Functionality

Bentley speedikon Industrial V8i (SELECTseries 5)

Bentley speedikon Architectural V8i (SELECTseries 5)

Managing Project Data

Project and site information

Yes

Yes

Repositories are located in ProjectWise database or in a file system workspace

Yes

Yes

Navigating by ProjectWise Explorer or built-in Project Manager

Yes

Yes

Easy access to non-graphical building model data with Project Editor utility

Yes

Yes

Project and model file archives including SMD utilities

Yes

Yes

Modeling

Geometric data input and storage with engineering precision

Yes

Yes

Building coordinate system aligned to geo coordinates

Yes

Yes

Grid types (column grid, ceiling grid)

Yes

Yes

Reference planes for easy elevation changes

Yes

Yes

Architectural space concept (data, space boundaries, relationships)

Yes

Yes

Walls (single, layered, tilted, curtain, custom)

Yes

Yes

Windows, doors (by cell or scripted)

Yes

Yes

Industrial sectional doors, rolling shutters, rolling grilles

Yes

No

Floors, ceilings

Yes

Yes

Ramps, stairs, handrails

Yes

Yes

Platform stairs (straight, L-shaped, U-shaped)

Yes

No

Railing systems for platforms

Yes

No

Caged ladders

Yes

No

Gratings (standard and heavy duty)

Yes

No

Roofs (simple or scripted)

Yes

Yes

Skylights for smoke and heat extraction/exhaust systems

Yes

No

Model elements for several usage (by cell, form modelled, scripted, constrained)

Yes

Yes

Slabs, beams, columns

Yes

Yes

Framing details (braces, haunches)

Yes

No

Connection details (base and end plates, gusset plates)

Yes

No

Truss builder

Yes

No

Plate girders

Yes

No

Cross steel section columns

Yes

No

Space boundaries and containment

Yes

Yes

Automatic wall alignment to floor slabs and roof sections

Yes

Yes

Automatic column alignment to beams and slabs

Yes

Yes

Automatic opening creation if columns penetrate suspended ceilings

Yes

Yes

Important design properties: material, fire rating, thermal resistance, space temperature, sound reduction

Yes

Yes

Custom properties by attaching user defined attributes

Yes

Yes

Model complies with data requirements for clash detection

Yes

Yes

Tagging

Model elements tagging controlled by attribute filters

Yes

Yes

Reporting

Space reporting

Yes

Yes

Quantity take-off

Yes

Yes

Business data reports

Yes

Yes

Publishing

Building models in IFC file format

Yes

Yes

Building models in PDF file format

Yes

Yes

Drawings in DGN file format

Yes

Yes

Drawings in native DWG, DXF file format

Yes

Yes

Building Annotation

Dimensioning tool set

Yes

Yes

Model element associative labeling

Yes

Yes

Section markers

Yes

Yes

Exterior and interior elevation markers

Yes

Yes

Graphical symbols for safety signs according to ISO 7010

Yes

No

Drawing Production

Drawing composition

Yes

Yes

Templates for ISO standard sheet sizes and non-standard sizes

Yes

Yes

Customizable title blocks

Yes

Yes

Floor plans, sections and elevations from model

Yes

Yes

Drawing generation controlled by display filters

Yes

Yes

Updating drawings by scheduled batch jobs

Yes

Yes

Drawing revisions

Yes

Yes

Plot files in PDF file format

Yes

Yes

Interfaces

IFC export for design coordination

Yes

Yes

GBXML export for energy analysis

Yes

Yes

DGN import and export for slab, beam, wall perforators

Yes

Yes

STAAD export and import for steel structure analysis

Yes

No

SDNF export and import for steel structure detailing

Yes

No

Programming

API for VBA

Yes

Yes

Macro scripting language

Yes

Yes