Press each of these function keys and note the new icons that display in the status bar.

MicroStation XM and V8i are delivered by default with the F11 function key assigned to provide focus on Гўв‚¬Е“AccuDrawГўв‚¬Вќ and the F12 function key assigned to provide focus on Гўв‚¬Е“HomeГўв‚¬Вќ. For this reason, there is a simple way of switching the focus between the Гўв‚¬Е“AccuDrawГўв‚¬Вќ and Гўв‚¬Е“HomeГўв‚¬Вќ Interfaces. This new interface is called the Гўв‚¬Е“HomeГўв‚¬Вќ interface. By enabling Position Mapping, we have now added another part of the MicroStation interface that can accept keyboard shortcuts. If you use AccuDraw, you already know that AccuDraw has its own set of keyboard shortcuts that are accessible only if AccuDraw is active and in focus. When you press a key on the keyboard, MicroStation processes that key differently depending on which part of the interface is currently active and in focus. In order to get the shortcuts to also work predictably, we need to understand how MicroStation processes a keyboard shortcut. Once the dialog box is open, make sure Гўв‚¬Е“Position MappingГўв‚¬Вќ is enabled as shown in Figure 1. You do this from the Workspace | Preferences menu.

In order to take advantage of this new functionality, you simply need to enable it. These shortcuts allow you to quickly call up a specific tool or tool option without moving the mouse cursor all over the screen. Since the introduction of V8 XM, you can easily interact with MicroStationГўв‚¬в„ўs Main Toolbox, Tasks Toolbox, View Toolbox and Tool Settings dialog box using keyboard shortcuts.

Microstation v8i shortcut keys