CAD/BIM Tips & Tricks

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Axiom Releases Microsoft Office Importer for MicroStation PowerDraft

Axiom released its Microsoft Office Importer for use with Bentley’s PowerDraft V8i.

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Adding a cell to a tool box

Click on an icon and place a cell, instead of having to find the cell in the cell library.

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Replace text strings with Global File Changer

Global File Changer allows you to change a number of text attributes such as font, justification and size to name a few.

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Survey Foot versus International Foot: What’s the difference?

We shed some light on what these “feet” are and how much measurements would deviate due to the difference in unit length.

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The “Save View” key-in and reference files (for V7 and V8)

This works great when you only want to reference a certain area of a design file and nothing else.

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The Agony of Renumbering an Entire Set of MicroStation Sheet Files

How do you handle the sheet numbers and sheet counts in title blocks after inserting a new sheet into a set?

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Do Translations Between DGN and DWG Files Make You Want to Scream?

Extract, in a batch process, the vital data you need for all the MicroStation or AutoCAD files you’re going to translate.

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Microsoft Office Importer Adds ProjectWise Support

Easily import large spreadsheets and word processing data into their design files with perfect formatting.

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MicroStation Users Can Now Control Tag Data When Replacing Cells

With Global File Changer’s new feature, the user controls what happens with the tags and the tag values they contain.

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