The amount of compass divisions defined by these ticks can be adjusted in Civil AccuDraw Settings, found on the Display tab. These ticks are useful for direction indexing. The default Civil AccuDraw Compass has four evenly divided ticks also displayed in blue. Some Keyboard Shortcuts are the same for both AccuDraws, but not all. Similar to MicroStation AccuDraw, the center of the compass marks the current origin point. The Civil AccuDraw Drawing Compass is always circular and distinguished by a blue perimeter and most important, the presence of a North Arrow. It's square when working with rectangular coordinates and circular when working with polar coordinates. Visually the MicroStation AccuDraw drawing Compass has a grey perimeter with a transparent blue interior. The remaining buttons allow direct selection of the Default Ordinate Combinations. Shortcuts are also programmed across your keyboard. A click and hold will cause a pop-up menu offering the most common Civil AccuDraw Shortcuts. A single left mouse click will summons the Civil AccuDraw Settings panel. Similar to other MicroStation Toggles, this button turns amber when Civil AccuDraw is ON, as shown above. The first button on the Civil AccuDraw toolbar is the Toggle Civil AccuDraw button. The Vertical Civil AccuDraw Toolbar is shown in the Vertical_Civil_AccuDraw section further down this page.

The 3D Civil AccuDraw Toolbar includes additional buttons that are also found on the Vertical Civil AccuDraw Toolbar. The Civil AccuDraw Toolbar that is displayed when working in a 2D plan view is shown below. The Civil AccuDraw Toolbar changes depending on where your are working. It's also available from the MicroStation menu in Tools > Civil AccuDraw > Activate Toolbar. The Civil AccuDraw Toolbar can be activated from the General Geometry Task menu. This option can be found in MicroStation's AccuDraw Settings. It is highly recommended that the Auto Load option also be toggled OFF. To avoid these issues, it is imperative that MicroStation AccuDraw be toggled OFF when using Civil AccuDraw.

Also, switching between the two while values are Locked will likely cause errors. Simultaneous use of Civil AccuDraw and MicroStation AccuDraw will cause errors.

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