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7 Aug 2006
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — Axiom, the world's most experienced developer of time-saving MicroStation solutions, announces the release of
FileFixer version 8.7b for MicroStation V8 XM Edition.
FileFixer, Axiom's solution for MicroStation design file corruption, is ready for clients as they move to XM.

Red hot and ready to repair! FileFixer for V8 has been put through two year's worth of testing
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7 Aug 2006
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, USA — During the BE Conference that took place 21–25 May, Bentley announced the official release of the much-anticipated commercial version of MicroStation V8 XM Edition. With a new and aesthetic user interface, an unchanged DGN file format and full support for existing V8 standards, Bentley reassured users that V8 XM allows current V8 users to implement the new version without disrupting ...
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7 Aug 2006
Level libraries are a MicroStation V8 enhancement that allow you to ensure consistency by offering an easy way to standardize level settings in your design files. Level libraries are very similar to the LVL files found in previous versions of MicroStation .

Find the Level Manager display under the Settings dropdown.
Making a Level Library
The Level Manager (
Settings | Level | Manager) ...
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7 Apr 2006
Customer-driven additions help streamline design file revision and clean-up process.
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — When Axiom first offered its eagerly-awaited
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit for V8 in 2003, the collection included eight applications. It has now grown to include 15 software applications.
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit for V8 offers full-featured, real-world-tested solutions that increase your organization's productivity (less time, less effort, more profit). Also, ...
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7 Feb 2006
COLLINSVILLE, ILLINOIS, USA — This month MicroStation Today had the chance to catch up with Marcus McConachie, the Engineering Applications Specialist for the Illinois Department of Transportation. Not only did we find out that Marcus has a lot of love for his family and the St. Louis Cardinals, but that he also has quite an affinity for Axiom utilities.

Marcus
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7 Feb 2006
SpecMonitor, DgnCompare and Duplicate Element Remover added to MicroStation Productivity Toolkit for V8.
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA —
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit for V8's value has been increased by the addition of three newly-released V8 utilities:
SpecMonitor, DgnCompare and
Duplicate Element Remover. These staples of the V7 version of
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit are finally taking their position in the V8 world.
Perfect CAD standards with SpecMonitor for V8
"SpecMonitor ensures ...
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7 Dec 2005
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — Reference files don't exist anymore. Not in the traditional sense at least. Since the release of V8, every model inside a V8 design file can be referenced into another model, so the design file has been transformed into a design container. Entire projects can be stored in one DGN file — which is why we MicroStation users should start referring to ...
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7 Nov 2005
By Mike Arroyo, Axiom Product Manager
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — Naming something allows us to easily identify it from others. Such is the case with people, animals and computer files. By having a clear and unique name associated with an object, we can identify it better and even recall it faster. Naming things makes it easier to recognize its purpose and function.
What if specific MicroStation ...
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7 Sep 2005
Streamline V8 migration by incorporating Toolkit into your migration workflow.
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — As V8 migration becomes a more realistic trek for the MicroStation community, it is important that you understand how reference files and cell libraries have changed since MicroStation J and how these old formats will behave in V8. Also, it is important for you to know about the time-saving utilities found in ...
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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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