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Easily make batch changes to tag and dimension
text!
Inventive software release handles
huge time-consuming MicroStation task with a few mouse clicks.
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| Global File Changer's Element
Selection feature can isolate any combination of elements
or symbology, giving users total control over batch modifications. |
CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA, USA — Having
to modify tag or dimension text in multiple design files is
near the top of the list of most painful MicroStation tasks.
Say you discover that the thousands of text, tag and dimension
elements scattered throughout an entire set of project files
must be in Arial True Type font. Oooops, right now they are
all in the MicroStation Working font. (By the way, this is
a common occurrence, particularly when migrating files from
V7 to V8.) This leaves you with a time-consuming, profit-eating
ordeal. Not fun at all.
You'll be glad to know that with the new release of Global
File Changer, this problem is now finally solved. Global
File Changer's Modify Text feature now processes tag and
dimension text as easily and quickly as it handles standard
text, even on very large sets of MicroStation files.
Global File Changer's Element Selection Utility
A key part of successful batch processing is being able to
easily isolate the elements you need to modify from those
you want to leave unchanged. In the past, MicroStation's Select
By Attributes feature has been a helpful tool in making simple
selection sets on individual files, but it is limited in the
element-specific attributes it can isolate and is cumbersome
to implement in a batch process.
Global File Changer's Element Selection utility doesn't
have these limitations. Virtually any graphic element type
— including tags — and any element attribute or
group of attributes can be used to isolate the specific elements
you want to modify or remove from the set of elements to be
processed. Implementation is as simple as giving each selection
criteria a name and then activating it with a simple key-in
command.
In short, users who get this new release of Global File
Changer should never again have to go through the mind-numbing,
tedious work of manually changing text within dimensions and
tags.
What does Global File Changer do?
If MicroStation has a function or key-in for it, you can use
Global File Changer to make that same change or perform
that operation on thousands of files at a time. In addition,
Global File Changer has a rapidly growing list of custom
commands that can:
- Batch convert text elements containing
numbers from feet to meters, meters to feet or apply a custom
conversion formula that could, for example, add 100 feet
to each contour label (new in V8).
- Modify text attributes used in tags and
dimensions (new).
- Change text or text node justification
while retaining the text's original position.
- Rescale text by a specific scale factor
for height, width or both.
- Replace any set of cells with any new
set of cells.
- Rescale cells by any factor from their
current scale or to a specific scale value.
- Count cells in each design file or get
the total count for the entire batch.
- Flatten 3D files to a specific "Z"
value or move all elements to a specified "Z"
value.
- Copy design file settings from a donor
file to a whole set of files.
- Easily re-map elements (including cell
and shared cell components) from their current
- level to a new or existing level.
- And more!
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| Global File Changer’s
list of custom commands grows with every new release. |
Who needs Global File Changer?
Chances are you do. If you work for customers or executives
who change their minds, have standards that change, want your
file standards to improve or need to make changes to multiple
design files, then Global File Changer will pay for
itself the first day you use it. Many of our customers tell
us that the more they use it, the more they realize its power
and see its benefits.
Axiom Maintenance Plus and Tech Support
One of the huge advantages that Axiom's MicroStation Productivity
Toolkit and Global File Changer customers enjoy
is access to our fast and experienced technical support team.
Sometimes the way to make the changes you want is not immediately
obvious. That's where Axiom's Maintenance Plus and
technical support team come in. Many of the problems you face
have already been solved and a fast, effective solution already
exists. You can call Axiom tech support with any problem and
they will work closely with you to solve it quickly.
Call now!
For more information on Global
File Changer contact an Axiom MicroStation Consultant
today! Call 727-442-7774 extension 9675 or e-mail 9675@AxiomInt.com.
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