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7 Mar 2007
Jackson, Mississippi, USA — This month the
MicroStation Today user spotlight shines on John Ward from the Mississippi Department of Transportation (DOT). John gave us an overview of how he uses
FileFixer, RefWriter and
Microsoft Office Importer to keep Mississippi DOT's CAD standards up to par.

John Ward of the Mississippi Department of Transportation
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7 Feb 2007
By Reverend Bethel Chapman, Design Manager, Valero Paulsboro Refinery and Pastor, CornerStone Pentecostal Assembly
PAULSBORO, NEW JERSEY, USA — One afternoon, I was using
FileFixer to repair ten MicroStation design files with problems such as "end of file missing", nested cell corruption and a number of other various problems. I thought to myself — if only I had this tool in my church, what ...
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7 Nov 2006
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA — Sometimes you need a little help from your friends. When CAD Coordinator Charles Pinckney of Perry, Crabb & Associates had the daunting task of organizing 1,000 cells, his friend in the IT department gave him a gentle shove in the direction of
CellManager.
Charles found that he saved immense amounts of time by using
CellManager to condense ...
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7 Aug 2006
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, USA — Due to the ever-changing world of technology, the New Mexico Department of Transportation implemented a CAD support team that uses
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit to handle issues such as file corruption, cell management and project specification adherence. Silas Salazar, CAD Support Unit Manager, was available to tell us a bit about his team and their success over the past eight ...
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7 Jul 2006
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, USA — Lee Youngs, RBF Consulting's Senior CAD Designer and 20-year CAD veteran, knows that by using the many utilities in
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit he can have complete control over his design projects and can prevent disasters that can turn a project into a big headache.

Lee Youngs — with his daughter and wife (Jessie and Jan) — standing
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7 Jun 2006
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, USA — As a 30-year engineering veteran, Arturo Gonzales of Carter & Burgess knows the complications that can occur when trying to coordinate people with the goal of achieving a common target, like completing a project on time. To get people coordinated, Arturo has integrated
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit into his workflow to maximize efficiency and ensure design file uniformity.
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7 May 2006
HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA — Cobb, Fendley & Associates are no strangers to implementing strategies to maximize profits while keeping costs down. Twice ranked in the University of Houston Small Business Development Center's Top 100 fastest-growing privately owned businesses, CFA keeps their focus on providing high-quality engineering services by adopting time-saving and productivity-boosting strategies in the design phase of a project.

Cedric
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7 Mar 2006
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, USA — Recently,
MicroStation Today had the opportunity to speak with Mark Chase from AZTEC in Phoenix, Arizona about how he and his group of talented engineers streamline their projects with
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit. Here's what Mark had to say about his career, some of the projects he has worked on and how he uses Axiom utilities to obtain maximum results for AZTEC ...
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7 Feb 2006
COLLINSVILLE, ILLINOIS, USA — This month MicroStation Today had the chance to catch up with Marcus McConachie, the Engineering Applications Specialist for the Illinois Department of Transportation. Not only did we find out that Marcus has a lot of love for his family and the St. Louis Cardinals, but that he also has quite an affinity for Axiom utilities.

Marcus
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7 Jan 2006
AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA — What better way to get the inside scoop on Axiom utilities than to ask the people that use them? This month, the
MicroStation Today spotlight shines on Jeff Freitas of Austin, Texas. If you travel on State Highway 130 in central Texas or Price Freeway in Arizona, this is the man to thank. Jeff Freitas, Lead CAD Technician for the Austin ...
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