Annotate

Text

Notes

Dimensioning

Table

Detailing

Cells

Patterns

Terrain Model

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Text

Setting	Description
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

Setting	Description
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

Setting	Description
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.
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).
c Element Dimensioning	Used to dimension an element.
Place Center Mark tool	Used to place a center mark at the center of a circle or arc.

Table

Setting	Description
Place Table	Used to place a table in the model.

Detailing

Setting	Description
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

Setting	Description
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

Setting	Description
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

Setting	Description
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.