OpenSite Designer CONNECT Edition

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Attribute

Attributes group

Setting	Description
Element Template Association	Allows you to lock the active element template when placing an element. When on, the icon is displayed with highlighting.
Element Template	Allows you to opens the Element Templates drop-down to set the active element template, and to manage element templates using the Elements Templates dialog.
Level	Allows you to open 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	Allows you to open the Active Color drop-down to set the active color, and change the colors of selected elements.
Line Style	Allows you to open the line style drop-down to set the active line style to the line style that is chosen.
Line Weight	Allows you to open the line weight drop-down to set the active line weight and change the line weights of selected elements.
Transparency	Allows you to open the transparency drop-down to set the active element transparency.
Priority	Allows you to open 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	Allows you to open the element class drop-down to set the active class of element on placement.

Primary

Primary group

Setting	Description
Explorer	Allows you to manage project data using the Explorer dialog.
Attach Tools	References - Manage reference attachments using the References dialog. Raster Manager - Manage raster reference attachments using the Raster Manager dialog. Point Clouds - Import, control, visualize and manipulate point cloud images using the Point Clouds dialog. Reality Mesh - Attach and manipulate reality meshes using the Reality Mesh Attachments dialog.
Models	Allows you to displays the Models dialog, which allows you to create a new model, copy a model, edit model properties, delete and import models, create a sheet boundary, and list any filters.
Level Display	Allows you to turn levels on and off using the Level Display dialog.
Level Manager	Allows you to turn levels on and off using the Level Display dialog.
Properties	Allows you to review or modify information about an element(s), such as its type, attributes, and geometry.
More	Key-In - Open the Key-in window. Toggle AccuDraw - Auxiliary Coordinates - Saved Views - Manage saved views using the Saved Views dialog. Cells - Create and manage cells in a Cell Library. Markups - Review markups and comments made in the design through the Markups dialog. Details - Windowed List - Display information related to what is selected in any of the tabs of the Explorer dialog

Selection

Selection group

Setting	Description
Element Selection	Allows you to select and deselect elements on a per element basis, by defining an area, or by drawing a line that intersects them.
Select All	Allows you to select all elements in the design.
Select None	Allows you to deselect all elements in the design.
Fence Tools	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. 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 Boundary - Manage named boundaries and boundary groups using the Named Boundary dialog. Note: For more in-depth information on Fence Tools, please refer to MicroStation help.
Lock	Allows you to lock all elements in the design.
Unlock	Allows you to unlock all elements in the design.
Bring to Front	Allows you to bring front the selected elements in the design.

Camera

Camera group

Settings	Description
Place Camera	Allows you setup a view camera, in 3 point projection mode, by entering data points to define first the camera location, then the camera target location.
Edit	Allows you to set up a view for rendering, or to create saved views
Lens	Allows you to set perspective in a view to match an extra wide angle camera lens.
Photomatch	Allows you to known points in 3D space to corresponding points in a photograph, to determine the camera position, lens angle and target location.

Lighting

Lighting group

Settings	Description
Lighting	Allows you to set the light source type to a Point Light.
Manage	Allows you to control light setups and the settings for both global and source lighting.
Solar Path	Allows you to graphically manipulate the position of the sun in the sky within a view.
Environment	Allows you to access controls for environmental settings for Luxology rendering, as well as controls the visibility of these environment settings.

Materials

Material group

Settings	Description
Apply	Allows you to attach a material as an attribute to an element in your model.
Remove	Allows you 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.
Edits	Allows you to create materials or modify a material palette.
Materials	Allows you access the material definitions including pattern maps, bump maps, or combinations of both. When expanded, you can select Open Palette to open a different material palette.
Projections	Allows you to attach a material mapping mode to an element.

Rendering

Rendering group

Settings	Description
Render Scene	Allows you to open the Luxology Render dialog, which is used to manage a rendering process.
Save Image	Allows you to open Save Image dialog, which lets you save a rendered image to file.
Save Multiple	Allows you to open the Save Multiple Images, which lets you build an image script file to save multiple images to files.
Save Panorama	Allows you to open the Save Panorama dialog,which lets you save an image as a panorama.

Utilities

Utilities group

Settings	Description
Populate	Allows to place cells or RPCs on any surface in a 3D design model.
Place RPC	Allows you to place Arch vision RPC cells in models.
Stencil 2D Elements on 3D Geometry	Allows you create renderable mesh geometry and place it on top of the underlying geometry.
Solar Lightning	Allows you to create a movie (or sequence of images) that shows the locations of shadows cast by the sun over a period of time.
Render Boolean Add	Allows you assign an element to cut the volume of any intersecting geometry, when the view is rendered.
Render Boolean Delete	Allows you unassign a render boolean element to render all the intersecting elements.

LumenRT

LumenRT group

Settings	Description
LumenRT	Allows you to export current view to LumentRT for real time rendering.
LumenRT Settings	Allows you to control settings to export a model to LumentRT.