Microstation CAD software mostly used for 2D drawings in oil and gas field. It is also a base software for 3D modelling for other 3D modelling packages. Here is a list of shortcuts to help you improve your productivity in Microstation.
Managing Design Files
| Shortcuts |
| 1 : Ctrl+N New / Create Design File |
| 2 : Ctrl+O Open Design File |
| 3 : Ctrl+W Closes the active design file |
| 4 : Ctrl+S Save changes |
| 5 : Ctrl+F Save Settings |
| 6 : Ctrl+P Print / Plot Dialog |
Editing
| Shortcuts |
| 7 : Ctrl+Z/Ctrl+R Undo / Redo |
| 8 : Ctrl+x,?Ctrl+c,?Ctrl+v Cut, Copy, Paste |
| 9 : Ctrl+G Group current selection |
| 10 : Ctrl+U Ungroup current selection |
| 11 : Ctrl+L Lock element |
| 12 : Ctrl+M Unlock element |
| 13 : Ctrl+I Element?Information |
| 14 : Ctrl+E View Levels Display |
| 15 : Ctrl+B View Attributes |
| 16 : Ctrl+T Tool Boxes?dialog |
Manage Accudraw/Acusnap
| Shortcuts |
| 17 : ? Open the AccuDraw Shortcuts window. |
| 18 : h,?a Suspend AccuDraw for the current tool operation. Selecting a new tool, or entering a Reset re-enables AccuDraw. |
| 19 : h,?s Toggle AccuSnap on/off. |
| 20 : h,?u Suspends AccuSnap for the current tool operation. Selecting a new tool, or entering a Reset re-enables AccuSnap. |
| 21 : Q Deactivates AccuDraw. |
Drawing Plane
| Shortcuts |
| 22 : Enter Smart LockIn Rectangular coordinates, |
| 23 : Space Switches between Rectangular and Polar coordinates. |
| 24 : O Moves the drawing plane?origin to the current pointer position. |
| 25 : V Rotate drawing plane to align with the?view axes. |
| 26 : T Rotate the drawing plane to align with the axes in a standard?Top view. |
| 27 : F Rotate the drawing plane to align with the axes in a standard?Front view. |
| 28 : S Rotate the drawing plane to align with the axes in a standard?Side view. |
| 29 : B Rotate the drawing plane to align with the active ACS, |
| 30 : E Rotate?between three main planes: top, front, and side (3D only). This also works when your original plane is an ACS or context rotation, so you do not have to use RX, RY to rotate to a 90? plane. |
| 31 : r,c Rotate the drawing plane to the?current ACS. |
| 32 : r,?e Rotate the drawing plane to match the orientation of a selected element. |
| 33 : r,?v Rotate the active?view to match the current drawing plane. |
| 34 : r,?x Rotate the drawing plane 90? about its?x-axis. |
| 35 : r,?y Rotate the drawing plane 90? about its?y-axis. |
| 36 : r,?z Rotate the drawing plane 90? about its?z-axis. |
| 37 : r,?q Quickly and temporarily rotate the drawing plane. |
| 38 : r,?a Permanently rotate the drawing plane. |
Lock Elements
| Shortcuts |
| 39 : X Toggle the lock status for the?X?value. |
| 40 : Y Toggle the lock status for the?Y?value. |
| 41 : Z Toggle the lock status for the?Z?value. |
| 42 : D Toggle the lock status for the?Distance value. |
| 43 : A Toggle the lock status for the?Angle value. |
| 44 : l,?i Locks the current?index state. |
| 45 : l,?p Toggle ACS Grid?Plane lock |
| 46 : l,?a Toggle?ACS Plane lock. |
| 47 : l,?s Toggle ACS Plane?snap lock. |
| 48 : l,?z Toggle Sticky?Z?Lock, which is used in conjunction with ACS Plane Snap Lock to force a series of snap points to lie on the active ACS’ XY plane (Z=0). |
Dialog Boxes
| Shortcuts |
| 49 : ~ Bump an item in the tool settings dialog box |
| 50 : g,?t Move focus to the?Tool Settings window. |
| 51 : g,?k Move focus to?Key-in window |
| 52 : g,?s Move focus to AccuDraw?Settings dialog box |
| 53 : g,?a Open the?get?ACS?dialog box |
| 54 : w,?a Open the?Write to ACS?dialog box |
| 55 : P Open the?Data?Point Key-in?dialog box |
| 56 : M Open the?Data Point Key-in?dialog box for?entering?multiple data points. |
| 57 : I Activates?Intersect snap mode. |
| 58 : N Activates Nearest snap mode. |
| 59 : C Activates Center snap mode. |
| 60 : K open the?Keypoint Snap Divisor?dialog box, which is used to set the Snap Divisor for keypoint snapping. |