Descartes Connect?

Hi,

we plan to release a first version of Descartes CONNECT on Q3. There will be some new capabilities related to Reality Modeling to process Reality Meshes created by ContextCapture. However, we won't have ported all the tools for that first version.

Could I know what are the key capabilities of Descartes that you are looking for on CONNECT ?

Regards
Ben

Is there any Technology Preview already available?

To me seems identical it may or may not miss some specific features.

Thanks for the info!

Here is the official description of Descartes CONNECT Edition:

Bentley© Descartes™ CONNECT Edition

Advancing Information Modeling for Intelligent Infrastructure

Bentley Descartes is the one-stop solution for editing and visualizing the kinds of huge data sets common in engineering and mapping projects today. These include imagery, point clouds, reality meshes and digital terrain models.

Bentley© Descartes™ V8i is still the preferred solution for processing aerial imagery, binary imagery and raster digital elevation modeling (DEM).

Bentley© Descartes™ CONNECT Edition is the first version of Bentley Descartes based on MicroStation CONNECT Edition and fully 64 bit. It does not yet include the image processing capabilities but fully supports point clouds, scalable terrain models and reality meshes (ContextCapture 3MX files). It is ONLY currently available as a standalone product. Bentley Descartes for MicroStation (the layered application that can be installed on top of MicroStation, OpenRoads, OpenPLant) is not available as a CONNECT Edition product yet.

Bentley© Descartes™ CONNECT Edition introduces unique capabilities to process reality meshes created by Bentley ContextCapture and increases the reach of point cloud processing with better scalability and a more effective user interface. The main key new features include:

◾Support for CONNECTED Users and CONNECTED Projects

◾New Ribbon User Interface for greater productivity

◾Integration of Bentley ContextCapture reality meshes (*.3mx)

◾Ground extraction from reality meshes and point clouds

◾Drape element and snap element tools with enhanced support for reality meshes

◾Section and model by section tools no longer limited to point clouds

◾Point cloud colorization from orthophotos

Hi Pascal,
Okay i guess i have to wait a bit longer for the layered Descartes then. Do you have a target release date, Q4ish?
Regards
helge

Yes, Q4ish is a good bet. ;)

Pascal

Yes, Q4ish is a good bet. ;)

Pascal

As long as we are talking 2016!!!

Hi,

we will introduce in Q4 a new version of Descartes CONNECT Standalone with most of the raster capabilities ported as a Early Adopter version (previously named beta).

We are changing the way we will deliver Descartes for MicroStation. In the future, the installer won't come indenpently from the platform product (ex: MicroStation or OpenRoads) but will be embedded in those installers.

At installation time, when a user will install MicroStation for example, he will have the option to install Descartes for MicroStation. This way we will simplify the version/compatibility tracking.

The best Descartes version for a given version of MicroStation will simply be embedded in its installer!!

We expect to do the first release of Descartes for MicroStation CONNECT in Q1 2017.

Hope this helps
ben

This looks great - Where can I find info regarding pricing of the product?

Gil,

If you are a Bentley subscriber, you should contact your Account Manager.

If not, you can fill this Sales Contact Request: www.bentley.com/.../sales-contact-request

Pascal

In my one-man office, I AM the Account Manager - that's why I'm Asking.
Using my Bentley account and logged in -
The web page froze...
If a sales rep can contact me - that would be great.