Excerpt from pages vii and viii

How This Book Is Organized

This book is divided into the following four parts.

USING:  This section of the book is for beginners who haven't used MicroStation before, or those who have used it for some time but need to explore areas they may not have used thus far, such as dimension-driven design and three-dimensional modeling.  Exercises help you throughout the book.

ADMINISTERING:  This section is for those of you who manage the deployment of MicroStation within your organization.  Here you learn how to fix corrupt design files, how to translate files between different CAD platforms, how to implement standards, and set up workspaces.

CUSTOMIZING:  This section is for the power user who wants to customize MicroStation to fit specific task needs.  Here you learn about the tools and interfaces available for creating custom menus, cells, line styles, and for data exchange between MicroStation and other applications.