AutoCAD for the Microstation User
Online Training

AutoCAD for the Microstation User Online Training is designed to aid with the translation of basic fundamental Microstation Commands to the equivalent AutoCAD command.

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Using the search tools index or Table of contents in the vBook you enter and look for a Microstation command and you will be shown the AutoCAD equivalent. (i.e. Enter Move Parallel and you'll be shown the Offset Command.)

Introduction

• Data Sets
• User Interface

Application Settings

• Workspaces
• Options
• Projects

Operational Difference

• Noun/Verb
• Save Often
• Precision Input
• Mouse Functions
• Keyboard
• Key-In Commands

View Control

• Re-draw/Re-gen
• Pan
• Zoom Extents
• Rotate View
• Named View
• Practice Exercise
• Creating Drawings
• Snaps

Drawing Commands

• Line
• Polyline
• Circle
• Arc
• Rectangle
• Polygon
• Practice Exercise

Modify Objects

• Grip Editing
• Copy
• Move
• Rotate
• Mirror
• Offset
• Scale
• Practice Exercise

Altering Objects

• Explode
• Pedit
• Break
• Join
• Extend
• Trim
• Fillet
• Chamfer
• Practice Exercise

Object Properties

• Match Properties

Layers (Levels)

• Practice Exercise

Text

• Text Style
• Practice Exercise

Dimensions

• Dimension Styles
• Practice Exercise

Hatch (Fill)

• Practice Exercise

Blocks (Cells)

• Measure/Divide
• Dynamic Block
• Practice Exercise

Inquiry Tools

• List
• Distance
• ID Point
• Area
• Additional Tools
• Practice Exercise

Layout Tabs

• Practice Exercise
• Plotting

Terminology

• Design Plane and Origins
• Working Units
• Paper Space Model Space
• Layers (Levels)
• Linetypes (Line Styles)
• Color
• Color/Lineweight
• XREF Reference
• Text
• Dimensions

Translation