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With the release of ProjectWise V8i, a number of features of ProjectWise Geospatial were moved to the core product. This allows users to search for documents by their spatial location. In order to do this, one of the first things the ProjectWise Admin needs to do is to create a background map with one or more layers. These layers have an option of a minimum and maximum scale. In this example, I have created a background map with three layers created...

The MicroStation printing team is currently investigating design proposals for level and reference overrides when printing from either Print Organizer or the MicroStation Print dialog. Today, MicroStation pen tables allow you to turn off levels when printing, but it is not possible to print a level or reference whose display was turned off in the design file at the time the print definition was created. The leading proposed feature would be to add...

Release 14.02 of the RAM structural System V8 i is scheduled to be released February 2010. This version contains several significant enhancements. Stub Cantilevers Stub cantilevers - cantilevers without a backspan - can be modeled and designed. They can be framed off of columns, off of the side of beams, or off of walls. They can be designated as Steel or Concrete, Gravity or Lateral. Multiple Deflection Criteria The sets of Deflection Criteria are...

The Be Communities was rolled out just over a year ago as way to bring together on one site infrastructure professionals to discuss, learn and get support on Bentley's many products in a casual, some say social environment. Judging by the daily traffic the success of Be Communities has been an overwhelming success. However, as good as it is, Be Communities - the social web site, can't replace good old one-on-one "face time" a real user conference...

I'm still participating in the Bentley beta-testing of the Luxology render engine. New features are still being impemented, and I believe more is yet to come. Here are some of my newest tests, most of the stuff has been shown in the Luxology Render Community in the last weeks. Just various stuff created by the use of Microstation V8i and Luxology Render. No postwork. I discovered that Luxology Fur could be tweaked quite a bit, and made this rather...