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19 Nov 2009
Axiom's lastest version of
Microsoft Office Importer for MicroStation was enhanced to work seamlessly with Excel 2007 spreadsheet data and Word 2007 documents.
New features were also added including the ability to import hyperlinks from Excel spreadsheets as engineering links in MicroStation and the ability to manage existing Excel chart pastes. Now you can easily change the path stored ...
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7 Apr 2008
Ryder Jonathan Greenbaum prepares to take the helm of Axiom.
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Axiom, the world's largest provider of third-party MicroStation solutions, announced today that Ryder Jonathan Greenbaum will be taking over as CEO of Axiom and related companies. Ryder Greenbaum is the son of Axiom's founder and current CEO, David Greenbaum.
"We believe he will be the youngest CEO of any size company, anywhere," said ...
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7 Apr 2007
A common task for surveyors, civil engineers and GIS professionals is recreating a property boundary from a plat (a map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land). Typically, a plat will contain the bearings (direction expressed in degrees) and perimeter distances (lengths of the edges) of the property it describes. By changing just a few settings, MicroStation allows you to quickly ...
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7 Dec 2006
CAD Standards have been developed to improve productivity and interchange of CAD data between different offices and CAD programs. In theory, everyone agrees that CAD standards are a good thing to have, but why is it so hard to get people to adhere to them?
In a survey conducted by Axiom, out of 155 MicroStation users surveyed, 43.2% felt that the ...
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7 Sep 2006
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — Looking for a cost-efficient way to train on GEOPAK Survey or advanced roadway design? GEOPAK users can now train on GEOPAK at their own pace and on their own schedule with Axiom's new
GEOPAK Survey and
GEOPAK Advanced Road training libraries.
Screenshot from Axiom's More Earthworks course for GEOPAK users.
library covers creating, editing ...
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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 Oct 2004
By Rick DeWitt, Axiom's Senior Technology Officer
Let's say you've got a bunch of text elements that need to be left aligned due to the fact that they were placed without regard for alignment and look rather sloppy. To fix this, use the "Align Edges" tool and have it done in no time flat. This tool works on any element type and makes it quick ...
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7 Feb 2004
How do you convert a MicroStation V7 3D cell library to a V7 2D cell library and vice-versa? Easy! Just use MicroStation's "Export" function.
By Rick DeWitt, Axiom's Senior Technology Officer
The first step is to open a MicroStation file with dimensions (either 2D or 3D) that match the cell library you want to convert. Then, attach the cell library you want to convert. For example, ...
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