MicroStation CONNECT Edition Help

Annotate Tab

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Text

	Place Text Used to place a text element(s).
	Edit Text Used to edit text in a text, text node, or dimension element to replace, add, or delete characters.
	Change Text Attributes Used to change selected text-specific element attributes of a text or tag element(s).
	Spell Checker Used to review text, text nodes, tags, dimensions, notes and symbols for spelling errors.
	Match Text Attributes Used to set the active text settings (such as Justification, Font, Line Spacing Type, Underline, Slant Angle, and Inter Character Spacing) the same as the corresponding attributes of text in the design.
	Place Text Along Used to place text relative to line segment (line element or segment of a line string, shape, or multi-line).
	Find/Replace Text Used to search all the text in a DGN file for any sequence of letters and numbers and replace some or all instances of the text with other text.
	Display Text Attributes Used to display the attributes of a text or multi-line text node element.
	Copy/Increment Text Used to copy and increment a text element that contains numbers.
	Copy Enter Data Field Used to copy the contents of one enter data field to another.
	Copy/Increment Enter Data Fields Used to copy and increment the contents of an enter data field that contains numbers into another enter data field.
	Fill In Single Enter-Data Fields Used to fill in or change an enter data field.
	Auto Fill In Enter Data Fields Used to fill in all empty enter data fields in a view.
	Change Case Used to change the case of a piece of text.
	Update All Fields Used to update all fields in the text elements in the active model or file.
	Drop Text Used to convert the text characters in a text element to the individual elements that are used to draw the characters — lines, line strings, arcs, ellipses, and shapes.
	Text Styles Used to create and modify text styles. Also sets the active text style or, if a style is not active, the active text attributes.

Notes

	Place Note Used to place lines of text with a leader line and arrow, or a callout without a leader.
	Place Label Used to place labels.

Dimensioning

	Dimension Linear Used to dimension the linear distance between two points (length).
	Dimension Angular Used to dimension angles. Each dimension (except the first) is computed from the endpoint of the previous dimension.
	Dimension Element Used to dimension an element (linear or circular).
	Dimension Ordinates Used to label distances along an axis from an origin (datum) along the ordinate axis (the line along which the distances are measured).
	Change Dimension Used to change a dimension element to the active dimension attributes.
	Match Dimension Attributes Used to set the active dimension settings to the dimension attributes of a dimension element.
	Drop Dimension Element Used to break up a dimension element(s) into lines, line strings, ellipses, arcs, and text.
	Reassociate Dimensions Used to reassociate a linear or radial dimension to an element.
	Insert Dimension Used to add an extension line to a dimension element.
	Remove Dimension Used to remove an extension line from a dimension element.
	Dimension Audit Used to search all the dimensions in the active model and report any problems.
	Dimension Styles Used to create and modify dimension styles. Also sets the active dimension style (or, if a style is not active, the active dimension settings).
	Element Dimensioning Used to dimension an element (linear or circular).
	Place Center Mark tool Used to place a center mark at the center of a circle or arc.

Table

Place Table
Used to place a table in the model.

Detailing

	Place Section Callout Used to place a section callout and, optionally, create a saved view and automate dynamic views.
	Place Detail Callout Used to place a detail callout and, optionally, create a saved view and automate dynamic views.
	Place Elevation Callout Used to place a single elevation callout or an interior elevation callout.
	Place Plan Callout Used to place a plan callout and optionally, create a saved view and automating dynamic views.
	Place Drawing Boundary Used to place a drawing boundary in a model.
	Cloud By Points Used to place a revision cloud.
	Cloud By Element Used to create a revision cloud by modifying or copying an existing element.
	Detailing Symbol Styles Used to create and modify detailing symbol styles.

Cells

	Place Active Cell Used to place the Active Cell.
	Place Active Cell Matrix Used to place a matrix of the Active Cell.
	Replace Cells Used to replace single or multiple cells in a model, or to update cells in a model, with cells of the same name from the active cell library.
	Select and Place Cell Used to select a cell in the DGN file and place an additional instance(s) of that cell.
	Define Cell Origin Used to define the cell origin (the point about which the cell is placed).
	Place Active Line Terminator Used to place the Active Line Terminator cell on a line, line string, arc, or complex chain, primarily to place arrowheads. The line terminator maintains association with the element on which it is placed. Thus, if you move or rotate the element, the line terminator moves or rotates along with the element.
	Place Cell Index Used to create and place a cell index. A cell index contains all of the models in the active DGN file that are marked as Can be placed as cell.
	Cell Selector Selecting a cell library from the Select Cell Library to Load dialog opens the Cell Selector dialog, which is used to find and place cells.
	Identify Cell Used to display the name and level of a cell in the design.
	Cells Used to attach cell libraries and activate different types of cells, if one is attached.

Patterns

	Hatch Area Used to hatch an area. Elements used to define the area to be hatched can be in the active model, or in references.
	Crosshatch Area Used to crosshatch an area. Elements used to define the area to be crosshatched can be in the active model, or in references.
	Pattern Area Used to pattern an area by tiling the active pattern cell or AutoCAD pattern. Elements used to define the area to be patterned can be in the active file, or in references.
	Match Pattern Attributes Used to pattern an area by tiling the active pattern cell or AutoCAD pattern. Elements used to define the area to be patterned can be in the active file, or in references.
	Change Pattern Used to change an existing pattern to: Match the current attributes and/or pattern parameters. Redefine the intersection point of the patterning. Re-flood the area.
	Delete Pattern Used to delete patterning.
	Linear Pattern Used to draw or "tile" a pattern along an existing linear element. That is, to replace the linear element with repetitions of the pattern cell.
	Show Pattern Attributes Used to display the Pattern Angle and Pattern Scale attributes of a pattern element.

Terrain Model

	Label Terrain Contours Used to place additional labels for elevation on selected contours.
	Label Terrain Spots Used to label elevations at specific locations on the terrain model.
	Import LandXML Terrain Model Used to create a terrain model element by importing from a LandXML file.
	Label Coordinates Used to label coordinate points in the design by entering a data point.
	Label Element Used to label the coordinates of elements. When you label an element, all of the element's keypoints are labelled (all vertices and the origin).
	Export Coordinates Used to export coordinates of elements to an ASCII text file.
	Import Coordinates Used to import coordinates from an ASCII text file and place them as points, text, or cells.