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26 Aug 2010
Whether you need to modify attachments, quickly change reference file paths — in bulk — search for attachments, automatically attach references, discover the exact status of attachments or identify missing attachments,
RefMerge is the tool to use.
RefMerge can now exclude or limit reference file attachments, from the merge, based on one or more filter statements. Filter statements can use wildcards and can include a reference’s ...
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7 Aug 2010
New technology can peer into hundreds or thousands of CAD files at a time and rapidly find any elements or objects (including text, cell or block names, circles, lines, shapes and many others), based on a wide range of search criteria, including text strings, cell or blocks names, level or layer, color, weight, style and many more.
CadExplorer, formerly released for MicroStation, now supports AutoCAD drawing files too, which allows users to find virtually any type of DWG file object across multiple files and to make batch modifications to those elements.
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31 Jul 2010
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With the economy the way it is, it’s more important than ever to have more than one skill in your organization: be it within your primary discipline or around ...
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23 Jul 2010
Want a better way to edit your user's workspaces without having to wade through complex MicroStation configuration files just to find the variable definition you need to edit?
Axiom's
Global Workspace Manager allows CAD managers to set up, monitor and change MicroStation workspace configuration settings on multiple workstations from a single location!
Now, Global Workspace Manager 2.1 has an interface similar to MicroStation's "Workspace | Configuration | ...
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2 Jul 2010
Whether you need to modify attachments, quickly change reference file paths — in bulk — search for attachments, automatically attach references, discover the exact status of attachments or identify missing attachments, RefManager is the tool to use.
Now, even if you're working in V8i or using ProjectWise, RefManager is still there with you making your life easier and speeding your projects along.
To get a free, no-obligation ...
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15 Jun 2010
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15 Jun 2010
Tips for translating files between MicroStation and AutoCAD
By Rick DeWitt
The list of problems that come from translations is so long it almost defies belief. How do you fix or prevent the messes that occur when translating CAD files from AutoCAD to MicroStation? First, I'm going to identify some of the major problems that occur and then go over some solutions to prevent or fix them.
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15 Jun 2010
Easy-to-use options take the frustration out of merging only the DGNs you want.
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Your client needs a progress update — now! With all the layoffs happening, now would be a good time to impress your boss, but how do you quickly produce a file that includes everything that's needed from all design and reference files in the project in a format your ...
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15 Jun 2010
An easier, faster and more exhilarating way to examine all your design files.
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Axiom, the world's most experienced third-party developer of products that make MicroStation easier, announces the release of a version of
CadExplorer that goes even further beyond the powerful capabilities of MicroStation. CAD file inspection, normally a tedious and time-consuming activity, just got an overhaul and became a lot ...
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15 Jun 2010
By Abraham Rodriguez, CAD Manager, Parsons Brinckerhoff
We recently upgraded to MicroStation V8i. As you know, with upgrades come lots of learning and troubleshooting. For the first month or so, we kept having to jump back and forth between MicroStation V8 2004 edition and V8i just to keep production moving until we figured out how to overcome the issues we were running into.
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