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7 Oct 2006
KEYNSHAM, ENGLAND — As a consultant, Nigel Davies of Evolve Consultancy delivers solutions to common (and not so common) problems that slow MicroStation production.
Nigel has over 15 years of extensive experience in the AEC industry, slaving as CAD Development Manager for several major engineering consultant firms, and now as a consultant to several of the world's leading architectural and engineering design firms. When he is ...
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7 Oct 2006
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — Axiom analyzes more corrupted MicroStation files each year than any other third party - and this does not include the file analysis and repair performed daily by
FileFixer license holders around the globe. Axiom's ongoing corruption analysis has resulted in more than 18 years of enhancements to the original
FileFixer and now a half-decade of enhancements to
FileFixer for V8.
The ...
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7 Sep 2006
In any company — but especially in small companies — every production minute contributes to the overall viability of the company. Every dollar spent must produce significant results in order to justify the expense. With that said, a profit-conscious CAD manager at a small company can't afford to pass up innovations that allow his designers to accomplish their work faster and more efficiently. But how ...
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7 Sep 2006
An Axiom customer recently asked us to teach him how to add a frequently used cell to a button on a tool box, so that he could just click on an icon and place the cell, instead of having to find the cell in the cell library.
Before you start: First, you have to attach the cell library that contains the cell you want to place, ...
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7 Sep 2006
By Nigel Davies of Evolve Consultancy
One of the items just outside of the Top Ten on the MicroStation Wish List is to have a Multiple Document Interface. Bentley has pretty much stated that's something we're not going to get, so what are the options?
Axiom is one of those companies who are simply full of good ideas. They've made a very successful business out of ...
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7 Sep 2006
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — Looking for a cost-efficient way to train on GEOPAK Survey or advanced roadway design? GEOPAK users can now train on GEOPAK at their own pace and on their own schedule with Axiom's new
GEOPAK Survey and
GEOPAK Advanced Road training libraries.

Screenshot from Axiom's More Earthworks course for GEOPAK users.
GEOPAK Survey library
GEOPAK Survey library covers creating, editing ...
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7 Aug 2006
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — Axiom, the world's most experienced developer of time-saving MicroStation solutions, announces the release of
FileFixer version 8.7b for MicroStation V8 XM Edition.
FileFixer, Axiom's solution for MicroStation design file corruption, is ready for clients as they move to XM.

Red hot and ready to repair! FileFixer for V8 has been put through two year's worth of testing
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7 Aug 2006
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, USA — During the BE Conference that took place 21–25 May, Bentley announced the official release of the much-anticipated commercial version of MicroStation V8 XM Edition. With a new and aesthetic user interface, an unchanged DGN file format and full support for existing V8 standards, Bentley reassured users that V8 XM allows current V8 users to implement the new version without disrupting ...
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7 Aug 2006
Level libraries are a MicroStation V8 enhancement that allow you to ensure consistency by offering an easy way to standardize level settings in your design files. Level libraries are very similar to the LVL files found in previous versions of MicroStation .

Find the Level Manager display under the Settings dropdown.
Making a Level Library
The Level Manager (
Settings | Level | Manager) ...
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