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Dec. 2008 MST
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Unlock the secrets to MicroStation workspaces.
From helping ensure compliance with project standards to setting up project resources in advance, find out how workspaces can significantly increase production and reduce your frustration.
Part 1 of 3

Microstation News

330 man-hours of MicroStation work done in just three hours?
A slow economy doesn’t have to hurt your bottom line. Find out what other MicroStation-using companies are doing to stay ahead and even increase profit.

Axiom News

Manage thousands of MicroStation workspaces from a single location.
Axiom’s new line of enterprise-level software opens the door to an easier life for CAD managers.

Need a customized MicroStation?
Axiom can tailor-make a MicroStation solution for whatever your needs may be



Nov. 2008 MST
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Project deadlines threatened?
Protect your MicroStation projects against deadline-threatening problems with the help of your Axiom Maintenance Plus gal.

Microstation News

True CAD interoperability?
Melcher Mack of Bergmann Associates believes that one organization may have the potential to make interoperability a reality.

Axiom News

FileFixer™— more than 20 years and still #1
From fixing oddly behaving elements to repairing design files that won't open, CAD Managers continue to rely on FileFixer.

How to get users billable fast on MicroStation, GEOPAK and InRoads
Want to get new users billable and train experienced users on new techniques all in a fraction of the usual time? One learning system does both.


Tips & Tricks

Need more room on your screen for drawing?
MicroStation guru reveals how to create more screen space for view windows.

Fast and easy lists
Many Axiom products, such as FileFixer, process lists of files. MicroStation guru, Eiren Smith, shows you several fast and easy ways to build them.


Oct. 2008 MST
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Can CAD managers increase their pay?
Even in hard economic times, there are key actions you can take to increase your chances of a pay raise and a promotion.

Microstation News

Dead but not forgotten
Learn from the mistakes and successes of Romulus III, Chief Architect to Ramses II in this exclusive interview.

Axiom News

Special feature makes updating design file settings a snap.
Reduce the time it takes to make project-wide updates to design file view attributes to just a few minutes.

InRoads XM corridor modeling just got easier.
Improve your skills using LearningBay’s™ new browser-based courses whenever you want, wherever you want.


Tips & Tricks

The secret of fast commands
Axiom’s Rick Sewell shows you how to dramatically speed up MicroStation commands..


Sept. 08 MST
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Affordable, color raster reference file editing now available
Axiom releases the next generation of its raster file editing software.

Microstation News

V8-specific fatal error: Can it be eliminated?
New error discovered that could make your design files unopenable.

Learn MicroStation XM now.
New library of XM training courses designed to make your CAD staff billable faster than any other training ever.

Axiom News

The fastest, easiest and most economical MicroStation ever
Axiom bundles 40 of its most popular products, over 80 e-learning courses and three soon-to-be-released enterprise applications.

Multiple string operations are now possible with RefManager.™
Modifying hundreds or thousands of reference file attachment names, simultaneously, has never been easier.


Tips & Tricks

Batch processing with macros?
Use custom MicroStation macros to make global changes to your design files.


Aug. 2008 MST
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2,552 design files with the wrong customer specs
Can years of work be salvaged in less than a week? Page 1.

Are CAD managers spread too thin?
Overworked CAD managers and the quest for ROI. Page 2.


Axiom News

Finding your way in InRoads
How to simplify the complexity that is InRoads.
Page 1.

Spending time doing tedious design file comparisons?
Don’t let time-consuming and inaccurate compare processes get in the way of your deadlines. Page 3.


Tips & Tricks

How to save mouse clicks in MicroStation XM
Get easy access to your MicroStation XM workspace preferences.
Page 4.


July 08 MST
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How to look like a MicroStation genius
Fix hidden design file errors before you work is lost. Page 1.

BE Confeence 2008
Axiom's Deputy VP for marketing, Jennifer Fajardo, provides a pictoral review of this year's annual event. Page 4.


Axiom News

Unconventional but successful
What do Toyota and Axiom have in common?
Page 1.

Designing freedom
President Thomas Jefferson talks about architecture, constitutional rights and "bear gardens". Page 3.


Tips & Tricks

Moving from V8 to XM?
Check out what's changed in the main toolbox.
Page 4.


June 08 MST
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Quick and painless CAD translations?
How to make your translations between MicroStation and AutoCAD easier. Page 1.

Wonders of the ancient world or piles of rocks?The Egyptians learned the secret of infrastructure the hard way, but you don’t have to. Page 2.


