MicroStation Basics for Building Designers - Chapter 1: Introduction to MicroStation CONNECT Edition

During this course you will learn basic navigation of the MicroStation CONNECT user interface, creating and working with MicroStation design files, design file settings, and more.

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Part 1 Welcome to MicroStation During this video you will learn how to access the Welcome Page, interact with a WorkSpace and WorkSet, open and “brand” MicroStation design file to the active WorkSet and navigate the MicroStation CONNECT user interface.

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Part 2 User Interface Continuing with our introduction to MicroStation, we find ourselves in need of becoming familiar with the basic layout, tool locations, and functionality found in the MicroStation CONNECT Edition.

Part 3 Create the Building Plan During this video you will learn how to create a MicroStation design file and how to select and apply a seed file when a design file is created.

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Part 4 Explore Design File Settings In this video you will learn how to view and adjust a variety of design file setting and where the initial settings are derived from. This includes working units, angle readout, geographic coordinate system (GCS) data and also how to save design file settings.

Part 5 Models Models can be either 2D or 3D, can be a design, drawing, or sheet model, and are stored as a discrete object within the design file. It is also possible to have an unlimited number of any model type in a DGN. In this video you will learn the role of models and how they relate to MicroStation design files.

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Part 6 Working with Multiple Models MicroStation provides for an unlimited number of models, of any type, to be stored in a DGN file. In this video you will learn to work with multiple models within a design file.

Parent topic: Building Designers