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9 Oct 2009
DgnCompare permits users to distinctly see the differences between any two MicroStation design files. The program shows the user which elements have been added, which elements have been deleted and which elements have had only their color, weight, style or level modified from the initial version of the MicroStation file.
The latest version of
DgnCompare was enhanced to work with MicroStation V8i. Additionally, the new release ...
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11 Sep 2009
The new update to
Discover 3D: Building Blocks Part 1 was just released. Already in demand, this course shows how to use AccuDraw in 3D and work with 3D Primitives such as slabs, cones and spheres. The course also covers how to create complex solids or SmartSolids as well as how to edit associated properties and features. The update includes videos and two step-by-step labs ...
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5 Aug 2009
How to make CAD training actually useful for you personally
By Mike Arroyo
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Has anyone noticed that most technical training is still delivered the way it was in the 1980s?
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15 May 2009
By Eiren Smith
What do MicroStation users do if they want to easily import large spreadsheets and word processing data into their design files with perfect formatting? What if they want to maintain a link to the original spreadsheet so that if something changes in the spreadsheet, the design file can be easily — interactively or automatically — updated? What if they use ProjectWise?
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15 May 2009
Part two in a series of articles on the mysteries of global origin
By Rick Dewitt
Have you ever started a project and noticed that one or more reference files didn't seem to line up in your master files the way you expected or that the geometry you expected to be a particular size was too big or too small? In a previous issue of MicroStation Today, ...
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15 May 2009
And four solutions!
Have you ever had difficulty importing text from Microsoft Word or tables from Excel into MicroStation with the correct text justification, tabs and spacing intact?
Have you ever opened a design file and discovered that one or more reference files are not attached due to messed up reference file attachment paths?
Have you ever needed to make changes to some text in hundreds of design ...
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15 May 2009
By Rick Sewell
Have you ever had a need to determine which of your massive set of DGN project files contained a specific text string or a particular cell or model or level? How do you handle those situations now? How much time have you lost on projects just trying to locate things? How much money do you lose on time-consuming searches?
Now you can instantly and ...
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7 Apr 2009
This month, we will go over how to speed up your V8 design work using keyboard shortcuts.
You will notice that the toolbar icons have characters below them. These are the shortcut keys associated with each tool set.
Preferences dialog (under Workspace menu)
To take advantage of these shortcuts, you must first enable Position Mapping (Workspace | Preferences).
Each
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3 Apr 2009
As Axiom's founder and CEO, I have seen Axiom release a lot of products in the quarter century that we've been processing DGN files. But not since 1988's introduction of
FileFixer have I been this excited about a new product.
Instantly find — and zoom in on — any MicroStation element (or elements) in any design file in your
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7 Feb 2009
New release now works with V8i
Clearwater, Florida, USA — When design file corruption slows your project down — or worse, brings it to a halt — you don't have time to mess around. You need the file salvaged now! You need help.
FileFixer for V8 gives you that help fast. The latest version from Axiom handles MicroStation V8i files too.
FileFixer
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