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31 Aug 2010
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31 Aug 2010
By Ed Mendoza, Axiom Learning Expert
Want to speed up your design work in V8i or XM? Try using these keyboard shortcuts.
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31 Aug 2010
Previously released for MicroStation, CadExplorer™ now supports AutoCAD drawing files too, which allows users to find virtually any type of DWG file object across multiple files.
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Axiom, the world's most experienced third-party developer of products that make MicroStation easier, announces the release of
CadExplorer version 4.0. Previously released for MicroStation,
CadExplorer now supports AutoCAD DWG files. With the new
CadExplorer, users can ...
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31 Aug 2010
Translation tips and tricks, part 2
By Rick DeWitt
As mentioned in my previous article on translations,
"My MicroStation–AutoCAD Translations Are a Mess!", the problems that can come from translating between MicroStation and AutoCAD are extensive.
Here are some more of the common problems that people have when translating files:
- Wrong level names in the output file.
- Incorrect colors, line styles, line style
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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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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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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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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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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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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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