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7 Dec 2007
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Have you ever encountered:
- A "Tool not allowed" message?
- Models in which elements cannot be modified or added?
- Models that are "read only", but shouldn't be?
- Hidden levels?
- Hidden reference file attachments?
- Elements displayed with incorrect level symbology?
- Other odd design file behavior?
The majority of Axiom clients have now moved to MicroStation V8 or XM. Not surprisingly, the number of project-stopping, corrupted, V8 files reported to Axiom is ...
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7 Dec 2007
Here is a cool tip that will help you troubleshoot a myriad of problems in MicroStation: Create an MSDebug file.
What is an "MSDebug file"?
An MSDebug file is a file that contains a whole lot of information about your installation of MicroStation. It lists all of the configuration files that run, it shows what variables are set in each configuration file and it displays the configuration ...
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7 Nov 2007
I'm betting that your CAD shop is like most: You have multiple projects rolling right now. Maybe even dozens. You wish you had the luxury of having only one project to worry about (what a dream that would be). What's more, unless you have been very lucky, each project has its own set of standards. Yikes!
When we talk about standards, we're referring to the different ...
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7 Oct 2007
Confessions of a product manager
By Steve Palmer
Clearwater, Florida, USA — It's time to confess. We've been hiding the truth from MicroStation users since 1986. The most respected, widely used and well-known third-party application for MicroStation,
FileFixer, is misnamed. We goofed.
True,
FileFixer can repair files that cause MicroStation to abort and that MicroStation cannot open.
FileFixer can repair unselectable elements, unselectable models, missing level definitions ...
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7 Oct 2007
Castle Frankenstein, Transylvania — Scientist and inventor Dr. Victor Frankenstein rarely grants interviews, but recently he came out of seclusion to grant a very special interview to
MicroStation Today.
One of Dr. Frankenstein's goals is to design additions to his castle that look like they've been there for hundreds of years.
Tell us about yourself.
Dr. Frankenstein: I like to ...
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7 Oct 2007
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Axiom, the world's most experienced developer of time-saving MicroStation software solutions, announces a release of
CellManager for V8 with two nifty, new features: the ability to quickly and easily create customized cell selector files containing cells from multiple cell libraries and the ability to manage models.
CellManager has been carefully honed. Like one of Hattori Hanzo's samurai swords, Axiom programmers have been ...
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7 Oct 2007
By Agent X
Clearwater, Florida, USA — On a sweltering summer morning, while enjoying a bowl of Wheaties and Good Morning America, I heard a knock at the door. Stunned by a visit so early in the morning, I put down the bowl of cereal and went to the door. I peeked out just in time to see a white van zoom around the corner. ...
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7 Oct 2007
By Rick Sewell
Almost everyone is doing it, upgrading their MicroStation V7 (95, SE and J) formatted files to V8. Whether project by project or all at once, the transition to V8 is on.
Every so often, a customer calls and asks whether Axiom has a tool to help automatically convert their V7 files to V8. Fortunately for customers, I can simply show the built-in Batch ...
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7 Sep 2007
Automate the process of adding new reference files.
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Axiom is pleased to give you back your evenings and weekends. As the world's oldest and largest third-party solutions provider for MicroStation, Axiom is known for breakthrough enhancements to the applications in
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit. Coincident with
RefManager's 20th anniversary (
RefManager is a
Toolkit component), Axiom outdoes itself by offering one of the most ...
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7 Sep 2007
Find out how fast LearningBay Professional is now.
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Axiom, the world's largest provider of browser-based training courses for Bentley products, announces the release of the new
LearningBay Professional. Now powered by an Oracle 10g Express Edition database,
LearningBay Professional pushes the envelope of LMS (Learning Management System) performance and delivers training faster - up to 80% faster when executing actions like importing ...
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