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New Title Block Manager handles
multiple title blocks in each design file.
By Chris Borales, Product Manager
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA —
As a software designer I am often
confronted with questions. Questions that range from "How
does this work?" to "Why is that there?" and
especially "Can it do this?" It's my job to find
answers to each of them. In particular, a question posed to
me by Title Block Manager users was, "How can
I use Title Block Manager to process files that each
contain more than one title block?"
Before, the answer was tough for me to deliver and even tougher
for some users to swallow — "Sorry, the feature
hasn't been developed yet." Now the answer is simple
— "Use the latest release of Title Block Manager!"
Title Block Manager allows users to automatically extract
title block data from a group of design files into an editable
database. Once the data is extracted, users make changes to
the data in the database and automatically update all of the
appropriate title blocks. This is all done at the click of
a button.
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| Above is a design with multiple detail sheets prepared
for plotting. This is a prime example of a desing file
with multiple title blocks. The new Title Block Manager
comes in handy in these cases. |
Title Block Manager consists of
two separate applications: Title Block Administrator
and Title Block Client. Title Block Administrator is
used for performing administrative tasks such as exporting
and updating title block data, as well as, creating new title
blocks. Title Block Client is used for placing and
modifying title blocks.
Now, Axiom's premier title block management software allows
users to manage multiple title blocks in each design file!
A feature implemented due to heavy customer demand, this will
be especially useful for GEOPAK users that automatically generate
their title block sheets. A typical cross-section sheet may
have 20 title blocks in a single design file!
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| The "Increment cell
names during placement." option allows users to place
cells with incrementing cell names such as TitleBlock1,
TitleBlock2, TitleBlock3… |
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| Uniform title blocks are attained through Title Block
Manager's two-part program: Title Block Administrator
manages the data contained in title blocks. |
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| Title Block Client is used for placing and modifying
title blocks. |
Each sheet in the design has a separate
title block that has information that must be managed. Without
Title Block Manager these changes would all have to
be made manually. With Title Block Manager these changes
can be made at the click of a button.
How it works
The key to Title Block Manager's new functionality
is Title Block Client. This tool now has a new feature
to "Increment cell names during placement".
This feature will automatically increment the names of title
block cells placed in each design file — automatically
differentiating the cells from one another. For example, each
cell placed could have the name "TitleBlock1", "TitleBlock2",
"TitleBlock3" and so on. Since each cell has a different
name, Title Block Administrator can differentiate between
the title blocks, extract the data from each title block separately
and place it into the database. Once in the database, the
data can be modified and used to automatically update the
title blocks in the design.
By placing cells with different cell names, Title Block
Client gives the user the ability to place and bulk edit
multiple cells in design files. Title Block Manager users
are no longer confined to having only one cell per design
file.
Call me if you need me!
So, use Title Block Manager version 4.1a or 8.5b to
have the ability to manage multiple title block cells in a
single design file. Also, if you need to call me for any reason,
please feel free. Note: Version 8.5b is for MicroStation V8.
Version 4.1a is for all MicroStation versions prior to V8.
Call now!
For more information on Title
Block Manager contact an Axiom MicroStation Consultant
today! Call 727-442-7774 extension 9613 or e-mail 9613@AxiomInt.com.
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