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Bentley View Connect Edition - Clip Volume tool

dominic SEAH

Downloaded the CE version... seems a bit faster, which is good stuff.

Bentley View has the potential to reach a very wide audience... so I was a little disappointed to see the Clip Volume tool not being available. :-(

If the dgn has a DV then the DV's Clip volume is available. But, we need to realise that BV will be used as a 'swiss army knife' go-to tool to view all CAD formats. It opens a huge number of formats pretty well, but these days viewing 3d models is becoming increasingly common. If you accept this, than not having clipping tools to 'peel back' the 3d model to see what's inside is a critical got-to-have that any go-to tool will need to have.

The cut geometry etc is proxy graphics anyway that is volatile... should be compatible enough in read only mode? So near, yet... so far. Update 13?

The same goes for attaching Reference files. Mstn has already got all the functionality in place.

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    Hello Dan Eng.

    Thank you for the update. Because here in Holland they use Revit and Tekla a lot in the mechanical and construction industry. I’m using microstation for a long time. And it’s a pity that I feel that I I’m alone in this utility world. So I promote Bentley products a lot but I’m loosing. But I’m glad that View Connect will be using clip volume and the file is still read only.

    Met vriendelijke groet,

    Best regards,

    Andy Parinussa

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    Hello,

    Same situation for my company. We have running project in several european countries and we are more and more forced from customers to use NavisWorks. And also many of our suppliers wants to have our 3D Models as NWD file format.

    Unfortunately, Bentley has failed to extend the IModel format as an equivalent alternative to NavisWorks file format. We have never been able to provide our customers or suppliers with a sufficient free viewer for dgn files or IModels. Bentley View was never an alternative due to a missing Clip Volume Tool.

    It's very good to hear that Bentley will add Clip Volume Tool to Bentley View, it could be an alternative to replace Bentley View V8i as our internal company Viewer. But it comes much to late for using it with other companies. Nearly everybody wants an NavisWorks file now.

    Regards,

    Christian

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  • 0 Offline in reply to Andy Parinussa

    Hello,

    Same situation for my company. We have running project in several european countries and we are more and more forced from customers to use NavisWorks. And also many of our suppliers wants to have our 3D Models as NWD file format.

    Unfortunately, Bentley has failed to extend the IModel format as an equivalent alternative to NavisWorks file format. We have never been able to provide our customers or suppliers with a sufficient free viewer for dgn files or IModels. Bentley View was never an alternative due to a missing Clip Volume Tool.

    It's very good to hear that Bentley will add Clip Volume Tool to Bentley View, it could be an alternative to replace Bentley View V8i as our internal company Viewer. But it comes much to late for using it with other companies. Nearly everybody wants an NavisWorks file now.

    Regards,

    Christian

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