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Toolkit owners benefit from 18
years of relentless enhancements
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — Axiom's software development
team continuously enhances the component applications in MicroStation
Productivity Toolkit. This article highlights a few of
the new time-saving features recently received by all Toolkit
maintenance holders at no additional charge.
FileFixer for V8
FileFixer for V8 is the most "user-developed"
component of MicroStation Productivity Toolkit for
obvious reasons. An ever-increasing number of client sites
are migrating to V8 and are encountering new varieties of
V8-specific design file corruption along the way. For almost
four years, the FileFixer development team has been
busy keeping up with V8 design file problems reported by clients.
Recent enhancements to FileFixer for V8 include:
- The ability to navigate through damaged sub-folders in
V8's structured storage design files, allowing a greater
number of healthy elements to be identified and salvaged.
- Handling for V8 elements that are outside the design plane
(or cube).
- Five times increase in speed of analysis and repair, on
average, as the first release of FileFixer for V8.
- Re-organization of FileFixer's user interface - with each
new release, it gets progressively easier to find the options
you need to control FileFixer's analysis and repair
functions.
- The ability to detect and correct V8 design file header
errors that previously prevented MicroStation V8 from opening
afflicted design files.
- Handling of invisible elements - new troublemakers unique
to V8 files.
FileFixer for V7
MicroStation V8 gets a lot of attention, but Axiom is aware
that many MicroStation sites are still using MicroStation/J
(either exclusively or intermixed with V8 projects). Accordingly,
Axiom's development team continues to relentlessly enhance
FileFixer for V7. In fact, even when the FileFixer
team works on FileFixer for V8, FileFixer for V7 inherits
all relevant enhancements, like the user interface refinements
and speed increase described above.
Microsoft Office Importer
Microsoft Office Importer is one of Axiom's most widely
used applications and is the most frequently upgraded product
in MicroStation Productivity Toolkit. Customer requests
are incorporated into Microsoft Office Importer as
fast as its development team can type in the new source code
and thoroughly certify the enhancements. Recent Microsoft
Office Importer releases included the following customer-requested
enhancements:
- Spreadsheet data is often changed - columns or rows might
be added. Microsoft Office Importer makes it easy
to change the range (height and width) of the cells in a
linked spreadsheet.
- Design standards and symbology evolve over time. The symbology
of linked spreadsheets or documents might need to be updated.
The new version of Microsoft Office Importer now
allows MicroStation users to modify the color, weight, style
and level of linked spreadsheet and document elements.
RefManager
For nearly two decades, RefManager has helped CAD users
around the world take control of their reference file attachments.
Throughout its lifetime, Axiom has continuously enhanced RefManager,
making the application easier to use for veteran and novice
alike. RefManager for V8, Axiom's latest version of
RefManager, is no exception. Recent enhancements to
RefManager for V8 include:
- Ability to control and standardize the display of levels
in project reference file attachments for one or all project
master files.
- Ability to change level symbology for all attachments
in all project master files in one processing run.
The latest version of RefManager for V7, version 5.0a,
incorporates enhancements made during the implementation of
RefManager for V8 as well as a number of V7-specific
enhancements and important customer requests. RefManager
veterans will easily locate their favorite commands in the
newly revamped user interface. Newcomers will enjoy the easiest
to use version of RefManager for V7 to date.
Free training and support
Axiom delivers free on-line training to Maintenance Plus
holders. Axiom provides this free service to ensure MicroStation
Productivity Toolkit owners get the maximum productivity
boost possible. Also, MicroStation Productivity Toolkit
maintenance holders are eligible for unlimited technical
support. The entire Axiom team is on call to assist you.
Call now!
For more information on MicroStation
Productivity Toolkit contact an Axiom MicroStation
Consultant today! Call 727-442-7774 extension 9300 or e-mail
9300@axiomint.com.
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