Remove duplicate and near-duplicate MicroStation® elements automatically!

Duplicate Element Remover  ™

 A component of MicroStation Acceleration Garage ™
 
 

No more duplicate elements

Duplicate MicroStation elements are a bigger problem than most MicroStation experts realize. Why?

  • Time is wasted when you have to stop and figure out why elements aren't moved or deleted when they should have been.
  • Duplicate elements make MicroStation screen updates take longer.
  • They create plotting problems (such as unsightly dark elements on pen plots).
  • Duplicate elements waste disk space and memory. As a result, you have less free disk space and MicroStation runs slower.

The solution

Duplicate Element Remover solves these problems for MicroStation users automatically! Furthermore, Duplicate Element Remover gives you pinpoint control over exactly which elements get deleted and which don't.

Precision control

Duplicate Element Remover gives you exact control over:

  • Which design files get processed. (Any set of design files — for example, *.dgn — can be processed with a single command.)
  • Which levels to remove duplicates from. (Maybe you have some levels on which duplicate elements are allowed.)
  • Which element types, weights and styles should be considered for removal.
  • Whether or not to compare against elements in reference files.
  • Many other processing options.

Elements that are identical except for level, color, weight or style

Duplicate Element Remover puts you in control over how closely elements have to match before they are considered duplicates. For example, what if two elements are identical, but are on different levels? What if two elements differ only in color? Or weight? Duplicate Element Remover gives you precise control over such criteria.

Partial overlaps

What about elements that partially overlap — for example, a line that overlaps one segment of a line string? Or an arc that overlaps part of a circle? Should they be deleted? Once again, Duplicate Element Remover gives you exact control.

Near-duplicates

What about two lines which almost exactly overlap except that they have very slightly different vertices? Once again, Duplicate Element Remover gives you control over how far apart the vertices can be and still be considered duplicates.

Powerful and convenient reporting

Deleting duplicate elements automatically is a very powerful process. Before doing so, you should always verify that you won't be deleting elements you actually need. Duplicate Element Remover gives you several powerful ways to accomplish this verification.

Graphic report files

For each design file processed, Duplicate Element Remover can generate a graphical report design file showing only the unwanted, duplicate elements. The report design file has the same name as the original design file, but extension of .drf (design report file).

Text report files

Duplicate Element Remover can also generate a text report file that lists each design file processed and a list of the elements removed from it. You can generate one text report file for the entire job or a separate text report file for each design file processed.

Batch mode versus interactive mode

As a further convenience, Duplicate Element Remover gives you a choice of using batch mode or interactive mode. In batch mode, if you choose to remove all the duplicate elements in a set of design files, say *.dgn, it will remove all the duplicates in those design files with no further human intervention. In interactive mode, Duplicate Element Remover zooms in on each duplicate element, letting you decide to delete (or not delete) each duplicate one at a time.

  

MicroStation V8i support and more

Duplicate Element Remover works with the following:

  • MicroStation V8i
  • MicroStation V8/XM
  • MicroStation V7

For more information or a free trial version, click here or call 727-442-7774 extension 6800 in the U.S. or e-mail us.