For the upcoming Bentley View CONNECT, we would like to be able to support V8i workspaces in addition to the new CONNECT workspaces. We would appreciate any comments to the questions below.
1) What type of activities do you use Bentley View for?
2) Why do you use Bentley View compared to using the engineering application (IE: MicroStation) to view a drawing?
3) Who installs Bentley view?
4) Do you use Bentley View with existing workspaces
5) If implementing MicroStation CONNECT, is it likely you will work in a hybrid mode? Meaning some projects on V8i and some on CONNECT.
6) If using Bentley View to access existing projects by workspace, how do your users use Bentley View?
7) Any other comments on how you use Bentley View in your organization appreciated.
1) Open view for: measure, print, layer control easier than PDF, reference and raster control more granular than pdf (not level dependent), 2) View is used to not cost a design/drawing seat of Microstation 3) IT installs or approves the deployment 4) Workspaces are not widespread, but it would be useful to expand Authority of some form of Corporate standards across the Bentley range. 5) CONNECT will be company wide deployment with Authoritative environments 6) 1. Workspaces are not generally understood and not deployed Authoritatively 7) a) 500 seats is a useful quantity, but I question the need to have a limit at all b) View currently requires separate training as commands do not match Microstation - Please make them identical (whilst redacting Design tools of course) c) Installation deployment should include Citrix model d) View shall be 100% compatible with Microstation at all times, including Accusnap tools etc.
Greg Smith
Microstation 10.17.01.058
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Keith Raymond
Those are good points, thanks very much. The interface on the CONNECT Edition products has moved to the ribbon format. For MicroStation we have many commands and, therefore, many ribbons. Using the same ribbon setup I think would be too complex for the simplified Viewing workflow. Below is the current setup with most tools available on the Home tab. Such a setup should streamline operation at the expense of a bit more documentation!
regards / Thomas Voghera