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.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)