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2 Jul 2010
Whether you need to modify attachments, quickly change reference file paths — in bulk — search for attachments, automatically attach references, discover the exact status of attachments or identify missing attachments, RefManager is the tool to use.
Now, even if you're working in V8i or using ProjectWise, RefManager is still there with you making your life easier and speeding your projects along.
To get a free, no-obligation ...
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14 Oct 2009
By Rick Sewell
Have you ever completed a project and then found out that the client needs some of the references saved with a different path? The purpose of this article is to show you how to replace the reference file path saved in your sheet files — while retaining all of your varying reference file names — in just minutes.
- Load RefManager from your “Axiom” menu
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7 Feb 2009
What's all the fuss?
By Rick Dewitt
In the many years I have worked with CAD professionals, one area that seems to be consistently misunderstood is "global origin". What exactly is it? What happens if you change it? How do you change it? How does it affect reference files? Does Axiom have any products that can help with this?
So let's clear the air in this article ...
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7 Sep 2008
By Rick Sewell, Customer Support
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Large MicroStation projects tend to be broken up into multiple design files by discipline. You might have one set of designers working on plumbing, another set on electrical and so on. Then, a corresponding file from each discipline is referenced to a master file to complete the picture for that one set of files. Of course, ...
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7 Oct 2007
By Rick Sewell
Almost everyone is doing it, upgrading their MicroStation V7 (95, SE and J) formatted files to V8. Whether project by project or all at once, the transition to V8 is on.
Every so often, a customer calls and asks whether Axiom has a tool to help automatically convert their V7 files to V8. Fortunately for customers, I can simply show the built-in Batch ...
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7 Sep 2007
Automate the process of adding new reference files.
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Axiom is pleased to give you back your evenings and weekends. As the world's oldest and largest third-party solutions provider for MicroStation, Axiom is known for breakthrough enhancements to the applications in
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit. Coincident with
RefManager's 20th anniversary (
RefManager is a
Toolkit component), Axiom outdoes itself by offering one of the most ...
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7 Jun 2007
New file tree structure offers amazing new features to save users' time.
Clearwater, Florida, USA — Since its initial release in January 2006,
DgnQuickPick has been the only MicroStation add-on that gives users the ability to select the MicroStation file they want to open with one mouse click.
Figure 1: The "DgnQuickPick File Tree" (V7 version) displays all the reference files attached
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7 May 2007
Letter to the Editor: CAD Consultant's response to John Evans' opinion on a unified file format.
Dear Editor,
I agree almost entirely with John Evans' comments. However, I do not think lowering the bar to the DWG format is the answer.
The DGN format is superior in functionality and would expand the capabilities of those using DWG. I started on the Intergraph system and have worked with both ...
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7 Oct 2005
A question we recently received was: "Is there a way to plot the lines in some reference files thinner, without changing the drawing and keep the other reference files the same?"
The easy way to handle this is to use Level Symbology. (The following directions are for MicroStation/J.)
- From the "Reference" dialog box, select the reference file you want to plot.
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7 Jul 2004
Using function keys can speed up your workflow. Here is a way to use function keys. As a refresher for the rusty (or an introduction for the neophytes), the "Function Keys" dialog box is under the Workspace menu.
Once there, scroll down and find an available key. Then, click on <Edit> and try out this tip:
Reference files: Now you see them…now ...
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