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
| Sr | Shortcut | Command |
| 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
| Sr | Shortcut | Command |
| 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
| Sr | Shortcut | Command |
| 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
| Sr | Shortcut | Command |
| 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
| Sr | Shortcut | Command |
| 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
| Sr | Shortcut | Command |
| 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. |
