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Title Block Manager
for V8/XM
Achieve
title block consistency automatically!
Title Block Manager for V8/XM
automates batch changes to your MicroStation title
blocks! Easy to use and install, Title Block
Manager for V8/XM automates batch changes to title
blocks placed in V8/XM versions of design files, helps
maintain consistency of title block information
and provides full reporting capabilities.
Title Block Manager can intelligently read
a batch of design files and distinguish between
elements in the design and those in the title block.
Once the title block elements are found, Title
Block Manager finds the values within the title
block and attaches a Title Block Manager-specific
linkage to them. This feature dramatically cuts
down the time it takes to perform mundane tasks
like modifying sheet numbers or adding revision
data into a title block.
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Title Block Manager for V8/XM creates a database
file (Excel spreadsheet) from data extracted from
your title blocks. From this database, users can
edit and manage the data and have it automatically
updated in the appropriate title blocks. For example,
if a user adds a sheet, he can then re-sequence
all the other sheets in a project and update the
information in all the necessary title blocks.
Axiom's Title Block Manager:
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Helps ensure company-wide consistency of title blocks appearance and information,
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Places file name, full file path or other data from configuration variables automatically into title blocks,
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Allows for bi-directional synchronization of title block information between title blocks and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets,
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Automatically updates and populates information in multiple title blocks,
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Processes batch changes on the information placed in title blocks in seconds and
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Reports on all title block information (such as file path, file name, name of title block cell and any other user-defined information) in MicroStation files.
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Supports the placing and managing of multiple title blocks in one design file
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Can place title blocks as either a regular cell, shared cell or regular elements
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Has improved cell library selection for administrator functions
Do I need Title Block Manager?
Are you frustrated by the lack of consistency in
the look of your title blocks? Do you need to quickly
re-sequence sheet numbers in a batch of MicroStation
files? Do you need reports on the information in
your title blocks? Would you like your drafters
to be able to easily place pre-existing title blocks,
by using a simple wizard screen?
If you answer "Yes" to any of
these questions, then you need Title Block Manager.
Components of Title
Block Manager for V8/XM
Title Block Manager for V8/XM is composed of
two applications:
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Title Block Client:
For placing and modifying title blocks.
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Title Block Administrator:
For performing administrative tasks, like exporting
and updating title block data, as well as, creating
new title block cells.
Using Title Block
Manager for V8/XM — a user's perspective
After the title blocks are created and stored as
cells in a cell library (all done from within Title
Block Manager for V8/XM), they are ready for placement
in MicroStation files. Using Title Block Manager's
wizard-like interface to place a title block in
a design file, users simply need to 1) start Title
Block Manager, 2) select the appropriate title
block cell from a list, 3) place the title block
cell in the MicroStation file, 4) populate the title
block text areas that need to be filled in with
the appropriate information (Title Block Manager
for V8/XM prompts the user for this information
according to how the project or CAD manager set
up the title block cell), 5) and click on <Finish>.
The title block will be immediately placed in the
MicroStation file with all its pertinent information.
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| Title Block Client
for V8/XM (a component of Title Block Manager
for V8/XM) makes adding title blocks and modifying
title block information fast and easy for the
user. |
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| To update title block
information with Title Block Client for V8/XM,
just select the field you want to update, enter
the new value and click the <Update> button. |
Automatically update
information in all title blocks.
Ease of implementation is a keynote of Title
Block Manager. Once created, title blocks are
easy to place and modify, but difficult to corrupt.
Title blocks are saved as cells in a cell library,
either 2D or 3D. An administrator can select design
files with title blocks placed in them and create
or update an Excel spreadsheet at the click of a
button, populating it with the information found
in the title blocks; this information can include
creation date, sheet numbers, project number, etc.
Conversely, users can easily modify the newly created
Excel spreadsheet (for example, they can easily
re-sequence the spreadsheet column holding the sheet
number information if a sheet needs to be inserted
in the middle of the project), and then use Title
Block Manager to automatically re-populate the title
blocks in the design files with the new information.
Manage pre-existing title
blocks.
Title Block Manager can intelligently read
a batch of design files and distinguish between
elements in the design and those in the title block.
Once the title block elements are found, Title
Block Manager finds the values within the title
block and attaches a Title Block Manager-specific
linkage to them. This feature dramatically cuts
down the time it takes to perform mundane tasks
like modifying sheet numbers or adding revision
data into a title block.
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| Title Block Administrator
for V8/XM (a component of Title Block Manager
for V8/XM) allows you to maintain consistency
of title block information and provides full
reporting and control capabilities. |
Consistency across title
blocks
Per a market research survey done by Axiom, consistency
of title blocks was one of the biggest benefits
MicroStation users would expect from a title block
management utility. Catering to the needs and wants
of the MicroStation community, Title Block Manager
for V8/XM boasts a system administrator interface
wherein only project or CAD managers can create
the title block templates that will be placed by
users of the application. Title Block Manager
for V8/XM saves these title block templates as
cells in a cell library ensuring that these are
the only title blocks available to their MicroStation
team. The result is a consistent look and format
throughout the title blocks placed in a project's
design files.
Automatic insertion of
file path, file names and more
Another feature requested by MicroStation users
was the ability to automatically insert MicroStation
file path, file name and other information into
title blocks. Using Title Block Manager,
administrators can define title block cell fields
that will be automatically populated with the file
name, the full file path or any other data collected
from any configuration variable at the time the
title block cell is placed in the design file.
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Features at a Glance
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Feature Supported
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| Fully compatible with MicroStation V7, V8 and XM |
YES
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| Update title block information from Excel or Access |
YES
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| Title blocks can be edited with standard MicroStation tools or Title Block Client tools |
YES
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| Update multiple design files and multiple models in batch |
YES
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| Bi-directional synchronization |
YES
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| Administrative interface |
YES
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| Place title blocks as regular cells, shared cells or simple elements |
YES
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| Can place file name, full file path or other data from MicroStation configuration variables into title blocks |
YES
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| One-click access to Excel or Access database |
YES
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| In-depth log file which shows how and what information was modified |
YES
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| Update existing title block cells with a new title block cell |
YES
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| Configurable database using MicroStation workspaces |
YES
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Call now!
For more information, call 727-442-7774 extension 9071 in the
U.S. or e-mail us.
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