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7 Apr 2005
CLEARWATER, FL, USA — MicroStation V8 users are running into different problems than in earlier versions of MicroStation, mostly problems related to the new structure of the DGN file.
A V8 design file consists of multiple internal directories and sub-files. This data organization scheme, also used by Microsoft Word and Excel, is called "structured storage". Structured storage errors are one of the most serious, recurring V8-specific ...
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15 Mar 2005
Preventative steps to ensure a successful V7 to V8 migration.
CLEARWATER, FL, USA — Are you longing to work with MicroStation V8 but obligated to continue using V7 for the immediate future? If so, you are certainly not alone. Axiom continues to energetically support its large number of V7 clients and continues to enhance the V7 version of
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit applications.
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7 Dec 2004
By Al Germolus
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — The best way to guarantee that V7 files import into MicroStation V8 healthy and whole, is to first process then with
FileFixer before importing them in V8. This isn't to say that it is necessary to
repair all V7 files prior to import into V8, but I do recommend at least
checking them for problems. When facing the ...
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7 Nov 2004
MicroStation user spotlight: Greg Hall of Carter & Burgess.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, USA — Many of you non-Texans may not know that Fort Worth is known as the city "where the West begins." The phrase refers to Fort Worth's rich cowboy heritage and rough-and-tumble beginnings. Now, Fort Worth is a bustling metropolis full of culture and diversity. But why are we sharing this bit of trivia ...
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7 Jun 2004
CAD managers share real-world FileFixer experiences.
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — "I always considered
FileFixer one of those magical products," proclaims Ray Danley, CAD Manager for Washington Infrastructure Services. "You just hit a button and whatever is wrong goes away."
Why is FileFixer a topic of interest among MicroStation users around the world? Because no better preventive or curative solution to design file
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7 Jun 2004
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — Axiom, the world's largest independent provider of general-purpose MicroStation utilities, announces the release of
Problem Element Viewer for V8 (
Problem Element Viewer 8.1). Originally developed to display the problematic and corrupt elements listed in the reports generated by
FileFixer, Problem Element Viewer for V8's expanded functionality allows users to zoom in on any element knowing only its element ID, element position ...
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