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Using snaps

Using snaps

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Using snaps

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- [Instructor] In this exercise we will use the AccuDraw shortcuts for snap modes. To get quicker access to the out of the box snaps in Microstation, continue using the file for Chapter 3, Basic 2D commands.dgn, and using View Groups, select the snap modes model. Everyone knows how to use the snap modes available in Microstation, by accessing them via the button bar, the status bar, or the right click menus. But when you add AccuDraw to your daily work flow, you get another quick way to access those on the fly snap modes, such as key point, intersection, center and nearest. In this exercise I want to demonstrate how to access snap modes using AccuDraw shortcuts, rather than the normal standard methods mentioned earlier. I want to add some walkways, from the three buildings on the left to the entrance road. To disable the active key point snap I will set the active snap mode to perpendicular by using the shift tentative right click menu, and selecting the perpendicular snap mode while…

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