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7 Feb 2005
CLEARWATER, FL, USA — According to a survey we conducted in September 2004, over 74% of MicroStation users surveyed are using MicroStation J or earlier. Substantiating the survey results, Axiom receives many requests to handle new types of corruption found in design shops using V7. Knowing about these new types of corruption in V7 allows Axiom to enhance
FileFixer and remain at the forefront of ...
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7 Feb 2005
CLEARWATER, FL, USA — Axiom proudly announces the release of two new versions of
Microsoft Office Importer, the MicroStation utility that allows users to import huge quantities of spreadsheet and word processing data with exceptional formatting and a direct link to the source document so the MicroStation file is updated automatically. Both versions (3.6 for V7 and 8.3 for V8) boast the new ability to ...
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7 Jan 2005
By Rick DeWitt, Senior Technical Officer
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA — For over ten years, I have been working with MicroStation users to help them solve problems they routinely encounter while managing the many projects they deal with day in and day out. These problems slow down projects and reduce the profits firms make. Luckily, in almost every case,
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit contains a quick and easy-to-implement ...
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7 Dec 2004
By Al Germolus
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — The best way to guarantee that V7 files import into MicroStation V8 healthy and whole, is to first process then with
FileFixer before importing them in V8. This isn't to say that it is necessary to
repair all V7 files prior to import into V8, but I do recommend at least
checking them for problems. When facing the ...
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7 Dec 2004
MicroStation V8 2004 has certainly made dealing with AutoCAD files much less complex than it used to be. However, there are still some important things to understand in order achieve the results you expect when translating files between the two applications. In this expanded tip, we will cover how to access and change the necessary settings to correctly translate DGNs to AutoCAD and DWGs to ...
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7 Nov 2004
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — Axiom is proud to announce the release of the full
V7 and
V8 Essentials training libraries, the most comprehensive MicroStation courses available for
LearningBay. With 20 new e-learning courses, training MicroStation users has never been easier, faster or less expensive.

With the release of the V7 and V8 Essentials libraries, LearningBay is the most complete computer-based, MicroStation
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7 Nov 2004
AccuDraw is a truly wonderful tool for design work that speeds up your production. But something that you may not be aware of is that you can use the <Page Up> and <Page Down> keys on your keyboard to cycle through past key-in values. This is great to know when you have to make lots of entries of similar distances, but not the same one ...
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7 Nov 2004
MicroStation user spotlight: Greg Hall of Carter & Burgess.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, USA — Many of you non-Texans may not know that Fort Worth is known as the city "where the West begins." The phrase refers to Fort Worth's rich cowboy heritage and rough-and-tumble beginnings. Now, Fort Worth is a bustling metropolis full of culture and diversity. But why are we sharing this bit of trivia ...
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7 Nov 2004
Get the most out of your Toolkit.
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA —
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit owners are often so enthralled with two or three products that come in
Toolkit, that they fail to take advantage of the other included tools. Axiom wants
Toolkit users around the world to save time and effort by utilizing every possible application in
Toolkit, and to use them for the entirety of ...
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