Microstation Consultancy: Configuration Overview

Ecado are currently delivering the following services to clients seeking to improve the quality of their Microstation output and reduce their design costs.

Improving Efficiency and Quality:

• Development of approved, networked cell libraries to cover all clients' design requirements.
• Developing workspaces to ensure approved resources are the only ones being used.
• Developing interfaces to provide instant palette-based or drop-down menu access to regularly used resources.
• Instantly create standard drawing types based on approved standards-compliant design.
• Extend the Microstation user-interface so that the design team can instantly access project and corporate documentation (design specifications etc.) from within Microstation.

CAD Standards:

• Development and implementation of corporate and client CAD standards.
• Setting up multi-user, multi-project Microstation systems that adhere to CAD standards requirements.
• Intuitively implement CAD standards-compliance through DGNLIB files and macros that run every time drawings are opened to restore correct settings.
• Build standards-compliance into the CAD system, with much less reliance on individual CAD users. Take CAD standards beyond documentation.

Technology:

• Database systems to link non-graphical information to design.
• Macros and VBA programmes.
• Batch processes.
• Simplified streamlined plotting solutions.
• Searchable intranets with key engineering and design information accessed directly from Microstation.

Benefits:

Typically, we would expect to achieve a reduction in design costs of at least 40-50%, comparing using Microstation out of the box against a fully configured and developed system deployed to all users.

If any of these services would benefit your team, please feel free to email us or ring Neil Ferguson on 07765 250359 for an informal chat.