Bentley View V8 and Bentley View Connect Edition

Question

Bentley View V8:- 
 I have suggested to a client that he installs Bentley View V8 edition on his machine ( in the absence of a Connect version ), he has asked me if Bentley has a tutorial for this, do we have a PDF or video tutorial? 
 Bentley View Connect Edition:- 
 Firstly, can anyone advise when the new version will be available and secondly will it have similar measuring and extended viewing capabilities i.e. will my client be able to view Display Rules etc.

Makai Smith · Answer

The reintroduction of Bentley View CONNECT Edition is forthcoming, anticipated to be early in the fourth quarter of this year. As has been the case with previous generations of Bentley View, it is a derivative of the MicroStation codebase and thus will support CONNECT Edition capabilities as expected (fpr example, Display Rules and the latest version of RealDWG). Users who would like to install Bentley View V8i can do so now and as soon as Bentley View CONNECT Edition is available, it will be posted as a free download on the MicroStation product page on Bentley.com. 
 Regards, 
 |\/| /\ |< /\ | 
 Makai Smith Director, Product Management MicroStation Product Line Bentley Systems, Inc. makai.smith@bentley.com

Andrew Bell · Answer

The CONNECTION Client is something that allows users to communicate through Bentley's Cloud Services which may be required for a lot of users accessing files from large corporation stored in this location. Even for those users just requiring a free viewer. It is a standard methodology used by many software companies moving to digital models stored in the cloud.

Jose Pinho · Answer

Hi Ken-t, 
 KEN-T said: do we have a PDF or video tutorial? 
 Here you'll have a link to a PDF to help, and here you can see some videos regarding Bentley View. 
 KEN-T said: when the new version will be available 
 It's under Future Consideration , so I hope we'll see something about this in a near future. 
 KEN-T said: will it have similar measuring and extended viewing capabilities 
 I believe we don't have to worry about this part, as this as been integrated since the origins. 
 KEN-T said: be able to view Display Rules 
 We hope that when the new Bentley View comes out will have that (and more) capabilites like Bentley View Connect Edition had. 
 Regards

Bentley View V8 and Bentley View Connect Edition

Top Replies