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How ONE software tool allows you to unlock all the secrets of your MicroStation files anywhere on your network

23 Feb 2010

Find and fix errors before they find and fix you.

Clearwater, ­Florida, USA — There are some things that CAD users and CAD man­agers need from MicroStation that it simply doesn’t do (or does very slowly). Sometimes, the limitations of MicroStation cost you a lot of time; other times, they can cost you your reputation. For instance, according to the specifications from your client, there should ...

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Extra: Revolutionary new MicroStation technology allows proximity searching.

23 Feb 2010
Clearwater, ­Florida, USA — Axiom has just announced brand-new technology that allows MicroStation users to instantly find elements in hundreds of design files based on how close geographically the elements are to each other. For instance, you can now instantly:
  • ­Find all text elements in all design files containing the string “gas fumes” within 8 inches of a cell named “flame”.
  • ­Find all instances of text string “Cliff”
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Tips & Tricks — Quickly and easily move elements from one level to another in all of your design files — in batch.

23 Feb 2010
By Rick Sewell Rejected! You know the feeling. It’s the one that washes away any feeling of satisfaction you might have had when you completed and submitted that last project. In looking over the reason the project was rejected, you find out that certain elements were put on the wrong level. In fact, all of the elements on “Electric-Main” shouldn’t be there and need to be ...

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Tips & Tricks — MicroStation drawing inspection made easier than ever.

30 Dec 2009

By Steve Palmer

Are you often burdened with the task of manually inspecting multiple project design files in preparation for CAD standards inspections? Is it tedious for you to open up each project file, one by one, to check how well your drafting crew (or a subcontractor) complied with your drafting standards? How much time does this typically consume for each project — hours, days, weeks? How ...

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The agony of renumbering an entire set of MicroStation sheet files

30 Dec 2009

Do you like doing the same thing, over and over, for hours on end?

Clearwater, Florida, USA — How do you handle the sheet numbers and sheet counts in title blocks after inserting a new sheet into a set? Do you edit the affected values in every title block in every sheet manually? While plodding through a set of design files, one at a time, typing ...

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Missed deadlines causing pain?

30 Dec 2009

How to avoid losing on a MicroStation project that has overly complex CAD standards

By Rick DeWitt I was talking to a CAD manager in the Washington, DC area the other day who seemed ready to collapse. He had been trying to get his designers to follow a client’s CAD standard for a project and all of his designers were complaining because the standards were complex, cumbersome ...

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Easily import Excel spreadsheets and Word documents into design files with perfect formatting.

14 Oct 2009

Now with ProjectWise support

By Eiren Smith Want to bring Excel spreadsheet or Word document information into MicroStation with perfect formatting and a link to the original Excel spreadsheet or Word document in case information in the spreadsheet or Word document changes in the future? Do you already use Microsoft Office Importer but were frustrated because you couldn’t use it on ProjectWise projects?

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Tips & Tricks — Replace the reference file paths in all of your sheet files at the same time!

14 Oct 2009

By Rick Sewell

Have you ever completed a project and then found out that the client needs some of the references saved with a different path? The purpose of this article is to show you how to replace the reference file path saved in your sheet files — while retaining all of your varying reference file names — in just minutes.
  1. Load RefManager from your “Axiom” menu
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Delayed MicroStation projects aren’t your fault.

14 Oct 2009

So where is the fault and what can be done about it?

Clearwater, Florida, USA — Why is it V8 elements fall off the edge of the design plane? How is it possible a V8 element no longer resides on a defined level? Why is it certain elements or entire models can’t be selected? Why can’t MicroStation open some V8 files?
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Illinois Department of Transportation selects Axiom’s LearningBay™ for training MicroStation users.

8 Jul 2009
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — Axiom, the world’s largest third-party software developer dedicated to saving MicroStation users’ time, solving their problems and increasing their profitability, announced that the Illinois Department of Transportation (Illinois DOT), an Axiom customer since 1992, recently selected Axiom’s LearningBay for their MicroStation training solution. Illinois DOT is one of close to 40 DOT’s that ...

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