Bentley Map, Oracle SDO_GEOMETRY and ESRI SDE_GEOMETRY data types

Re: Bentley Map, Oracle SDO_GEOMETRY and ESRI SDE_GEOMETRY data types

Jerry Walter - Bentley — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:17:54 GMT

Correct in that sense, but if the user was also going to use the Connector, they would have to revert back to the SS2 version of Bentley Map, since the files generated by the connector will not be editable in the SS3 version of Bentley Map, unless they do a conversion on the files to move it up to SS3. This was the reason for my comment about the version does not matter here. Sorry for the confusion.

Re: Bentley Map, Oracle SDO_GEOMETRY and ESRI SDE_GEOMETRY data types

Martin Roy — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:08:59 GMT

The version does make a difference here since 8.11.9.76 was a pre-release evaluation version. Dan's comment is correct, you must upgrade to 08.11.09.91 which is the official V8i SELECTSeries 3 release.

Martin

Re: Bentley Map, Oracle SDO_GEOMETRY and ESRI SDE_GEOMETRY data types

Jerry Walter - Bentley — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 22:40:24 GMT

Since you will not go the route of the connector soon, then the version of Bentley Map will not make much of a difference. As Dan suggested, you may have to go the shapefile route or get the GIS group to change back to the Oracle Standard.

Re: Bentley Map, Oracle SDO_GEOMETRY and ESRI SDE_GEOMETRY data types

Dan Weston — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:06:19 GMT

Bruce,

That xx.09.76 version was a pre-release to (SELECTseries 3) v08.11.09.91. Recommend that you download and install the released version. If this is an upgrade from (SELECTseries 1), note that the Product ID has changed, and your Bentley Account Manager will need to file a change order for you so that the new ID is reflected in your Licensing/account details.

ESRI s/w will be able to export the basemap data you need in Shapefile format. MicroStation can open/reference/import Shapefiles. You would need Bentley Map to Export to Shapefile. The FME Desktop interface in Bentley Map may provide a more robust import/export option if you want to go that route.

Dan

Re: Bentley Map, Oracle SDO_GEOMETRY and ESRI SDE_GEOMETRY data types

Bruce Reeves SRNS — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:12:00 GMT

I've got version 8.11.9.76 (doesn't open - says 30 day trial expired, but I've got a license...)

Don't really want to go the ProjectWise/Connector route, as we're not using ProjectWise currently (have it, but not using it), and we don't have a license for the Connector. We're probably NOT going to be modifying the data - just want to be able to extract it for "base/background data".

Thanks for the info/reply.

Bruce

Re: Bentley Map, Oracle SDO_GEOMETRY and ESRI SDE_GEOMETRY data types

Jerry Walter - Bentley — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:50:59 GMT

As Jeff said, we can not read SDE_GEOMETRY directly in Bentley Map. You will need the ArcGIS Connector for this. To make sure you get the correct version of the connector, what version of Bentley Map are you using ?

Re: Bentley Map, Oracle SDO_GEOMETRY and ESRI SDE_GEOMETRY data types

Jeff Bielefeld — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:41:28 GMT

Bruce,

Only those tables containing Oracle Spatial SDO_GEOMETRY data types are supported directly in Bentley Map. I would expect that use of the Bentley ProjectWise Connector for ArcGIS would be required.