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1 Jan 2010
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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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5 Aug 2009
SpecChecker and RuleManager work together to make life easy.
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Do you have a need to ensure that all your MicroStation files meet all your or your client’s CAD standards? Would you like to avoid the time it takes to manually proofread each design file? Whether the project standards changed after the project started or you need to correct an error or standards ...
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1 Aug 2009
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7 Dec 2008
How to increase your profits in a slow economy
Clearwater, Florida, USA — In a slow economy, software add-ons that consistently save dozens, hundreds or thousands of man-hours aren't just "nice" things to have, they're vital.
How much money are repetitive, time-consuming tasks costing you?
David Evans & Associates saves $19,596 per year by using
Microsoft Office Importer. Oregon DOT saves $42,000 ...
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7 Aug 2008
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Today's CAD manager needs help. Whether communicating with decision-makers or supporting all his users, the CAD manager is spread too thin. I am willing to bet that the bulk of the CAD manager's time is spent handling emergencies, instead of aligning the future of the team with the company's expansion objectives. So why not get some outside help?
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7 May 2008
MicroStation users overcome fearsome productivity barriers!
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Have you ever encountered a situation that made you want to send an SOS?
- You're in the trenches. 250 design files and their reference files must be submitted tomorrow and you notice all the links to the reference file attachments are broken.
- You think you are done and notice that your client's company name is misspelled in 300
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7 Apr 2008
Clearwater, Florida, USA — 2008 marks Steve Palmer's twentieth anniversary working with Axiom. He took a bit of time away from working on new features for
FileFixer to give us an idea of what it was like to be there at the very beginning of Axiom.
Guess what Steve does when he is not programming.
Hi Steve. You have ...
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7 Mar 2008
On track with Gerard Hall of Scott Wilson Railways
London, United Kingdom — As CADD/EDMS (Electronic Document Management System) Manager for Scott Wilson Railways, Gerard Hall is responsible for managing and supporting the CADD and EDMS systems of one of the top ten largest engineering consultancy firms in the United Kingdom. He talked with us recently about some major rail projects, including transportation preparation for the ...
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7 Feb 2008
SpecChecker and RuleManager work together to make life easy.
Clearwater, Florida, USA — The biggest barrier to getting started with automatic standards enforcement is telling
SpecChecker what your standards are. With
RuleManager, a tool included for free with every copy of
SpecChecker, even that barrier is easily surmounted.
SpecChecker uses rules files to make sure your design files meet your standards. Rules files are text files that ...
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