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Learn About the Task Navigation Interface Learn About the Task Navigation Interface
By Drew Moon, KnowledgeBase Consulting Group Applications Engineer The steps outlined in this tip will show you how to switch to the Task Navigation interface used by MicroStation XM.
Trim Tools Updated in V8i SELECTSeries 1 Trim Tools Updated in V8i SELECTSeries 1
By The Envision Group In MicroStation V8i Select Series 1 the trim tools as you know them have been renamed and enhanced to become more productive.
Learn More About the New Managed Workspace Tools Learn More About the New Managed Workspace Tools
By Chris Pausch, KnowledgeBase Consulting Group's VP of Technology This tip is the second in a 2-part series highlighting the new features of ProjectWise V8i Managed Workspaces.
New Features of ProjectWise V8i Managed Workspaces New Features of ProjectWise V8i Managed Workspaces
By Chris Pausch, KnowledgeBase Consulting Group's VP of Technology Read part 1 of a 2 part series on how the interface for creating and editing Managed Workspace Configuration blocks has been updated.
Learn About the ABCs of a Managed Workspace Learn About the ABCs of a Managed Workspace
By Chris Pausch, KnowledgeBase Consulting Group's VP of technology Chris Pausch describes the basics of Managed Workspace settings within ProjectWise V8i.
Learn About How the Overlap and Inside Mode Works Learn About How the Overlap and Inside Mode Works
By The Envision Group In the V8i release of MicroStation, the Element Selection overlap and inside mode works the same as other CAD packages.
Extract File Properties from Microsoft Office Files Extract File Properties from Microsoft Office Files
By Drew Moon, KnowledgeBase Consulting Group Applications Engineer Learn the details of extracting file properties from Microsoft Office Files within ProjectWise V8i.
Learn About Opening Applications From Key-in Browser Learn About Opening Applications From Key-in Browser
By The Envision Group Adding application command line switches with some MicroStation variables can have an added benefit when calling the Window Explorer application.
Drag and Drop an Element to the Attributes Toolbox Drag and Drop an Element to the Attributes Toolbox
By The Envision Group Learn how to drag and drop an element from the design file to the Attributes toolbox to quickly change the current attributes.
Update ProjectWise Attributes in Bulk Update ProjectWise Attributes in Bulk
By Kevin Fern, KnowledgeBase Consulting Group President Update the MicroStation tag data attributes into ProjectWise using the Bulk Attribute update tool within ProjectWise v8i.
Convert Tags to Text and Back to Tags in V8 Convert Tags to Text and Back to Tags in V8
By Kim Langman, PBS&J If you have a third party software that doesn't understand tags, or if you just want to edit tags like text, here is the trick.
How to Find Additional Selection Criteria How to Find Additional Selection Criteria
By The Envision Group In a new tip from the Envision Group readers learn how to expand the element selection criteria of the dialog to display additional categories.
ProjectWise/MicroStation Reference File Settings ProjectWise/MicroStation Reference File Settings
By Chris Pausch, KnowledgeBase Consulting Group Vice President Chris Pausch discusses how updates to reference files are handled by MicroStation.
Pentable Level Wild Cards Pentable Level Wild Cards
By The Envision Group In a continuing series of tips from the Envision Group readers learn how to use level wildcards to resymbolize elements.
Configuring the ProjectWise XM Design Compare Utility Configuring the ProjectWise XM Design Compare Utility
By Drew Moon, KnowledgeBase Consulting Group Drew Moon explains how users can configure their ProjectWise XM Design Utility.
Open Different Models in Each View Open Different Models in Each View
By The Envision Group In a new series of tips from the Envision Group readers learn how to open different models from a single design file, in MicroStation V8i.
ProjectWise Managed Workspaces Part V ProjectWise Managed Workspaces Part V
By Chris Pausch, KnowledgeBase Consulting Group In Part V of Managed Workspaces, Chris Pausch shows you how to assign the workspace profile you have created to folders in ProjectWise
ProjectWise Managed Workspaces – Part IV ProjectWise Managed Workspaces – Part IV
By Chris Pausch, KnowledgeBase Consulting Group Chris Pausch continues with the Managed Worspaces Series. Learn how to add variables to configuration blocks in ProjectWise.
ProjectWise Managed Workspaces – Part III ProjectWise Managed Workspaces – Part III
By Chris Pausch, KnowledgeBase Consulting Group In this month’s article on Managed Workspaces, Chris Pausch discuss the role of Configuration Blocks in a ProjectWise Managed Workspace.
ProjectWise Managed Workspaces Part II ProjectWise Managed Workspaces Part II
By Chris Pausch, KnowledgeBase Consulting Group - Director of Projects In this month’s continuation of KnowledgeBase's article on Managed Workspaces, Chris completes the section on creating a Workspace Profile.
ProjectWise Managed Workspaces ProjectWise Managed Workspaces
By Chris Pausch, KnowledgeBase Consulting Group A managed workspace in ProjectWise allows you to store your workspace data along with MicroStation workspace data.
How to Automatically Re-sequence Sheet Numbers How to Automatically Re-sequence Sheet Numbers
By Rick Sewell, Axiom Customer Support Learn how to automatically re-sequence sheet numbers in title blocks with the help of Title Block Manager.
Quick Element Selection — for V7 and V8! Quick Element Selection — for V7 and V8!
By Rick DeWitt, Axiom's Senior Technology Officer Here's a helpful tip for selecting elements whose endpoints intersect an element that you want excluded in the selection set.
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