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They work with Windows, relational databases, and graphics tools including CAD and GIS. </p> <p> <span class="new-product">New Features!</span> </p> <ul> <li>Pattern Catalogs <li>Random Patterns <li>Colour Management including <em>Colour Swatches</em> </ul> <ul> <em>FlexiTable</em>&trade; is a schedule and table drafting tool for MicroStation<sup>&reg;</sup> and Bentley PowerDraft<sup>&reg;</sup> from <a href="http://www.bentley.com" target="_blank" >Bentley Systems</a>. FlexiTable provides compatibility with Microsoft<sup>&reg;</sup> Excel&trade;, and has a variety of ways to extract data from a MicroStation or PowerDraft model. You can also use FlexiTable to update DGN data. <p> <table> <caption align="bottom" >Art with FlexiTable</caption> <tr> <td> <a href="content/FlexiTableColours.htm" ><img src="images/Random Colours thumbnail.jpg" alt="Colour Swatch created with FlexiTable" /></a> </td> </tr> </table> </p> <p> Now you can manage <em>Color Tables</em> and (in MicroStation XM) <em>Color Books</em> using FlexiTable. Use FlexiTable to create a <em>colour swatch</em> from your <em>Color Book</em> or <em>Color Table</em>. </p> <table> <caption align="bottom" >Names of some colours are trademarks of <a href="http://www.farrow-ball.com/" target="_blank" >Farrow &amp; Ball</a> or <a href="http://www.firedearth.com/" target="_blank" >Fired Earth</a></caption> <tr> <td> <a href="content/FlexiTable.htm" ><img src="images/imgFarrow&BallSwatch.jpg" alt="Colour Swatch created with FlexiTable" /></a> </td> </tr> </table> <p> <em>Pattern Catalogs</em> let you define, edit, and recall a number of <em>pattern definitions</em>. You can activate a <em>pattern definition</em> and then use one of MicroStation's hatching tools. <em>FlexiTable</em> enables you to place a <em>Pattern Catalog Legend</em> with a few mouse clicks. </p> <table> <caption align="bottom" >Patterning with with FlexiTable</caption> <tr> <td> <a href="content/FlexiTable.htm" ><img src="images/imgPatternCatalogLegend.jpg" alt="Pattern Catalog Legend created with FlexiTable" /></a> </td> </tr> </table> <p> <em>Pattern Catalogs</em> are also the key to creating <em>random patterns</em> with MicroStation. </p> <table> <caption align="bottom" >Patterning with with FlexiTable</caption> <tr> <td> <a href="content/FlexiTable.htm" ><img src="images/imgRandomPattern-grouped-hole.jpg" alt="Random Pattern applied to a Grouped Hole" /></a> </td> </tr> </table> <p> We previously announced facilities to acquire information about MicroStation <em>Named Groups</em>, modify reference attachments, build a <em>level legend</em> and create a table of <em>configuration variables</em> using FlexiTable. </p> <table> <tr> <td><a href="content/FlexiTable.htm" ><img src="images/dlgExcel-torn.jpg" alt="Excel opens FlexiTable file" /></a></td> <td><a href="content/FlexiTable.htm" ><img src="images/dlgFlexiTable-torn.jpg" alt="FlexiTable opens Excel file" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Excel: Data Exported from MicroStation by FlexiTable</td> <td>FlexiTable: Data Acquired from MicroStation </td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <p> <a href="content/FlexiTable.htm" >Find out more about FlexiTable</a>. </p> </li> <li><em>Plot Composer</em> is a print composition tool for MicroStation, PowerDraft and GeoGraphics. <p> </p> <img src="images/imgDrawingComposition-480x360.jpg" width="480" height="360" alt="Plot Composer's Drawing Composition in Context" /> <p> <a href="content/PlotComposer.htm" >Find out more about the <em>Plot Composer</em></a>. </p> </li> <li><em>Folder Browser</em> is an ActiveX component for developers using COM-compatible development systems. It makes it easy to write VB or VBA code and pop a dialog that lets you users browse for a Windows folder. <p> </p> <img src="images/dlgFolderBrowser.jpg" alt="FolderBrowser" /> <p> <a href="content/FolderBrowser.htm" >Find out more about the Folder Browser</a>. </p> </li> <li> <em>Registry Key</em> is an ActiveX component for VB and VBA developers. Its purpose is to persist application settings as named strings in the Windows Registry. <p> </p> <img src="images/dlgRegEdit.jpg" alt="Application Settings in the Windows Registry" /> <p> <a href="content/RegistryKey.htm" >Find out more about the Registry Key</a>. </p> </li> </ul> <p> Here are some products introduced in the last year&nbsp;&#8230; </p> <ul> <li><em>Configuration Validator</em> is a free utility for MicroStation<sup>&reg;</sup>. It's an administrator's tool for validating workspace configuration variables. It's written in MicroStation VBA and includes source code <p> <a href="content/MVBA/MVBA-ConfigValidator.htm" >Find out more about the Configuration Validator</a>. </p> </li> <li> <em>AreaSymboliser</em>&trade; is an area resymbolisation utility for MicroStation. It lets you colour shapes (e.g.&nbsp;offices on a floor plan) automatically with outline and fill colours. When you change an area's purpose (e.g.&nbsp;from&nbsp;<em>marketing</em> to&nbsp;<em>sales</em>), it's easy to refresh or reassign the colours <p> <a href="content/AreaSymboliser.htm" >Find out more about AreaSymboliser</a>. </p> </li> <li><em>AreaAnnotator</em>&trade; is a free utility for MicroStation. It lets you annotate a shape's area and have that area updated automatically when you edit it <p> <a href="content/AreaAnnotator.htm" >Find out more about AreaAnnotator</a>. </p> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="headline">Services <p> LA&nbsp;Solutions provides project management, software development and consultancy <a href="content/services.htm">services</a>. Customers interested in our services are typically looking for solutions for databases, spreadsheets, computer aided design (CAD), and geographic information systems (GIS). </p> </li> <li class="headline">Publications <p> LA&nbsp;Solutions staff contribute <a href="content/publications.htm">technical articles</a> to technical journals and on-line magazines. </p> <p> These cover aspects of technology that interest us. 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