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3 Apr 2006
By Eiren K. Smith, Axiom's Vice President for Technology
MicroStation departments sometimes receive design files from external sources containing cells which do not exist in their cell libraries. Until now, getting these cells out of design files and into cell libraries has been a manual, painstaking process. For years, MicroStation users have been clamoring for a means to extract every cell from a design file and ...
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7 Mar 2006
How Axiom researches emerging types of V8 file corruption
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — Regardless of the cause of design file damage
— a power fluctuation, a network glitch, an unreliable hard drive, an amateur software developer, an act of God or an act of Bill Gates
— customer reports to Axiom Technical Support confirm week after week that design file corruption does impact MicroStation projects, and ...
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7 Mar 2006
In a recent thread on the Bentley newsgroups, we came across some confusion about the differences between an International Foot and a U.S. Survey Foot. We thought it would be fun to shed some light on what these "feet" are and how much measurements would deviate due to the difference in unit length.
History
According to the National Institute of Standards ...
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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
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — Do you have to have multiple sessions of MicroStation open just to view multiple design files?
DgnQuickPick is a MicroStation add-on that allows users to have immediate access to multiple project design files in a single session of MicroStation, by only clicking on a tab labeled with the file's name.
DgnQuickPick reduces design time and frustration for all those users who ...
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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 Feb 2006
SpecMonitor, DgnCompare and Duplicate Element Remover added to MicroStation Productivity Toolkit for V8.
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA —
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit for V8's value has been increased by the addition of three newly-released V8 utilities:
SpecMonitor, DgnCompare and
Duplicate Element Remover. These staples of the V7 version of
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit are finally taking their position in the V8 world.
Perfect CAD standards with SpecMonitor for V8
"SpecMonitor ensures ...
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7 Jan 2006
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — Axiom announces the release of the first ever GEOPAK library of computer-based courses,
GEOPAK Beginning Road. The
GEOPAK Beginning Road library consists of a series of five courses:
Introduction to Digital Terrain Modeling, Advanced Digital Terrain Modeling, Project Manager for Road, Existing Ground Cross Section and Introduction to Coordinate Geometry.
The
GEOPAK Beginning Road library is the ...
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7 Jan 2006
"Unable to open design file" is the least of your problems.
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — "Unable to open design file" is a classic error message that is known by virtually every MicroStation user. This message is often considered (incorrectly) as synonymous with design file corruption. It may surprise you to learn that this is not the case. In actual fact, the inability to open a design ...
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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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