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15 Mar 2005
Preventative steps to ensure a successful V7 to V8 migration.
CLEARWATER, FL, USA — Are you longing to work with MicroStation V8 but obligated to continue using V7 for the immediate future? If so, you are certainly not alone. Axiom continues to energetically support its large number of V7 clients and continues to enhance the V7 version of
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit applications.
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7 Mar 2005
CLEARWATER, FL, USA — At first glance, Mike Arroyo may seem like a mild-mannered guy. But once this nicknamed "MicroStation Evangelist" gets on a roll, there is no one that can escape his enthusiasm. His zeal has converted droves of CAD shops to the MicroStation doctrine and his knowledge of MicroStation has shaped MicroStation-training courses for years. Now, his fervor will be redirected to helping ...
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7 Mar 2005
By Keith Dunn and Brian Treacy of Parsons Brinckerhoff, Norfolk, Virginia
What happens when a number used in all the design files in a large project changes when the project is almost finished? After your heartbeat returns to normal, you get creative. First, let us explain to you a little about the job and what happened. The project name was "Route 33 Bridge Replacement, Final ...
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7 Feb 2005
CLEARWATER, FL, USA — According to a survey we conducted in September 2004, over 74% of MicroStation users surveyed are using MicroStation J or earlier. Substantiating the survey results, Axiom receives many requests to handle new types of corruption found in design shops using V7. Knowing about these new types of corruption in V7 allows Axiom to enhance
FileFixer and remain at the forefront of ...
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7 Feb 2005
CLEARWATER, FL, USA — Axiom proudly announces the release of two new versions of
Microsoft Office Importer, the MicroStation utility that allows users to import huge quantities of spreadsheet and word processing data with exceptional formatting and a direct link to the source document so the MicroStation file is updated automatically. Both versions (3.6 for V7 and 8.3 for V8) boast the new ability to ...
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15 Jan 2005
By Bob Knepp of American Electric Power, Gahanna, Ohio
Do you have new users that don't really get the IntelliTrim tool yet? Here is an easy way to trim several elements very quickly using the MicroStation Trim Element command along with the PowerSelector tool.
- First, pick the PowerSelector tool and select the elements you want to trim.
Select the elements using
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7 Dec 2004
By Al Germolus
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — The best way to guarantee that V7 files import into MicroStation V8 healthy and whole, is to first process then with
FileFixer before importing them in V8. This isn't to say that it is necessary to
repair all V7 files prior to import into V8, but I do recommend at least
checking them for problems. When facing the ...
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7 Dec 2004
MicroStation V8 2004 has certainly made dealing with AutoCAD files much less complex than it used to be. However, there are still some important things to understand in order achieve the results you expect when translating files between the two applications. In this expanded tip, we will cover how to access and change the necessary settings to correctly translate DGNs to AutoCAD and DWGs to ...
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7 Nov 2004
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — Axiom is proud to announce the release of the full
V7 and
V8 Essentials training libraries, the most comprehensive MicroStation courses available for
LearningBay. With 20 new e-learning courses, training MicroStation users has never been easier, faster or less expensive.
With the release of the V7 and V8 Essentials libraries, LearningBay is the most complete computer-based, MicroStation
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7 Nov 2004
AccuDraw is a truly wonderful tool for design work that speeds up your production. But something that you may not be aware of is that you can use the <Page Up> and <Page Down> keys on your keyboard to cycle through past key-in values. This is great to know when you have to make lots of entries of similar distances, but not the same one ...
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