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If you want to know how to do something in MicroStation, or if you've found a cool tip or trick that you'd like to share, you've come to the right place. MicroStationTips.com is a forum for MicroStation users and CAD Managers to share tips, tricks and how-tos. It is a platform for savvy users to share their bounty of knowledge with peers.
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Replace text strings with Global File Changer.
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 11:40 in Batch Changes, MicroStation Tips | viewed 3,349 times | 0 Comments
by Rick Sewell, Customer Support Global File Changer is exactly what it sounds like. This thing can bulk modify just about anything in multiple design files and fast. It is my personal favorite Axiom product due to its amazing versatility.... (Continue reading)
How to Automatically Re-sequence Sheet Numbers in Title Blocks with Title Block Manager
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 11:38 in Batch Changes, MicroStation Tips | viewed 18,651 times | 0 Comments
Title block data consistency easily accomplished Title Block Manager helps CAD managers and MicroStation users bring about a consistency of title block data in all of a project’s MicroStation files, fast. How?. By synchronizing title block data from many design... (Continue reading)
How to Automatically Update Spreadsheet Links Every Time MicroStation Files are Opened
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 11:35 in Batch Changes, MicroStation Tips | viewed 10,798 times | 0 Comments
by Eiren K. Smith One of the problems that MicroStation users face is that MicroStation’s LiveLinks software often does not automatically update spreadsheet or word processing data when a MicroStation file [in which this data is linked] is opened. The... (Continue reading)
Change Level Symbology in Hundreds of MicroStation Files at a Time
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 11:31 in Batch Changes, MicroStation Tips, Symbology Tips | viewed 15,000 times | 2 Comments
Design file elements can be changed in thousands of different ways. Production demands often require that elements be changed in hundreds of MicroStation files at time. For example, the symbology (color, level, weight and style), font, text, size or rotation... (Continue reading)
Modify Elements in Reference Files Faster and Easier
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 11:27 in Batch Changes, MicroStation Tips | viewed 4,612 times | 0 Comments
You’re working in a design file when you notice that the elements in five of its reference files have incorrect line styles. You now have to either use MicroStation’s Exchange command or open each one manually to make corrections. In... (Continue reading)
Dragging and dropping reference files
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 11:25 in Batch Changes, MicroStation Tips, Symbology Tips | viewed 1,805 times | 0 Comments
Save some time and attach reference files to a design file by selecting them in Windows Explorer and dragging and dropping them into the “Reference Files” dialog box in MicroStation. This can be especially helpful for users with multiple monitors... (Continue reading)
Editing library cells is no longer a burden
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 11:13 in Batch Changes, Cell Libraries, MicroStation Tips | viewed 5,092 times | 0 Comments
By Eiren K. Smith, Axiom’s Vice President for Technology – www.axiomint.com In this tip, I detail how to streamline the usually time-consuming task of editing cells in cell libraries. First, I’ll discuss how to edit a cell using MicroStation alone... (Continue reading)
Automatically Export Cells From a MicroStation Cell Library to AutoCAD Block Files
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 11:12 in Batch Changes, MicroStation Tips | viewed 6,774 times | 0 Comments
In a past issue of MicroStation Today (Volume 8 Number 1), we announced the release of the newest version of Axiom’s advanced cell management utility — CellManager 7.3. The new version features the ability to automatically export cells from MicroStation... (Continue reading)
How to update the project number in 1,000 sheet
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 11:09 in Batch Changes, MicroStation Tips | viewed 1,415 times | 0 Comments
By Keith Dunn and Brian Treacy of Parsons Brinckerhoff, Norfolk, Virginia What happens when a number used in all the design files in a large project changes when the project is almost finished? After your heartbeat returns to normal, you... (Continue reading)
Editing library cells is no longer a burden
Written on 2 Apr, 2009 at 19:59 in Batch Changes, Cell Libraries, MicroStation Tips | viewed 21,349 times | 2 Comments
By Eiren K. Smith,Vice President for Technology, Axiom In this tip, I detail how to streamline the usually time-consuming task of editing cells in cell libraries. First, I’ll discuss how to edit a cell using MicroStation alone – tedious! Then I’ll... (Continue reading)