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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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7 Jun 2005
By Chris Borales, Product Manager for Axiom
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — MicroStation portals are filled with users wanting to find an easy, efficient method for importing Excel spreadsheets and Word documents into their design files. As a result, these portals are filled with just as many answers from other frustrated users.
In desperate attempts to import spreadsheet data, I have heard tales of users implementing backbreaking, ...
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7 Jun 2005
By Dennis J. Primeaux of Baskerville & Donovan Engineers in Daphne, Alabama.
We purchased our first Axiom product —
Microsoft Office Importer — in the last year on the recommendation of an engineer who came on board from another company. His company had used
Microsoft Office Importer extensively for a couple of years and they had been very impressed with its capability.
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7 Apr 2005
CLEARWATER, FL, USA — This month's user spotlight comes from the entertainment capital of the world, Las Vegas, Nevada. We'd like to introduce you to MicroStation user (and aspiring performer) Paul Villaluz.

Engineer, singer and actor Paul Villaluz.
MicroStation Today: Please tell us a bit about your background in the field.
Paul: I am an engineer in the design team for a soundwall ...
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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 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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7 May 2004
Learn how you too can get more work done faster in V8.
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — MicroStation V8 is the most robust MicroStation platform developed to date. Yet, it does not offer the capabilities to automate many of the repetitive and time-consuming tasks that many MicroStation shops must do in order to keep up with everyday productivity demands (things like fixing batches of problematic design files, ...
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7 May 2004
By Ivan Pena
According to Ralph Grabowski's CAD Manager's Guidebook, CAD drafters spend about 50% of their day working on other things than drafting, like word processing and working with spreadsheets. These spreadsheets are used to make area calculations, balance budgets and work out bills of materials (BOM), schedules and quantities sheets. In the case of BOMs and quantities sheets, this data is often pasted ...
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7 Mar 2004
A look at how Axiom helps keep your projects on track and on time
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — Through my trade show travels and market research surveys, I've learned about the challenges CAD managers, project managers and administrators face on a daily basis. Quite a few of you have told me about the mental acrobatics you play balancing engineering, drafting and managerial duties. Some of you ...
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7 Feb 2004
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, USA — Abe Arroyo's MicroStation shop at David Evans and Associates imports many Excel spreadsheets into MicroStation every month. The following is his account on how they used to do this without the help of Axiom's
Microsoft Office Importer — a popular component of
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit — and how much time and money they saved by using it:
Abe: "Without
Microsoft Office Importer, ...
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