RealDWG 2015 libraries

Hello Bentley friends,

any idea when you will be delivering the RealDWG 2015 libraries?

Thanks,

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  • Hi Michael,

    RealDWG 2015 libraries will be included in a next version of MicroStation, which is now available for testing as AEP (Early Access Preview).

    As usual (not in Bentley case only ;-), there is not announced fixed release date for this version.

    With regards,

     Jan

  • They need to release enablers for their core software. So when AutoCAD 2016 is released, they need 2016 enablers if someone is to open a file needing enablers due to content from one of their vertical products.
    In the past, an enabler would actually update the objects to the current version, even if the file was being saved to an earlier release. So not only was it necessary to keep enablers up to date, but you had to make sure no one opened a file in a newer version that was in use of a project. And that meant even if you were in 2007, or 2008 versions of a vertical product, just opening a file and saving it with a 2009 enable installed made that file almost useless for those using 2007 or 2008. Once the objects were in 2009 format, the objects, which often contain live design data were unavailable to users of the 2007 or 2008 version of the software.
    We work on many different teams and have had to maintain 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 version available and separate so users could work on different teams requiring different formats. When 2013 came out we assumed we were again getting on a new merry-go-round. But then, 2014 and 2015 were released and the objects were now forward and backward compatible! And then, when 2016 was released, we were told that it continues the compatibility with the three prior versions.
    Our current license offers up to 2015 so we are now rolling out new PC's with 2015 while current PC's are using 2013.
    One caveat - if new objects are created, the older enablers cannot see them. However we have not been given any list of objects to see if this will impact us.


    Charles (Chuck) Rheault
    CADD Manager

    MDOT State Highway Administration

    • MicroStation user since IGDS, InRoads user since TDP.
    • AutoCAD, Land Desktop and Civil 3D, off and on since 1996
  • Thanks for the history Cadcop.
    I pretty much new most of it, but a refresher is always good.
    Your caveat is my concern...
  • Hi Don,

    I'm about to undertake the integration investigation (yes, I know.. a few months later).

    Following from your comment "That said, we plan to release an update of MicroStation V8i by the end of the year and it will have RealDWG R2016. If you are not ready to upgrade to CONNECT, perhaps you can wait and get the V8i update so you will be able to use C3D OE R2016", I went to the downlaod site to look for the MicroStation V8i version that includes the 2016 realDWG library.

    I don't see any recent MicroStation V8i version and, in fact, the most recent V8i version I can see is 08.11.09.459 - build date 06/27/2013.

    Can you advise when the build of MicroStation V8i that includes the realDWG 2016 libraries will be made available?

    Thanks,
    Michael
  • You have two options at this point: if you can wait, MicroStation SS4 is on its way to be released in perhaps a few weeks. This release will have RealDWG 2016 as the default installation. Alternatively if you need RealDWG 2016 to be run on your existing SS3 products, you can download it from SELECTservices (just search by "RealDWG2016"). We decided not to make an announcement for this release because we anticipated SS4 to be available shortly after the release of RealDWG 2016. If you install RealDWG 2016 and expect it to run on an existing SS3 product, you'd have to manually set MS_REALDWG_VERSION=2016 for that product. Comparing to SS4 it run will RealDWG2016 by default.



  • Hi Don,

    thanks for the reply.

    What is MicroStation SS4?
    Is it a V8i product or a Connect product?

    I dont anticipate that we'll be ready to move forward until the end of February so, assuming that SS4 is a V8i product, we'll be looking for that version.

    Michael
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