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7 Jul 2008
Clearwater, Florida, USA — When your car's brakes grind and your transmission gushes fluid and clouds of dark smoke flow from your tailpipe, do you wait for a really serious problem before taking your car to a mechanic?
If a MicroStation exception dialog is the only indicator of design file corruption you know, you and your colleagues are likely chronically ...
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7 Jul 2008
Monticello, Virginia, USA — In addition to being the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson was also an accomplished architect. He designed Monticello (his home in Virginia), the Virginia State Capitol Building and University of Virginia's entire original campus. In celebration of the birthday of the United States of America, MicroStation Today arranged to speak to him about his love of architecture.
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7 Jun 2008
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Maybe you've heard stories of Axiom's time-saving MicroStation utilities salvaging the "unsalvageable" design file, or completing 200 man-hours of work in a matter of minutes.
Making MicroStation work easier, faster and more efficiently puts more money in the bank and more time in your weekend. Isn't that where they belong?
Now it's time to hear it straight ...
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7 May 2008
MicroStation users overcome fearsome productivity barriers!
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Have you ever encountered a situation that made you want to send an SOS?
- You're in the trenches. 250 design files and their reference files must be submitted tomorrow and you notice all the links to the reference file attachments are broken.
- You think you are done and notice that your client's company name is misspelled in 300
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7 May 2008
Montgomery, Alabama, USA — Transportation Manager Ronald McDonald has been with the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) since it was known as the "Highway Department." He has also been using MicroStation since it was Intergraph IGDS. He gave us some tips on making MicroStation work easier.
Ronald McDonald — mild-mannered CAD manager by day, but on Halloween... "biker dad."
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7 Apr 2008
New types of V8 corruption are being discovered at an unprecedented rate.
By Steve Palmer
Clearwater, Florida, USA — The
FileFixer development team is discovering new forms of V8 design file corruption as fast as new Search and Repair options can be added. Even working seven days per week, the
FileFixer team barely keeps up with the new varieties of V8 design file corruption continuously ...
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7 Apr 2008
Clearwater, Florida, USA — 2008 marks Steve Palmer's twentieth anniversary working with Axiom. He took a bit of time away from working on new features for
FileFixer to give us an idea of what it was like to be there at the very beginning of Axiom.
Guess what Steve does when he is not programming.
Hi Steve. You have ...
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7 Mar 2008
On track with Gerard Hall of Scott Wilson Railways
London, United Kingdom — As CADD/EDMS (Electronic Document Management System) Manager for Scott Wilson Railways, Gerard Hall is responsible for managing and supporting the CADD and EDMS systems of one of the top ten largest engineering consultancy firms in the United Kingdom. He talked with us recently about some major rail projects, including transportation preparation for the ...
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7 Feb 2008
By Steve Palmer
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Here's a quick quiz. When MicroStation displays the following familiar dialog box, what is the real meaning behind this helpful "Information" message?
What does this familiar MicroStation V8 message really mean?
- MicroStation is unable to open the design file because it is tired and needs a break for a few minutes.
- The design file is
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7 Jan 2008
By Steve Palmer
Clearwater, Florida, USA — It's almost midnight. You are wrapping up a project submittal for an important client. MicroStation keeps crashing when you attempt to open a vital project design file. The necessity for a
FileFixer midnight miracle is abundantly real to you right now. Just press
FileFixer's <Start> button and you're back to work in three minutes.
But
FileFixer's midnight miracles, ...
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