the image plane.
	Normal Camera Set perspective in a view to match a normal camera lens.
	Extra Wide Camera Set perspective in a view to match an extra wide angle camera lens.
	Telephoto Camera Set perspective in a view to match a telephoto camera lens.
	Two Point Projection Opens the Define Camera tool to set perspective in a view to two point projection.
	Camera Off Turn off a view camera.
	Photomatch Matches known points in 3D space to corresponding points in a photograph, to determine the camera position, lens angle and target location.

Lighting

	Point Light Sets the light source type to a Point Light.
	Spot Light Sets the light source type to a Spot Light.
	Directional Light Sets the light source type to a Directional Light.
	Area Light Sets the light source type to an Area Light.
	Sky Opening Sets the object to a Sky Opening.
	Manage Used to control light setups and the settings for both global and source lighting.
	Solar Path Used to graphically manipulate the position of the sun in the sky within a view.
	Environment Contains controls for environmental settings for Luxology rendering, as well as controls the visibility of these environment settings.
	Light Manager Used to control light setups and the settings for both global and source lighting.

Materials

	Attach Material Used to attach a material as an attribute to an element in your model.
	Assign Material Used to assign materials to elements in the model by level and color.
	Remove Attachment Used to remove a material that has been attached as an attribute to an element, a face of a SmartSolid, or a face of a Feature solid, in a model.
	Remove Assignment Used to remove an assignment of a material by level and color.
	Material Editor Used to create materials or modify a material palette.
	Query Used to query elements in a model for materials associated with them, either by assignment or attachment.
	Adjust Map Used to interactively adjust the size, position and orientation of a pattern map or a bump map.
	Materials Gallery Contains material definitions including pattern maps, bump maps, or combinations of both. When expanded, you can select Open Palette... to open a different material palette.
	Attach Projection Used to attach a material mapping mode to an element.
	Edit Projection Used to edit an existing material projection.
	Match Projection Used to match the material projection parameters of one element to that of another.
	Create Projection Group Used to group elements as a single entity for projection of a material onto them.
	Remove Projection Used to remove a material projection from an element.
	Material Editor Used to create materials or modify a material palette.

Rendering

	Render Scene Opens the Luxology Render dialog, which is used to manage a rendering process.
	Save Image Used to open the Save Image dialog, which lets you save a rendered image to file.
	Save Multiple Used to open the Save Multiple Images dialog, which lets you build an image script file to save multiple images to files.
	Save Panorama Used to open the Save Panorama dialog, which lets you save an image as a panorama.
	Effects Manager Used to open the Effects Manager dialog, which allows you to control the contribution of lighting from all your scene´s light sources in a rendering post process.
	Render Setup Opens the Render Setup Manager dialog, which is used to create custom rendering setups for use with Luxology.

Utilities

	Populate Used to place cells or RPCs on any surface in a 3D design model.
	Place RPC Used to place ArchVision RPC cells in models.
	Edit RPC Used to edit the parameters of, or replace, ArchVision RPC cells in models.
	Stencil 2D Elements on 3D Geometry Used to create renderable mesh geometry and place it on top of the underlying geometry.
	Stencil into 3D Reference Used to create renderable mesh geometry and place it on top of the underlying geometry.
	Solar Study Used to create a movie (or sequence of images) that shows the locations of shadows cast by the sun over a period of time.
	Solar Exposure Calculator Used to analyze the amount of solar exposure (incident solar radiation) and shadowing acting upon a model over a user-defined time period.
	Shadow Generator Used to produce geometry that represents the boundaries of solar shadows at a given time allowing the solar impact to be definitively evaluated at any instant of time.
	Render Boolean Add Used to assign an element to cut the volume of any intersecting geometry, when the view is rendered.
	Render Boolean Delete Used to unassign a render boolean element to render all the intersecting elements.

LumenRT

	LumenRT Used to export current view to LumenRT for real time rendering.
	LumenRT Settings Used to control settings to export a model to LumenRT.