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Attributes

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	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

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	Explorer Used to manage and control project content within OpenTunnel Designer .
	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.
	Reality Mesh Used to attach and manipulate reality meshes.
	Used to attach an iModel or a local .BIM file as a reference in a DGN.
	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.
	AccuDraw Window 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 Dialog Used to view markups coming from older Overlay files. A markup can be annotation text, freehand redlining, pen and area highlighting.
	Details Dialog 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.
	PopSet Turns on/off PopSet toggle, which is used to manage the display of the Tool Settings Window while you are not adjusting its controls.

Geographic

	Coordinate System Opens the Geographic Coordinate System dialog, which is used to select a geographic coordinate system (GCS) from a library of predefined geographic coordinate systems.
	Bing Maps Used to select the background map type.

Feature Services

	New Lets you create a new connection to a Feature Service.
	Delete Lets you delete an existing connection to a Feature Service. Applicable only when a connection is available.
	Edit Modifies the parameters of an existing connection to a Feature Service. Applicable only when a connection is available.
	Query Features Lets you query the features selected in the connection that are in the extent of the active view. Applicable only when a connection is available.
	Clear Tools Lets you delete all elements queried from Feature Services. It consists of Clear Features and Clear All Features tools.

Raster Services

	New ArcGIS ? Opens the Esri ArcGIS ? REST Map and Image Services dialog. This dialog allows to create a new raster definition that will stream the imagery data from the ArcGIS service.
	Attach ArcGIS ? Opens the Attach Raster Reference dialog. This dialog allows you to attach a predefined raster definition of an ArcGIS service.
	Feature Info Opens the Feature Info dialog to review the feature information at the location from ArcGIS Map Services.
	New WMS Opens the WMS Map Editor dialog. The Web Map Service (WMS) is a standard from the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). This dialog allows you to create a new raster definition that will stream the imagery data from the WMS service.
	Attach WMS Opens the Attach Raster Reference dialog. This dialog allows to attach a predefined raster definition of a WMS service.
	New WMTS Opens the WMTS Map Editor Dialog. The Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) is a standard from the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). This dialog allows to create a new raster definition that will stream the imagery data from the WMTS service.
	Attach WMTS Opens the Attach Raster Reference dialog. The Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) is a standard from the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). This dialog allows to create a new raster definition that will stream the imagery data from the WMTS service.

Selection

	Element Selection Used to select and deselect elements for modification or manipulation. The set of selected elements is called the selection set.
	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.
	Copy/Move Fence Contents to New File Used to copy or move the contents of the active fence to a new DGN or DWG file.
	Place Named Boundary Used to manage named boundaries and named boundary groups.

Item Types

	Attach Item Used to attach an item type to an element, file, model, or reference and place its properties as text in the DGN.
	Detach Item Used to detach item(s) from an element.
	Picklist Used to define Picklists. A Picklist is a set of values associated with an item type property definition. Picklists can have text, numbers and integers as values.
	Import/Export Used to export and import item type definitions and instances to and from Excel files respectively.
	Item Types Used to create custom item types and add properties to custom item types.