Just installed this morning. Hating the raster file handling, it's worse. I just attached several, they don't display until a manipulation like level on/off, ras display is used.
Then a little text editing, once you complete a single edit text command reverts to Default Tool. Single Click set to Locked in preferences.
We're just getting started with this dog, guess I'll go back to keeping a list and filing service tickets when I have time.
Anyone else feel like an unpaid beta tester?
Also crashed once today, just shut down, no error, no nothin.
My general impression is that it feels a bit more responsive and I like the new V8i mode implementation. However I see Bentley have just posted a blog with opening times. It seems (If I read it correctly) that unless you have a massive data set then V8i is still faster. IMO Connect should be faster in all situations.
Duncan Macdonald said:unless you have a massive data set then V8i is still faster
This Bentley blog discusses the DGN file opening times. I've reproduced their table and added a column that shows the performance of CONNECT compared with V8i...
Element Count
FO Time (in sec) CE
FO Time V8i (in sec)
CONNECT vs V8i (below 100% means slower)
83.6 MB
512500 (X)
8
7
88%
165 MB
1025000 (2X)
16
13
82%
330 MB
2050000 (4X)
35
27
77%
662 MB
4100000 (8X)
90
58
65%
827 MB
5125000 (10X)
140
120
86%
993 MB
6150000 (12X)
170
440
259%
1.12 GB
7210000 (14X)
380
850
224%
1.29 GB
8200000 (16X)
390
900
230%
1.45 GB
9227000 (18X)
620
1400
226%
1.61 GB
10250000 (20X)
880
2000
228%
Apparently, their conclusion is that we should all work with files greater than 800MB, because then we'll have a faster experience using CONNECT than with V8i! Most of us, most of the time, are working with files well below 800MB, so we're stuck with a slower experience.
Regards, Jon Summers LA Solutions
I just did some benchmarking of my own with 3 small Civil DGNs and i'm seeing very good session open times. This is with a simple workspace though (i7 laptop, SSD, 32Gb RAM, Win10)
7Mb DGN (2 Design Models - 4 Refs each)
v8i SS10 = 24s
CE U13 = 17s
3.2Mb DGN (2 Design Models - 2 Refs each)
v8i SS10 = 19s
1.4Mb (2 Design Models + 15 Drawing models)
v8i SS10 = 21s
CE 13 = 17s
CE U13 seems to have a constant 17 secs session open time regardless of file size for small files, while v8i varies depending on data set. Just my experiences so far, may be a very different case for other types of models and data combinations...
Regards,
Mark
OpenRoads Designer 2023 | Microstation 2023.2 | ProjectWise 2023
That being said - SS10 seem to open slower than SS4 - an inherent CONNECT Licensing connection delay maybe?
The backstage in U13 does seem much faster and the change workset dialog is much more responsive.
good morning Duncan I share all the "advantages" you have listed
Bing Maps can be used as background images
It seems that Bing Maps are older than online map so if some mistakes are found in map and quickly fixed by Bing it does not update in Microstation.