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7 May 2008
Create a standalone design file by copying each external reference file to its own model in the master design file.
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Axiom recently announced a new release of
RefMerge for V8. This latest release adds an optional merging method that leverages the ability of MicroStation V8 to store any number of design and sheet models within a single design file. Now, with
RefMerge ...
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7 May 2008
RasEdit — Raster reference file editor for MicroStation
By Eiren Smith
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Axiom, the world's most experienced developer of time-saving MicroStation solutions, announces the acquisition of the popular MicroStation raster reference file editor,
RasEdit, from Mill Creek Systems of Arlington Heights, Illinois.
Axiom will take over all support for existing
RasEdit customers and also plans to continue to improve the product.
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7 May 2008
Axiom releases first online AutoCAD training series
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Axiom announces a major addition to its LearningBay suite of e-learning courses — the AutoCAD vBook series. vBooks are short, topic-specific reference guides that are designed to get someone up-to-speed on any subject quickly. vBooks are much like traditional books in the printed world, but with some important additions and advantages. vBooks are accessed through ...
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7 May 2008
Montgomery, Alabama, USA — Transportation Manager Ronald McDonald has been with the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) since it was known as the "Highway Department." He has also been using MicroStation since it was Intergraph IGDS. He gave us some tips on making MicroStation work easier.
Ronald McDonald — mild-mannered CAD manager by day, but on Halloween... "biker dad."
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7 May 2008
Clearwater, Florida, USA — MicroStation is jam-packed with button-laden tool boxes. Every one of those buttons performs some exact, necessary function. It couldn't be any other way. The ability to do all of these functions is part of what makes MicroStation one of the greatest pieces of CAD software in the world.
It is common when working on a project, to only need to use a ...
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7 Apr 2008
New types of V8 corruption are being discovered at an unprecedented rate.
By Steve Palmer
Clearwater, Florida, USA — The
FileFixer development team is discovering new forms of V8 design file corruption as fast as new Search and Repair options can be added. Even working seven days per week, the
FileFixer team barely keeps up with the new varieties of V8 design file corruption continuously ...
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7 Apr 2008
Increase InRoads production speed through training fundamentals.
By David McDaniel
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Before we begin, we have an announcement:
Axiom is raising a toast to our fifth anniversary in the world of e-learning! That's right: we've been in the business of online training for five years this month — since the introduction of
LearningCenter in April of 2003.
LearningCenter has since evolved into
LearningBay, ...
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7 Apr 2008
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Imagine that your project is due out on Monday. Your project team spent the weekend putting the final touches on the job. All the 237 sheets have been plotted for the final check. Everything appears to be in order and the tension is starting to ease. Then all of sudden a blood-curdling scream resonates throughout the office. The sheet numbers are ...
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7 Mar 2008
By Rick Sewell
In last month's issue of
MicroStation Today, you saw how to update the level table in any number of your design files using a CSV file. The CSV contained level and symbology definitions as they were defined in the source design file of your choice. You now have all of your levels exactly as they were defined in your source design file.
When ...
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7 Feb 2008
By Steve Palmer
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Here's a quick quiz. When MicroStation displays the following familiar dialog box, what is the real meaning behind this helpful "Information" message?
What does this familiar MicroStation V8 message really mean?
- MicroStation is unable to open the design file because it is tired and needs a break for a few minutes.
- The design file is
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