From the course: Learning MicroStation CONNECT Edition for General Users

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Place block

Place block

- [Narrator] With place block, you can place a rectangular shape either orthogonal to the coordinate system or at any rotational angle. You can find the place block tool on the home ribbon tab in the placement ribbon group. In this lesson, you will learn place block and place rotated a block. Let's begin with the square . Select the place block tool. And the tool settings window, confirmed the method is set to orthogonal. Enter a data point to define the lower left corner of the square. Move the cursor to the right and a bit upwards and type 25 to define the width in the AccuDraw window. Move the cursor upward and type 25 to define the height. Data point to accept. Next, we'll create a rotated block. With place blocks still active, change the tools method from orthogonal to rotated. This will allow us to place the block along an inclined plane. Enter a data point to define the lower left corner of the block. If…

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