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    Importing AutoCad blocks

    That works great Bob. Any help with the script would be great. What I do in AutoCAD is Turn off the osnap Set the UCS to world Move the UCS to the insertion point (ie set it to 0,0,0 Rotate the UCS about X, Y and Z axis such that the inserted block is pointing in the right direction (x,y & z...
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    Importing AutoCad blocks

    I have a database of AutoCad blocks (solid model piping flanges). Can I import one into microStation as needed and insert it at a required location or would I have to convert the database into cells first? I hope to do this using a script file, first routing the ACS and then inserting a block...
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    sphere plotting in a script file

    That is great. Thanks Bob. It was just that I had only started learning MicroStation in the past 2 days. Just a note for newbies like me, but don't leave a gap between the equals and co-ordinates ie xy= 10.0, 10,0 (should be xy=10, ...). Took me ages to work out why my first script to plot...
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    sphere plotting in a script file

    Hello I am new to MicroStation and am trying to create script files that can plot points, text and spheres. After a lot of head scratching I've come up with: place sphere xy=10,10,10; DL=2.0 xy=20,10,0; DL=2.0 This appears to plot the sphere centre at XY coordinates and forces the radius to...

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