Hi ,
does anyone know some working app for Android which can correctly display dng files? I tried this rubbish Map Mobile, but it only spports Imodel. After converting DGN file to it, I´m getting "Map has no geocoordinate data" message....
best regards
V.
Hi Václav,
Václav Roflík said:does anyone know some working app for Android which can correctly display dng files?
as far as I know, there is no Android application supporting DGN format natively. At least none from Bentley, because as interchange and mobile format, i-model is always used.
If you do not want to use i-model, an option is to convert file to DWG and to use some from available DWG viewers.
Václav Roflík said:After converting DGN file to it, I´m getting "Map has no geocoordinate data" message....
Yes, because it's expected that every "geo DGN" has alwayas GCS assigned ;-)
As Kees van Prooijen [Bentley] wrote, you can assign GCS to a model in MicroStation easily. I guess it should be some from S-JTSK systems, which is EPSG:102067 or EPSG:5514.
Václav Roflík said:Hope this is right section of the portal as link from within Map app leads to nowhere. (well done again Bentley)
I think there is no special "mobile forum". When Map Mobile is discussed, to use OpenCities Map forum is recommended.
In general, Bentley's target is to support iModel, through iModel Hub, based on iTwin.js technology, on all devices. But offline support is currently listed as planned feature, even though I assume to use web browser on table should be no problem when table is connected.
With regards,
Jan
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Václav Roflík said:I am not keeping my hopes up that will Bentley will release some update after 4 years of neglecting
Bentley Map was always "a half supported product" :-(
As I wrote earlier, Bentley's development effort is now focused to iTwin technology, based on iModel and BIS. Online viewer is functional already (tested on Android 12 with 3D data), and to support off-line devices is in the roadmap also. Personally I expect all current mobile and table products will move to this ecosystem in (near?) future.
I am aware of Bentley cloud services, but for my purposes is this solution way too robust and therefore extremely user unfriendly. Also because of my working environment, offline capability is crucial. Still I am not surprised at all, that instead of a simple solution I am offered unnecessarily complicated, overpriced product and plain promises...Best regsVaclav
Try to contact Opendesign alliance they had ODA Android Viewer demo app which was almost usable. ODA development quality doesn't look very high thought.Other option would be run PocketdDGN app on Windows CE emulator for Android but it will be complicated to set up.
Václav Roflík said:Still I am not surprised at all, that instead of a simple solution I am offered unnecessarily complicated
Bentley's world have never been simple, but always complex. It's the company mindset :-)
Václav Roflík said:overpriced product
iTwinjs is open source. Even though cloud ecosystem (iModelHub and related services) is closed and commercial, the open source part is still offers all main features. So I hope / assume more solutions, some simple, some tight to iModelHub, will be released in future.
Václav Roflík said:and plain promises...
It is true that Bentley plans for mobile world were fuzzy, still changing and not delivering any really great product.
But for iTwinjs, the plans and agenda are defined for a long time, shared publicly, and the only problem is that - as nearly all software development - it is delayed.
Especially in mobile devices (Android, iOS) the development is active, so maybe it would be possible to create own app even now (just a guess), and it is also possible to create iModel snapshop from MicroStation, so I think the available solution is quite close.
Regards,