MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 14 introduces iTwin Synchronizer as Technology Preview. iTwin Synchronizer enables you to synchronize or push your design changes from a DGN to an iModel in the iModelHub. These changes in the iModel are available for your team members, reviewers and project stake holders for viewing, analyzing and validating.
To share files associated with a project with team members and stake holders, you only need to push your changes in the design file to an iModel using iTwin Synchronizer and then share a link to the iModel with them. The team members you share this link with will be able to view, examine and analyze the data stored in the iModel. In the iModelHub, design changes are recorded chronologically, making it easy to track what changes were synchronized, by whom and when.
Advantages of Synchronizing Data:
Note: You must have the iTwin Synchronizer desktop application installed on your system to be able to use iTwin Synchronizer in MicroStation. Click here to download iTwin Synchronizer desktop application.
iTwin Synchronizer in MicroStation leverages the iTwin Synchronizer desktop application which is a cloud-based design collaboration tool and supports design tools from Bentley, as well as Autodesk and others.
Here is how it works:
In MicroStation, you can access this tool from the ribbon:
Drawing/Modeling > Utilties > iModelHub
When you select iTwin Synchrinizer in the ribbon, the iTwin Synchronizer desktop application opens. Here you will see the ProjectWise project your DGN is associated with in the Projects drop down and you will see any Synchronizations that have been created for this project. You can select a Synchronization you want to push your changes to. You must be added to the project by your project admin to be able to synchronize data.
Here’s some information on RBAC permissions that are required for you to:
(These roles and permissions can be managed by your project admin. You can read more on RBAC roles here.)
You can access more information on the iTwin Synchronizer desktop application in product help.
Stay tuned for more blog posts that will discuss this tool in detail like prerequisites, workflows and best practices associated with its use.
Please share your feedback or ask any questions about the iTwin Synchronizer in the iTwin Synchronizer forum.