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.
Hello Andy,
Just to provide an update, we have included the Clip Volume tools in Bentley View CONNECT Edition Update 14. They will be available for you to use during the current session since the file is read-only.
Thanks,
Dan
Most of my clients use TeklaBimSight Navisworks freedom to navigate in all 3d models. THey can easily cut views. But Bentley View connect is behind all of that. So it's allready too late for Bentley for my clients to let them use Bentley View connect. And in a year big things can happen. So when will Bentley view will come with Dynamic views.
I hope this will come sooner. Because Naviswork freedom can create a box to view a volume. It's not so good if BV Connect falling behind with the development of a BIM viewer.
Thanks for the update Dan, its good to see it seems to be progressing .
Regards
Helge
Hi Helge,
I do not have anymore information to share at the moment on these items. I can assure you that we have received multiple requests now for the ability to do a clip volume in Bentley View and we are still working on seeing what we can implement, at the earliest, Update 14 of Bentley View CONNECT Edition.