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Will Bentley Map use Item Types or EC attributes in the future?

Krister Surell
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Finally Bentley Map is here. But it still the same program (or actually half the same program for the moment). I got the impression that with Bentley CONNECT Bentley products would move towards a common attribute format, i.e. Item Types/EC attributes. Will that be the case with Bentley Map in the future?

CONNECT has great tools for analyzing, thematizing and reporting on Item Types and it's a shame that you should be required to have Bentley Map to review attributes.

I realize that it's a big challange to rewrite old code but if not now, when? Will Bentley Map ever be a modern, integrated software that adds new functionality in a seamless way letting MicroStation users use/view the result?

/Krister

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    Thanks for your comments.  We have investigated the use of EC Attributes and even done some prototyping.  But at this time we feel it’s best for our users to remain with XFM properties for a number of reasons.

    • There is a great deal of user data available that would require conversion and update to the new EC format
    • The tool we use to define the data schema (the Geospatial Administrator) would have to be adapted to use that format as well, possibly causing changes that would have to be managed by our users
    • The geospatial API would also have to be adapted to take advantage of the EC format, also necessitating changes from our geospatial developers.

    It’s certainly a goal to harmonize our data storage strategy and we are working towards that.  But we need to be aware of the impact on our users in making these decisions.

    WRT taking advantage of some of the MicroStation based tools that use EC/item types.  Some of these would be very useful for sure, especially the reporting tools.  With display rules we do find some level of conflict.  The Map Manager is used to resymbolize features in Map and there is room for conflict between the two processes.  But this can be handled by disabling display rules while the Map Manager is running.  There may be other issues as well.

    The bottom line is it is a continual dance to make Bentley Map work for the requirements of mapping and infrastructure users while also playing well with the CAD capabilities of MicroStation.  We are always interested in our users ideas on how to make this integration better.

    Keith Raymond

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    Thanks for sharing and explaining your thoughts. I realize that this would require a lot of rewriting but that was still what I would had hoped for. 

    Regards, 

    Krister 

    Owner consultant at Surell Consulting AB

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