CTC 212

Element and Text Placement

Modification and Manipulation

Scales

Place More Elements

• Ellipses– by center: center, large radius, secondary radius– by edge: identify 3 points on the ellipse

• Polygons– inscribed: inside imaginary circle– circumscribed: outside imaginary circle– by edge: define # of sides and give begin/end of one side

• Lines (point curve, stream curve, multi-lines)

Modify/Manipulate

• Modify Elements– Partial delete, fillet, chamfer, trim

• Manipulate Elements– Move, copy, parallel, scale, rotate, mirror, array

• Choices (original or copy; identify fence)

Undo/Redo

• Undo

• Set Mark and Undo to Mark

• Undo all (will undo all in buffer)

• Redo (one time reversal of the undo)

Text Placement

• Text parameters (Element, Text)

• Place Text– Box 1 (origin, fitted, above, below, on, along, place note)

ScalingIn Microstation you draw full size and plot to a scale (MU per inch of paper)

But……

At a certain plot scale, how much of my drawing is going to plot?

Try drawing a border the size of a piece of a paper and then an inside border that represents margins (8.5x11 and 7x10)

Borders (want 7x10)Typical for transportation/site

Scale (typical for transp/site) Border Size

1”=10’ 70’ by 100’

1”=20’ 140’ by 200’

1”=40’ 280’ by 400’

1”=100’ 700’ by 1000’

1”=200’ 1400’ by 800’

Borders (want 7x10)Typical for mech/arch/structural

Drawing Scale Plotting Scale Border Size

1/8”=1’ 1”=8’ 56’ by 80’

¼”=1’ 1”=4’ 28’ by 40’

1/2”=1’ 1”=2’ 14’ by 20’

1”=1’ 1”=1’ 7’ by 10’

Dimensionless Scaling

Plotting Scale Dimensionless

1”=8’ 1:96

1”=4’ 1:48

1”=2’ 1:24

1”=1’ 1:12

1”=10’* 1:120

1”=50 1:600

1”=100’ 1:1200

1”=1000’ 1:12,000

1”=2000’ 1:24,000

*There are 120” in 10’

Text Height(min text height-1/8”)

Drawing Scale Plotting Scale Text Height

1/8”=1’ 1”=8’ 1’

¼”=1’ 1”=4’ 0.5’

1/2”=1’ 1”=2’ 0.25’

1”=1’ 1”=1’ 0.125’

1”=20’ 1”=20’ 2.5’

1”=50’ 1”=50’ 6.25’

1”=100’ 1”=100’ 12.5’

1”=200’ 1”=200’ 25’

Leroy/Kroy Text Sizes

• Older standards