3mx file in projectwise

Unfortunately there is no way to directly open a 3mx file from projectwise.

You can always export the 3mx to the local box you are working on but I think the best way to achieve what you are looking for would be to attach the 3mx via url.  You can create new dgn and use the keyin mrmesh attach/geoattach (geoattach sets the coordinate system of the dgn from the 3mx).  You can then reference that dgn and use it like it like you would the 3mx file directly.

Thanks for the help Casey,

That's a bit disappointing to be honest. We were told lots of great things by Bentley when they acquired Acute3D, one of them was a 3D model format compatible with ProjectWise. Saving the 3mx file as a dgn which can only be opened in Microstation Connect isn't really what we were hoping for. Will cause a lot of confusion when trying to share with other parties.

From what i can work out, at the moment we're probably best sticking to what we were doing 2 years ago and just referencing in a geo-referenced obj from PW. it's compatible across more platforms and since the 3mx doesn't carry over any of it's features such as re computing the triangles in the mesh when zoomed in, there isn't much difference.

Thanks again

Richard

Thanks for the help Casey,

That's a bit disappointing to be honest. We were told lots of great things by Bentley when they acquired Acute3D, one of them was a 3D model format compatible with ProjectWise. Saving the 3mx file as a dgn which can only be opened in Microstation Connect isn't really what we were hoping for. Will cause a lot of confusion when trying to share with other parties.

From what i can work out, at the moment we're probably best sticking to what we were doing 2 years ago and just referencing in a geo-referenced obj from PW. it's compatible across more platforms and since the 3mx doesn't carry over any of it's features such as re computing the triangles in the mesh when zoomed in, there isn't much difference.

Thanks again

Richard