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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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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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5 Aug 2009
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Axiom, the most experienced developer of time-saving MicroStation software solutions, announces the release of
CadExplorer version 2.0. The new release allows users to make batch modifications to text elements in multiple design files quickly and with the ability to preview changes in a spreadsheet-like view before committing them!

Now you can modify as much text
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10 Jun 2009
CadExplorer displays your CAD data in spreadsheet-like views, making it easy to review the data. What can this do for you? Well the answer to that is contained in the article above — "New technology lets you analyze your MicroStation data in ways never before possible!" I recommend you read that article first, as it covers some of the amazing kinds of things this technology ...
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15 May 2009
By Rick Sewell
Have you ever had a need to determine which of your massive set of DGN project files contained a specific text string or a particular cell or model or level? How do you handle those situations now? How much time have you lost on projects just trying to locate things? How much money do you lose on time-consuming searches?
Now you can instantly and ...
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3 Apr 2009
As Axiom's founder and CEO, I have seen Axiom release a lot of products in the quarter century that we've been processing DGN files. But not since 1988's introduction of
FileFixer have I been this excited about a new product.

Instantly find — and zoom in on — any MicroStation element (or elements) in any design file in your
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8 Dec 2008
Greg McKinney shows how to save time and boost productivity in this series of articles on workspaces.
Clearwater, Florida, USA — In this series of articles, I provide power user tips (and some little-known inside data) on using workspaces that will save you time, increase your productivity and help maintain project standards.
Using incorrect resources can cost thousands — even
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7 Dec 2008
Axiom's first enterprise-level MicroStation application brings massive time savings for CAD managers.
Clearwater, Florida, USA —Axiom, the world's most experienced developer of time-saving MicroStation solutions, announces
Global Workspace Manager, the first in a series of ground-breaking, enterprise solutions that save MicroStation CAD managers time.

Using Global Workspace Manager, a CAD manager can set up and manage all the workspaces on all
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7 Dec 2008
By Eiren Smith
Clearwater, Florida, USA — It all started with a phone call. A client, we'll call him "Lazarus", was talking to his Axiom MicroStation Consultant, we'll call him "Ruben" (because that's his name). Although the call was regarding Lazarus' Axiom products, the conversation eventually turned to Lazarus' other needs, of which he had plenty. Turns out he had at least five different software ...
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7 Nov 2008
Bergmann Associates CAD Manager, Melcher Mack, has been in the CAD industry for over ten years. He gave us some insights on changes he’s seen in the industry as well as his prediction on where it is going.
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