Legacy projects using 2way Plan And Model Extractions in Architecture V8i

I know that is is possible to use the legacy DEM defiinitions from XM projects forward  in V8i.

However it appears Bentley has no replacement (V8i support)  for legacy XM projects that used  "2way plan and model" design mode approach .

It seems the only option is to convert (TFPROMOTE) the entire project to Building Views and rebuilding the Sheet compositions to use the BV saved views.

Ouch....

  • Yes, this is correct.  The reality is that DEM is slowly being deprecated in favor of Building Views, though obviously it's an ongoing process.   As I understand it the 2D/3D workflow required a lot of development and certification overhead, so something had to give in order to free up that time.  Hopefully the benefits of the BV workflow will become more and more apparent with each new release - I think it has already begun - and should really kick in when BBMS and Structural Modeler take advantage of this technology.  

    The way I look at it, DEM wasn't nearly the tool we know today during its first few years of existence.  Which is sort of where we are with BVs today, though I see so much more potential than DEM could ever offer.  The technology just needs to mature in order to gain that much needed "polish".  And AFAIK there is a concerted effort to make sure this happens sooner rather than later.