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7 Apr 2004
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA —
SpecChecker is Axiom's wildly popular tool for automatically checking, reporting and correcting CAD standards. Since no two projects nor MicroStation shops are the same,
SpecChecker is designed to give the end-user the maximum amount of control over ensuring adherence to CAD standards, whether the end-user is the CAD manager, a full-time standards checker or the drafter himself.
So the question arises: When ...
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7 Apr 2004
HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA — Turner, Collie & Braden (TC&B) recently acquired a corporate license of Axiom's complete title block management solution for MicroStation,
Title Block Manager.
Title Block Manager gives users full control over modifying title block information throughout the entire MicroStation shop, by automating batch changes to title blocks and simplifying the modification and management of title block data.
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7 Apr 2004
By Steve Palmer, Axiom's Executive Product Manager
The SET RANGE key-in command is not documented, but is supported in all versions of MicroStation. This command displays element ranges on the screen. Below is an example of how elements look after keying the SET RANGE command and updating the desired view:
The SET RANGE command displays the range data that's ...
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7 Mar 2004
LAKEWOOD, COLORADO, USA — John Barone, President of Barone-Shultz, uses
CellManager — a popular component of Axiom's
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit — to save his clients money. Barone-Shultz is a CAD and IT services company based in Lakewood, Colorado that provides technical support and efficiency consulting for MicroStation and GEOPAK shops. John used
CellManager to speed up a part of a project that could have added ...
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7 Mar 2004
Infiniti showroom renovations stay on track.
ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA, USA — Dr. Rensis Likert, a scientist who studied organizational structure and the principles of leadership and management in the 1940s, said that, "the greater the loyalty towards the group, the greater is the motivation among the members to achieve the goals of the group and the greater the probability that the group will achieve its goals." Why ...
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7 Mar 2004
A look at how Axiom helps keep your projects on track and on time
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — Through my trade show travels and market research surveys, I've learned about the challenges CAD managers, project managers and administrators face on a daily basis. Quite a few of you have told me about the mental acrobatics you play balancing engineering, drafting and managerial duties. Some of you ...
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7 Mar 2004
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — MicroStation users enthusiastically welcome the availability of V8 versions of Axiom products as they move to V8. Orders for Axiom's
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit for V8 now exceed Toolkit for V7 orders by 50%. Clearly Axiom's clients are saying, when it comes to
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit for V8, "Don't leave V7 without it."
CellManager for V8 empowers
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7 Feb 2004
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — Even though MicroStation J and V8 are robust and stable applications, file content can still be damaged. It only takes one problematic design file to slow or halt a project. That is why MicroStation sites all over the world keep
FileFixer around for emergency file repair and routine checkups of their important design files.
FileFixer on-going
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7 Feb 2004
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, USA — Abe Arroyo's MicroStation shop at David Evans and Associates imports many Excel spreadsheets into MicroStation every month. The following is his account on how they used to do this without the help of Axiom's
Microsoft Office Importer — a popular component of
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit — and how much time and money they saved by using it:
Abe: "Without
Microsoft Office Importer, ...
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7 Feb 2004
How do you convert a MicroStation V7 3D cell library to a V7 2D cell library and vice-versa? Easy! Just use MicroStation's "Export" function.
By Rick DeWitt, Axiom's Senior Technology Officer
The first step is to open a MicroStation file with dimensions (either 2D or 3D) that match the cell library you want to convert. Then, attach the cell library you want to convert. For example, ...
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