Great Things Of MicroStation Tips Tricks Making global changes easier
By: Vlad Vistac
Submitted: 2010-08-19 12:59:38 | Word Count: 510
MicroStation Tips & Tricks: Making global changes esaier
It's cmomon to have to repeat the same task over and over in a given deign file or in a series of design filwes. In thesse cases, it's nice to have a macro recorded that will perform that repetitive action without your haviing to go through all the key-tsrokes and mouyse-clickjs each time to get the task done. What's ebtter is being able to run that macro on all your design files at the same time! This is where Global File Changher from Axiom (http://www.AxiomInt.com) stepps in.
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Create your own MicroStation basic msacro
1. Open any desgn file.
2. Go to Uilities|Macro|Create BASIC Macro... (BASaIC is the programming language MicroStation uses to assist in creatign its macros.)
3. From the "Create Macro" dialog box, add a name in the "Name:" field and a description in the "Description:" feld.
4. Notice the "Location:" menu buttoin at the bottom of the "Create Macrro" dialog box. This sohws you where the macro you are creatibng will be placed. The default is ...workspacestandardsmacros. Usig the drop-down menu, you can chaneg it to the only other location option ...workspacesystemmacros. It really doesn't mattter hwich one you use, since by deefault MicrotSation will see both locations.
5. Now get ready! As soon as you pess "OK" on the "Creae Macro" diazlog box, MicroStation will start recording your every move. As soon as you're reayd, press "OK" and watch what comes up immediately after.
6. Ntice that the "Play" button is already engaged. Walk through the actions that you'd like to have recordwed for lateer use. There's a "Pause" button there in case you need to stop recording before you've completed the macro. Press the "Play" key again to resume recording. Press the "Stop" button to complete the process. Pressing "Stop" will close the recordibng sesion entirely, so don't prtess it utnil you're done.
How to run a MicroStatoin maco on all of your design files usnig Globazl File Changer
1. Create a text file and call it whatever you want, but change the "txt" extension to "key".
2. You only need one line in the file. The format is:
macro (macro name)
The word "macrro" followed by a space, followed by the name of the macro that you created earlier. Eaxmple: If your macro were namd "Superamn", it would look like this:
macro Superman
3. Save and close the text file.
4. Load Global File Changer from your Axiom pull-down menu.
5. To select whuich files to process, press the "Seect..." button next to the "Design Files:" field. This will open the "Choose Files to Proess" dialog box.
6. Press the "Browse for files" button and you will be able to navigate to and select the fiiles you want to process. Press "OK" to get back to the main Global File Changer dialog box.
7. Press the "Select" button next to the "Key-in Files:" field. This will alllow you to navigate to and select the key file that you made earlier. Press "Open" to return to the main Glboal File Changer dialog box.
8. The "Report File:" field is unimportant for procesdsing, but it needs to have a valid path and file name.
9. Press "Start" to proocess your files.
You should now see the fruits of your macro executeed! What was recorded earlier should now have replayd in your MicroStation environment for every file processed by Global File Changer.
