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7 Jul 2008
Clearwater, Florida, USA — The upgrade from MicroStation V8.5 to MicroStation XM came with a lot of enhancements. This article covers only what changed in the “Main” toolbar.
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7 Jun 2008
Clearwater, Florida, USA — The default installation of MicroStation has nine pull-down menus containing way over 100 menu items. That's not counting a couple dozen submenus on these same menus that contain another 100-plus menu items. Clearly MicroStation has no shortage of available options. And every one of them is necessary in order to accommodate the many and varying ways that companies use MicroStation.
But the ...
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7 May 2008
Clearwater, Florida, USA — MicroStation is jam-packed with button-laden tool boxes. Every one of those buttons performs some exact, necessary function. It couldn't be any other way. The ability to do all of these functions is part of what makes MicroStation one of the greatest pieces of CAD software in the world.
It is common when working on a project, to only need to use a ...
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7 Apr 2008
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Imagine that your project is due out on Monday. Your project team spent the weekend putting the final touches on the job. All the 237 sheets have been plotted for the final check. Everything appears to be in order and the tension is starting to ease. Then all of sudden a blood-curdling scream resonates throughout the office. The sheet numbers are ...
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7 Mar 2008
By Rick Sewell
In last month's issue of
MicroStation Today, you saw how to update the level table in any number of your design files using a CSV file. The CSV contained level and symbology definitions as they were defined in the source design file of your choice. You now have all of your levels exactly as they were defined in your source design file.
When ...
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7 Feb 2008
By Rick Sewell, Customer Support
In last month's issue of MicroStation Today, you saw how to create a CSV file (from a design file) that contains all of the level symbology of that design file, neatly laid out. Now see how to update levels in other design files with that CSV file.
Update your design file levels from a CSV file using only MicroStation.
This is ...
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7 Jan 2008
By Rick Sewell, Customer Support
There are many things that can be done in V8 that you just couldn't do in V7. Many of the old restrictions have gone out the window. The standards for jobs are changing to utilize these new and expanded features in V8. You just can't get away with 63 levels anymore. The levels now need names — not just little ...
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7 Dec 2007
Here is a cool tip that will help you troubleshoot a myriad of problems in MicroStation: Create an MSDebug file.
What is an "MSDebug file"?
An MSDebug file is a file that contains a whole lot of information about your installation of MicroStation. It lists all of the configuration files that run, it shows what variables are set in each configuration file and it displays the configuration ...
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7 Nov 2007
I'm betting that your CAD shop is like most: You have multiple projects rolling right now. Maybe even dozens. You wish you had the luxury of having only one project to worry about (what a dream that would be). What's more, unless you have been very lucky, each project has its own set of standards. Yikes!
When we talk about standards, we're referring to the different ...
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7 Oct 2007
By Rick Sewell
Almost everyone is doing it, upgrading their MicroStation V7 (95, SE and J) formatted files to V8. Whether project by project or all at once, the transition to V8 is on.
Every so often, a customer calls and asks whether Axiom has a tool to help automatically convert their V7 files to V8. Fortunately for customers, I can simply show the built-in Batch ...
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