|
How to increase the output and speed of
your MicroStation design team
by Rick DeWitt, Senior Technical
Officer
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA — For over ten years, I have
been working with MicroStation users to help them solve problems
they routinely encounter while managing the many projects
they deal with day in and day out. These problems slow down
projects and reduce the profits firms make. Luckily, in almost
every case, MicroStation Productivity Toolkit contains
a quick and easy-to-implement solution that solves their problems.
What problems am I talking about? Read on to see if anything
similar to these instances has ever happened at your shop.
 |
| By automating tedious processes
using MicroStation Productivity Toolkit, MicroStation
shops can dramatically increase their production. |
Problematic design files
Whether you're using MicroStation 95/SE/J or have upgraded
to MicroStation V8, corrupt design files or design files that
behave oddly (a symptom of corruption) find their way into
almost every MicroStation site around the world. These files
have elements that are impossible to select, or have elements
that don't show up on plots or have "H-RESULT="
errors (virus-like design file corruption). Problematic design
files can cause client dissatisfaction, slowed project completions,
unhappy management and work that has to be redone. These are
all things that drain project budgets and dissipate valuable
production time.
For over a decade and a half, FileFixer
has been the fastest, safest and easiest way to handle any
type of design file corruption MicroStation users might run
into. FileFixer is so reliable that many companies
require that files pass a FileFixer check before acceptance
and recommend that FileFixer be used routinely to guarantee
corruption-free design files.
How simple is it to use? If you can select a file from a
dialog box and click a "Start" button you are well
on your way to becoming a "Design File Repair Expert".
How effective is it? With the delivered default settings,
FileFixer will correct your corrupted design files
in a single pass over 98.7% of the time.
Non-standard cell libraries
One of our customers had 400 design files in a project where
a non-standard set of cells was used throughout the design
process. They had to replace thousands of instances of multiple
cells throughout all 400 drawings. They were looking at hundreds
of man-hours to fix this and a late delivery of the project.
However, using MicroStation Productivity Toolkit's Global
File Changer, they were able to update all 400 drawings
with the "Replace Cells" function" in a little
over three hours, which was only 1% of the time the design
team estimated they would've spent making the changes by hand.
Here's another example: In one large project, just before
submittal, a CAD manager was told that the customer would
not accept the files because they did not use the client's
custom color table and level names. This required re-mapping
levels and colors in every design file in addition to attaching
the new color table and level name resource. Using Global
File Changer, he remapped all necessary levels and colors
and attached the appropriate level name resource and color
table. The total time to use Global File Changer to
correct 850 design files was just under six hours, mostly
comprised of computer processing time. The customer was happy
and the deadline was met.
References? What references?
One Axiom customer's IT department set up a new server with
a different drive letter on their network and moved all the
active project directories to this server with a new root
directory. Literally thousands of reference files came up
missing. Using another component of MicroStation Productivity
Toolkit, RefManager,
the customer was able to update all their reference file
attachments by pointing to the new drive letter and root directory
in a batch process that handled all the missing attachments.
This entire process took only a few hours.
Got a problem? We have a solution.
The list of things you can solve with MicroStation Productivity
Toolkit is almost limitless. And we are always looking
for a new challenge! If you have a problem and need a solution,
give us a call. Let us show you how fast it can be solved.
Call now!
For more information on MicroStation
Productivity Toolkit contact an Axiom MicroStation
Consultant today! Call 727-442-7774 extension 9165 or e-mail
9165@axiomint.com.
« Back
|