Axiom News

More MicroStation productivity in less time
MicroStation users are increasing their speed, meeting deadlines and more! Page 3.

Undercover informant reveals Axiom secrets
Informant exposes Axiom’s unreleased product development plans. Page 1.


Tips & Tricks

Your own tailor-made MicroStation pull-down menu
Rick Sewell shows you how to keep your vital MicroStation tools close to hand. Page 3.


May 08 MST
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Code Red - MicroStation Terror Alert!
1,300 reference files gone bad, 300 design files with misspelled client’s names, and other catastrophes. Page 2.

Convert reference files to internal models!
Now you can merge your external reference files as individual referenced models within one design file! Page 1.

CAD Controversy
Page 3.


Axiom News

Need to edit raster reference files in MicroStation?
Axiom now has a solution to make your raster image editing work easier. Page 1.

Fast and easy AutoCAD training!
Axiom announces the release of a series of AutoCAD vBooks. Page 2.

Keeping MicroStation users happy in Alabama.
Alabama DOT’s Ronald McDonald gives some tips on working with MicroStation users successfully. Page 3.


Tips & Tricks

Your own personal MicroStation tool box
Rick Sewell shows you how to save time by making MicroStation your own. Page 4.


MicroStation Today - April 2008
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What do you call that?
Find out why Axiom had to develop a new technical language. Page 1.

MicroStation News

How to make more money with InRoads
LearningBay’s™ Orientation to InRoads training courses have been designed to get InRoads users billable fast. Page 1.


Axiom News

Axiom’s first employee
Twenty-year Axiom veteran, Steve Palmer, talks about developing MicroStation solutions and keeping up with David Greenbaum. Page 2.

Axiom’s new CEO.
Has someone new taken over the reins at Axiom? Page 3.

Personal MicroStation training — fast and inexpensive
Keith Sands of URS in Tampa tells how he solved the problem of training everyone personally. Page 4.


Tips & Tricks

Four hours' work in six minutes?
Famous MicroStation expert, Greg McKinney, shows you how. Page 3.


MicroStation Today - March 2008
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Has one of your MicroStation problems become a solution?
Axiom product ideas have sprung from the input of customers as well as the minds of Axiom staff.
Page 1.

MicroStation News

Ever wish you could clone yourself?
No need to clone yourself when you can clone your MicroStation reference files. Page 1.


Axiom News

Luck or LearningBay?
Find out how one Leprechaun made his own luck with LearningBay training. Page 2.

Missing reference files can destroy a project.
CAD Manager Gerard Hall of Scott Wilson Railways uses Global File Changer to keep CAD projects on schedule. Page 3.


Tips & Tricks

Keeping up with V8 standards: Part III
Axiom’s Rick Sewell shows you how to move all of the elements from one or more levels to another level in multiple design files in one shot. Page 4.


MicroStation Today - February 2008
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What is fatal error 898?
Find out if your design files are infected with this newly discovered V8-specific error. Page 1.

MicroStation News

Over 1,000 MicroStation title block changes — no problem!
CAD Manager Donnell Griffith of Urbitran found out just how easy Title Block Manager is to use. Page 3.


Axiom News

The future of CAD training
Boost your CAD training light-years ahead with LearningBay Enterprise. Page 4.

Missing reference files can destroy a project.
RefMerge can create a standalone sheet file that doesn't depend on attached reference files. Page 1.

Issues with CAD standards?
Find out which dynamic duo can simplify implementation of CAD standards. Page 2.


Tips & Tricks

Keeping up with V8 standards: Part II
Axiom's Rick Sewell shows how to update your design file with a level symbology CSV file. Page 4.


MicroStation Today - January 2008
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Starting a new design project?
FileFixer can help ensure existing design files are corruption-free and CellManager can help clean up old cell libraries. Page 1.

MicroStation News

Was MicroStation designed for you?
No. ... But it can be. How can you have MicroStation be exactly what you personally want it to be? Page 2.


Axiom News

New GEOPAK and PowerCivil training
New LearningBay courses let you train on Bently's site development software and GEOPAK Criteria whenever you want, whereever you want. Page 3.

Importing the right way
We'll show you how to import Word and Excel files into MicroStation with the exact text size you want. Page 1.


Tips & Tricks

Keeping up with V8 standards
Axiom's Rick Sewell gives the lowdown on an easy way to make sure your levels are up to V8 standards. Page 4.


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