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7 Mar 2009
By Rick Sewell
Do your Excel spreadsheets ever import into MicroStation with the right text height? The answer from many MicroStation users across the country is a resounding "No!" Thus, these MicroStation users are forced to either manually type their text using MicroStation's "Place Text" tool with the correct text height or paste the text using one of MicroStation's "Paste Special" options (which does not ...
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7 Feb 2009
This month’s tips come from Lee Wilson. Lee is the CAD manager at Day & Zimmermann in Kingsport, Tennessee. Thank you for sending us in your tips, Lee!
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1 Feb 2009
By Rick Sewell
Global File Changer is exactly what it sounds like. This thing can change just about anything in your design files and fast. It is my personal favorite Axiom product due to its amazing versatility.
While it is true that
Global File Changer is incredibly multifaceted, the single most utilized feature by far is its ability to change text.
Global File Changer allows you ...
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7 Jan 2009
By Rick Sewell
Often, it is beneficial to change what products are displayed on your Axiom pull-down menu for individual users or different classes of users working in different disciplines. It removes the potential confusion of what products are available to be used and restricts user access for any products that the Administrator does not want the user to use. The aximenu.cfg file lists what ...
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7 Nov 2008
By Rick Sewell
It seems that for every project that requires design work there are special menus that you have to use, certain palettes you need to keep open — not to mention the usual main menus you keep open all the time. Sometimes you cover more of your screen with menus than you do with your actual view window.
By default, MicroStation loads with the ...
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7 Nov 2008
By Eiren Smith
I want to save the maximum possible time. An often-overlooked bottleneck is the time spent telling those tools which files to process. This article covers some tips that will help you shave time off of using any Axiom tools that process large batches of files, saving you the maximum time possible.
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7 Oct 2008
By Rick Sewell
Busy MicroStation users are always on the lookout for a faster way to get work done. Here is a simple way to speed things up using function keys.
Have you ever noticed that row of keys at the top of your keyboard that start with "F" and seem to get no use at all? Well it just so happens you can make use ...
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7 Sep 2008
It's common to have to repeat the same task over and over in a given design file or in a series of design files. In these cases, it's nice to have a macro recorded that will perform that repetitive action without your having to go through all the key-strokes and mouse-clicks each time to get the task done. What's better is being able to run ...
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7 Sep 2008
By Rick Sewell, Customer Support
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Large MicroStation projects tend to be broken up into multiple design files by discipline. You might have one set of designers working on plumbing, another set on electrical and so on. Then, a corresponding file from each discipline is referenced to a master file to complete the picture for that one set of files. Of course, ...
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7 Aug 2008
By Oscar Albornoz
Clearwater, Florida, USA — One of the things that makes MicroStation the most powerful CAD system is its flexibility to make it work for you.
MicroStation XM has been enhanced to give you more flexibility in molding how it works, making you more productive than ever before. The following are some of my favorite tricks for customizing MicroStation.
Set up MicroStation so that you ...
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