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27 Oct 2010
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26 Oct 2010
An Ounce of MicroStation File Corruption Prevention is Worth Two Rounds of Golf!
By Rick Sewell, Axiom Director of Customer Services
When design file corruption strikes, it can be anywhere from irritating to downright devastating. It has caused reduced profits, tainted reputations and loss of "fun time".

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26 Oct 2010
CellManager can help you fix them right now!
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Have you ever wanted to set up a new cell library composed of certain cells that are presently located in three or four (or more) cell libraries in various locations all over your network?
CellManager allows you to easily manipulate multiple cell libraries at the same time. With
CellManager, you can view, sort, filter, ...
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26 Oct 2010
While Increasing Billable Hours and Maintaining High Quality
Clearwater, Florida, USA — "V8i training? We don't have the budget for that." That is a typical response that many CAD users and managers are getting today. There seem to be fewer engineers and drafters around and those that remain are needed to work on the projects at hand. Sending people out for training just doesn't seem to ...
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4 Oct 2010
Don't let CAD standards problems bite you in the backside.
SpecChecker,
SpecMonitor and
SpecManager, three key software components of MicroStation Acceleration Garage will help ensure your CAD standards are being used. And now, these three vital CAD standards tools work with V8i and ProjectWise.
Need to ensure certain elements are on certain levels in dozens, hundreds or thousands of files? Want a fast way to check ...
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23 Sep 2010
Axiom's self-paced MicroStation e-learning courses allow users to learn from MicroStation gurus without having to travel around the country or sit in a course room. In fact, any user can learn new skills or brush up on existing knowledge without leaving his or her desk!
This course introduces the Manipulate tools, used to adjust the placement and copying of existing design elements. Upon completion, students will:
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31 Aug 2010
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31 Aug 2010
By Ed Mendoza, Axiom Learning Expert
Want to speed up your design work in V8i or XM? Try using these keyboard shortcuts.
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31 Aug 2010
Previously released for MicroStation, CadExplorer™ now supports AutoCAD drawing files too, which allows users to find virtually any type of DWG file object across multiple files.
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Axiom, the world's most experienced third-party developer of products that make MicroStation easier, announces the release of
CadExplorer version 4.0. Previously released for MicroStation,
CadExplorer now supports AutoCAD DWG files. With the new
CadExplorer, users can ...
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31 Aug 2010
Translation tips and tricks, part 2
By Rick DeWitt
As mentioned in my previous article on translations,
"My MicroStation–AutoCAD Translations Are a Mess!", the problems that can come from translating between MicroStation and AutoCAD are extensive.
Here are some more of the common problems that people have when translating files:
- Wrong level names in the output file.
- Incorrect colors, line styles, line style
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