CAD/BIM Tips & Tricks

Micro g - AutoCAD and Civil 3D

Pasting spreadsheets into AutoCAD and Civil 3D just got a whole lot easier!

Paste perfectly-formatted, huge spreadsheets into drawing files with correctly sized columns on the fly.

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Nesting - AutoCAD and Civil 3D

How to Use Live Nesting to Control Level Display in MicroStation V8i

“Live nesting” refers to the action of displaying elements from the reference files attached to the reference files you directly attach to a design file.

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Full Path in Title Bar

Ever have one of those super busy days where umpteen different people are pulling you in multiple directions for one thing or another?

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Two Ways to Make MicroStation Work a Bit Easier

Make MicroStation look at the dictionary file used by Microsoft Word so you don’t have to add the same words to your MicroStation dictionary.

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Change Your Element Information Display

Now there are settings that allow you more control over what information is displayed when you choose the Element Information tool.

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Speed A - AutoCAD and Civil 3D

Speed Up Design Projects Using the Microsoft Office Importer App

How to paste a large spreadsheet into a DWG or DGN in one operation, even though it may seem too tall to fit in the border in a single piece.

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Plotting a 3D Reference as a 3D PDF

It’s easy to create 3D PDFs from 3D references. Impress your co-workers and superiors, then provide them with a 3D PDF that really shows your handiwork.

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Clean - AutoCAD and Civil 3D

Easily Clean Up Noisy Raster Reference Files

Do you work with scanned drawings, such as TIF or CIT graphics files, referenced to MicroStation DGN files? Do you have to fix them outside of MicroStation?

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Shortcuts A - AutoCAD and Civil 3D

Tips & Tricks: MicroStation V8i Shortcuts

Easily interact with MicroStation’s Main Toolbox, Tasks Toolbox, View Toolbox and Tool Settings dialog box using keyboard shortcuts.

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