Instructors The seminar will be led by one of the primary instructors listed below, as well as others from The Envision Group professional staff. Ronald J. Brys, PLS Mr. Brys, is the founder and president of the training and consulting firm The Envision Group. He is a former Land Surveyor, designer, and CADD system administrator. He has specialized in the software MicroStation & InRoads from Bentley Systems Corporation. His experience with the application of the software for engineering firms is invaluable in the instruction and ultimate use in a productive manner. He received his degree in Civil Engineering Technology from the Madison Area Technical College and became a licensed Land Surveyor in 1981. Mr. Brys is a qualified instructor for the InRoads suite of products including InRoads (roadway/site design) and InRoads Survey (survey data collection and processing). He is also a qualified instructor for classes ranging from MicroStation Basics to advanced topics  such as 3D modeling and visualization. He has nearly three decades of experience in the management of data for civil engineering design and construction projects ranging from airports, urban infrastructure design, to environmental sites and facilities. Robert B. Mecham Mr. Mecham joined the training and consulting firm The Envision Group in 2000 and became a partner in June of 2002. He has specialized in the software MicroStation & InRoads from Bentley Systems Corporation. Mr. Mecham had become an industry expert in the implementation, configuration, development, and customization of the two software applications MicroStation and InRoads. He received his degree in Civil Engineering Technology from the Madison Area Technical College in 1992. Mr. Mecham is a “qualified Instructor” for MicroStation classes ranging from fundamentals to advanced productivity. He has extensive experience using, implementing, and instructing both InRoads Survey and InRoads Site Design. He has over a decade of experience in the use, implementation, and management of software and CADD systems. Valuable experience was gained working for a wide range of organizations providing services from general survey and engineering services to specific applications such as landfills and site design.

Course Description For the new MicroStation user, this course builds a solid foundation in the concepts, tools, and features found in the MicroStation drawing environment. Starting with setting up a drawing and concluding with plotting, the participant is walked through a typical workflow using the tools and features of the latest version of MicroStation. Interspersed throughout are real-world design problems solved using the concepts learned to the point in the course. Various engineering disciplines are represented in the form of hands-on exercises. Course participants will learn to create, organize, view, modify, annotate, and plot drawings in a 2-D environment. No prior CADD experience is necessary. You will gain a solid understanding of MicroStation. The ability to create and edit 2D designs using established design standards in a production environment. Course Content: Working with design files Starting MicroStation The MicroStation manager dialog box Opening, creating, and closing design sessions 2D & 3D MicroStation design environment Primary, standard, and status bars Tool boxes and tool frames Tool settings window Key-in window Mouse button assignments Setting user preferences Design file settings Models What is a model? Activate, create, copy, and delete models Setting working units in a model Viewing and zooming Working with view windows View control, saved views, and view attributes 2D & 3D Basic drawing tools Snapping with AccuSnap Linear elements Arcs, polygons, ellipses, and active points Delete, undo, redo, and setting marks Precision drawing Snapping 3D locks and active depth placement Precision geometry with AccuDraw Modification and construction tools Moving and copying elements Creating and using SmartLines IntelliTrim Levels Creating and controlling levels Moving elements to appropriate levels Level filters Element selection and grouping Grouping and Selection tools Manipulate selection sets, graphic groups and named groups Create and activate quicksets Complex elements Creating complex chains and shapes Creating element groups Dropping complex status Annotating drawings Text tools Data fields XYZ text tool Find and replace text Cells What cells are Cell library creation, attachment, and use Cell tools Hatching and patterning Patterning, hatching, and cross hatching Dimensioning Dimension tool box Modifying dimensions Dimension settings Information and measuring tools Analyzing elements Measure tool box References What they are Attachment and manipulation of reference files Design history What is it? Reviewing design history Undo and redo by revision and elements Setting the major revision number Printing Using the print dialog box Preparing to print Launching a plot Pen tables Plot configuration files

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