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New Title Block Manager release
supports tag data.
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CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA —
Axiom recently re-leased a new version of Title Block Manager
which extracts and updates title block information stored
in MicroStation tag elements. This recent enhancement was
added due to a large number of customer requests. Title
Block Manager brings about consistency of the data stored
in title blocks by automating batch modifications of this
data throughout MicroStation design projects.
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| The new release of Title Block Manager can extract
and modify data in existing title blocks that use tags. |
This release empowers the user to update and report on information
existing in title blocks that use MicroStation tags to store
this information. Title Block Manager extracts tag data from
title blocks placed by customers before they owned Title
Block Manager and updates that information in batch.
Title Block Manager’s rapid new-feature development
and popularity stems from its ease of implementation and its
practical management of MicroStation files and title block
information, without the need of using a complex document
management system. However, if a document management system
is in use, Title Block Manager makes it possible to
leverage project information by interfacing with Microsoft
Excel, which can import and export the most popular data storage
files (like comma-delimited, tab-delimited or space-delimited
files), which are used by document management systems as well.
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| Title Block Administrator’s main dialog
box and function list |
Since project design files are often constantly being revised,
design information contained in title blocks also needs to
be revised to reflect these changes. Oftentimes, design files
are created which have sheet numbers that have previously
been assigned to other files in a project. This makes it necessary
to re-sequence sheet numbers throughout the project, requiring
quite a bit of manual work just to re-number the sheets.
With Title Block Manager, users have an intuitive,
project-based, batch-processing solution which makes it easy
to add and update specific information in title blocks as
they work on MicroStation design projects.
Title Block Manager components
To fully understand Title Block Manager, the user must
first be acquainted with its components. Title Block Manager
consists of two separate applications: Title Block
Administrator and Title Block Client.
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| Title Block Client’s data entry dialog box |
Title Block Administrator is used to create title
block cells. It is also used to extract the information contained
in title blocks from any number of design files and then write
that information to an Excel spreadsheet. The information
can then be easily updated or modified in Excel and pushed
back into the title blocks using Title Block Administrator.
Title Block Client provides users with a means of
adding a standardized title block to a design file or easily
modifying the title block information in a single title block.
Via its component applications, Title Block Administrator
and Title Block Client, Title Block Manager keeps
data consistent throughout all of a project’s design
files and saves users time during the design phase of the
project and at the end when getting designs ready for final
submittal.
The benefits of using Title Block
Manager
Using Title Block Manager, MicroStation users can ensure
that the data within their title blocks is consistent in look
and content. Now, users will be able to extract and update
data in existing title blocks which contain such data in tags.
Title Block Manager takes away the hardships of performing
manual updates to multiple title blocks to ensure consistency.
“This new release of Title Block Manager is our
first step towards completely processing existing title blocks,”
states Chris Borales, Product Manager for Title Block Manager.
“Stay tuned for upcoming releases.”
Call now!
For more information on Title
Block Manager contact an Axiom MicroStation Consultant
today! Call 727-442-7774 extension 9034 or e-mail
us.
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