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MicroStation Trim Element Command

Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 14:56 in MicroStation Tips, Tool Tips | viewed 9,333 times | 0 Comments

By Bob Knepp of American Electric Power This is a short article on how to use the MicroStation Trim Element command along with the Element Selection or PowerSelector tool. Have you ever tried to use the IntelliTrim tool and become... (Continue reading)

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Select By text string (V7 and V8)

Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 14:42 in MicroStation Tips, Text Tips | viewed 3,641 times | 0 Comments

Question: Is it possible to select text by a portion of a text string, for example, “te” to select “tent”, “I was late” and “remove telephone pole”? Answer: Yes it is! Open the “Select By Attributes” dialog from the Edit... (Continue reading)

Consistent Pattern Appearance

Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 14:38 in MicroStation Tips, Settings Tips | viewed 4,157 times | 0 Comments

If you use a lot of hatching or crosshatching in your designs this tip might be of interest. Anyone who uses hatching or crosshatching is familiar with setting spacing and angles and keeping them consistent. What is usually not so... (Continue reading)

Automatically Set Element Symblolgy when Importing Data

Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 14:37 in MicroStation Tips, Symbology Tips | viewed 4,324 times | 0 Comments

Axiom’s Microsoft Office Importer can be used to import text and borders from your Microsoft Office documents (like Word and Excel files) so that imported elements look the same as in the source document. However, what if you need to... (Continue reading)

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Configuration Variables for Settings Files

Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 14:34 in MicroStation Tips, Settings Tips | viewed 3,589 times | 0 Comments

By Rick Sewell, Director of Customer Services and Support Many CAD Managers install Axiom products on a network. One concern that is shared among them is that their users (using the same product on the network) may overwrite each other’s... (Continue reading)

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Process Models and Handle V8 Symbology Settings

Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 14:32 in MicroStation Tips, Settings Tips, Symbology Tips | viewed 3,389 times | 0 Comments

By Eiren Smith, Axiom’s Vice President for Technology – www.axiomint.com In the October 2003 issue of MicroStation Today, I announced the release of SpecChecker for V8. This month, I begin a multi-part series detailing many of the excellent new features... (Continue reading)

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Help! I need to turn off reference file display.

Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 14:30 in MicroStation Tips, Reference Tips | viewed 13,806 times | 1 Comment

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.... (Continue reading)

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Dragging and Dropping Reference Files

Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 14:28 in MicroStation Tips, Reference Tips | viewed 3,089 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)

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How can I place the date and location of a file on a drawing in MicroStation V8 2004?

Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 14:27 in MicroStation Tips, Plotting Tips | viewed 3,585 times | 0 Comments

In Microstation V8, in the Print dialog > Settings > Print Attributes there is a Print Border setting. Print Border – if selected, a border is printed based on the border statement configuration in the plot driver file (.plt). This... (Continue reading)

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Using Level Symbology to plot thinner lines.

Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 14:26 in Level Tips, MicroStation Tips, Plotting Tips | viewed 4,391 times | 0 Comments

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... (Continue reading)

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