CAD/BIM Tips & Tricks

If you didn’t already know who it was that manufactured the spacesuit, a bra manufacturer may not be the most obvious candidate.

A French contemporary of Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, like Wright, had a lack of formal training, and even complained to his art teacher at one point that he had “a horror of architecture and architects”.

Clearwater, Florida, USA —It’s summertime here in Florida and that often means sweltering temperatures, long lines at Disney World and bad tan lines. Rather than venture outdoors, I find myself sorting through my e-mail inbox to see what users are saying about using Microsoft Office Importer. Just so you know, Microsoft Office Importer is Axiom’s…

By Al Germolus CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA — The best way to guarantee that V7 files import into MicroStation V8 healthy and whole, is to first process then with FileFixer before importing them in V8. This isn’t to say that it is necessary to repair all V7 files prior to import into V8, but I do…

No matter whether you use MicroStation or AutoCAD If you work with title blocks in MicroStation or AutoCAD, most likely you’ve had a situation where a DGN or DWG file was added to a project, requiring you to now renumber all or a large portion of the sheet files in the project. Whether working in…

Castle Frankenstein, Transylvania — Scientist and inventor Dr. Victor Frankenstein rarely grants interviews, but recently he came out of seclusion to grant a very special interview to MicroStation Today. One of Dr. Frankenstein’s goals is to design additions to his castle that look like they’ve been there for hundreds of years. MicroStation Today: Tell us…

How to use Translation Manager to get translations done right the first time and every time after that By Rick DeWitt, Axiom Senior Product Manager I don’t care what anyone tells you, there is no such thing as a one-click, omnipotent translation button for translations between MicroStation and AutoCAD files. But you can make these…

How do you ensure excellent infrastructure? What is the real secret behind it? What “infrastructure” underlies all excellent infrastructure? That infrastructure has always played a critical role in every society’s ability to survive is obvious. It’s the full and wide-ranging effects that infrastructure has on a society that are often grossly underestimated. Roads, bridges, aqueducts,…

Tips for translating files between MicroStation and AutoCAD By Rick DeWitt The list of problems that come from translations is so long it almost defies belief. How do you fix or prevent the messes that occur when translating CAD files from AutoCAD to MicroStation? First, I’m going to identify some of the major problems that…