MicroStation CONNECT Edition Help

DD Design Toolbox

The DD Design toolbox contains tools for creating and modifying dimension-driven profiles and cells plus dimensioning tools.



All tools in a toolbox are not always visible by default. To see all tools, right-click in the toolbox and select Show All from the menu.

Each of the tools in the DD Design toolbox is also a member of a “child” toolbox. When a tool is pointed to and the Data button held down, a drop-down menu opens from which a tool in the child toolbox can be selected. The child toolbox can be opened as a floating toolbox by choosing Open As ToolBox from the drop-down menu.

When a tool is selected in a child toolbox, the tool automatically becomes the “representative” of the child toolbox in the DD Design toolbox.

The following table shows the “as delivered” arrangement of the DD Design toolbox and identifies the corresponding child toolboxes and for each, the default representative tool:



Profile toolbox (Sketch Profile)


Parameter Constraints toolbox (Convert Dimension to Constraint)


Attach Element toolbox (Construct Attached Line String or Shape)


Geometric Constraints toolbox (Constrain Elements)


Evaluate Constraints toolbox (Re-solve Constraints)


Modify Constraint toolbox (Break Constrained Geometry)
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