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7 Oct 2005
New FileFixer has new, easy-to-use file-selection interface that dramatically speeds up file selection for batch processing.
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — Axiom announces the release of two new versions of their popular MicroStation utility,
FileFixer. FileFixer automatically repairs corrupt and faulty MicroStation files (including cell libraries). Versions 7.8k (for V7) and 8.6a (for V8) uphold
FileFixer's long tradition of design file corruption repair with multiple interface upgrades ...
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7 Oct 2005
LONDON, ENGLAND — Famous for — among many other things — the BBC, Big Ben and the River Thames, London is where we caught up with this month's showcased MicroStation user — Steve Wright, an Associate at environmentally-minded United Kingdom engineering firm whitbybird. Steve kindly took time to share with
MicroStation Today his love of football (soccer) and how he kept on schedule for one ...
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7 Sep 2005
By Eiren Smith, Axiom's Director of Certification
The MicroStation world is going through big changes. Design files are getting bigger, level lists and cell names are getting longer and the design file format has undergone a deep overhaul with the increasing acceptance of the V8 generation. Added to all that, AutoCAD and V7 DGN files are being converted to the new V8 format on-the-fly without ...
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7 Sep 2005
BEAUMONT, TEXAS, USA — If you go east from Houston on Interstate 10, about two hours into your journey you'll come across the City of Beaumont. Beaumont is a city of about 114,000 people, and is a part of the area known as the "Golden Triangle" — an area of Southeast Texas rich in petroleum and natural gas bordered by Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange ...
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7 Sep 2005
Streamline V8 migration by incorporating Toolkit into your migration workflow.
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — As V8 migration becomes a more realistic trek for the MicroStation community, it is important that you understand how reference files and cell libraries have changed since MicroStation J and how these old formats will behave in V8. Also, it is important for you to know about the time-saving utilities found in ...
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7 Sep 2005
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — The beginning of a project is the starting line, and everyone intends to get to the finish line without any delays. The deadlines have been set, so now it's time to start the race. Engines rev, the light turns green, tires squeal and you're off! Now the finish line is within your reach! However, with a project deadline rapidly approaching, roadblocks ...
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14 Aug 2005
Toolkit owners with active maintenance to receive new application at no charge.
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — As part of their ongoing effort to continually provide greater and greater value to their customers, Axiom announces that its
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit, the most comprehensive package of MicroStation time-saving tools, has been further expanded by the addition of
SpecMonitor. The purpose of
SpecMonitor is to automate quality control by ...
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7 Aug 2005
"My dream since I was eight was to work at the Space Center," states Terry Jackson, the sun-tanned Senior Drafter for Space Gateway Support in Cape Canaveral, Florida. He started out in drafting about 30 years ago, straight out of high school. He confesses that "it was the only thing I ever wanted to do." Since the debut of CAD onto the drafting world, Terry ...
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7 Aug 2005
By Eiren Smith, Axiom's Vice President for Technology
There are a million and one different CAD standards: national standards, client standards, project standards and company standards, ad hoc standards defined by CAD managers. It's a very big field. When it comes to enforcement of CAD standards, even at a small shop, it's hard to get things to hold still long enough to figure out where to ...
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7 Jul 2005
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — Axiom's software development team continuously enhances the component applications in
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit. This article highlights a few of the new time-saving features recently received by all
Toolkit maintenance holders at no additional charge.
FileFixer for V8
FileFixer for V8 is the most "user-developed" component of
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit for obvious reasons. An ever-increasing number of client sites are migrating to V8 and ...
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