[SS10 08.11.09.931] Luxology removed

Hi Tuan,

Tuan Le said:

Just wondering what does that point mean exactly for 08.11.09.931?

What is not clear on "removal of the Luxology"? ... Luxology is not included in this "last version" of MicroStation V8i.

From V8i help:

This update of V8i SS10 does not support Luxology Rendering. Features related to Luxology Rendering
are removed. However, you can export to Luxology (.lxo) files and render in Modo. For more advanced
rendering capabilities you should switch to the latest update of MicroStation CONNECT Edition which
supports the more advanced VUE render engine.

The following dialogs are no longer available:
* Luxology Render Dialog
* Effects Manager Dialog

Effectively it means that the latest MicroStation V8i does not contain any usable advanced rendering engine. Even when you can open old rendering tools, that were developed for MicroStation before Luxology was licensed, my experience is that they always crash MicroStation.

The discussed removal only follows what happened already in MicroStation CE: Because Bentley decided to integrate VUE from e-On Software (owned by Bentley), there is no reason to pay license fee to Foundry company. And, probably, there is some agreement when and how Modo engine has to be removed from Bentley products. The difference is that in MicroStation CE, Luxology is still available, but locked (so Bentley has to be asked for unlocking key), and VUE is available, whereas in V8i ... there is nothing (probably not big surprise because of expiring V8i support).

With regards,

  Jan

Hi Tuan,

Tuan Le said:

Just wondering what does that point mean exactly for 08.11.09.931?

What is not clear on "removal of the Luxology"? ... Luxology is not included in this "last version" of MicroStation V8i.

From V8i help:

This update of V8i SS10 does not support Luxology Rendering. Features related to Luxology Rendering
are removed. However, you can export to Luxology (.lxo) files and render in Modo. For more advanced
rendering capabilities you should switch to the latest update of MicroStation CONNECT Edition which
supports the more advanced VUE render engine.

The following dialogs are no longer available:
* Luxology Render Dialog
* Effects Manager Dialog

Effectively it means that the latest MicroStation V8i does not contain any usable advanced rendering engine. Even when you can open old rendering tools, that were developed for MicroStation before Luxology was licensed, my experience is that they always crash MicroStation.

The discussed removal only follows what happened already in MicroStation CE: Because Bentley decided to integrate VUE from e-On Software (owned by Bentley), there is no reason to pay license fee to Foundry company. And, probably, there is some agreement when and how Modo engine has to be removed from Bentley products. The difference is that in MicroStation CE, Luxology is still available, but locked (so Bentley has to be asked for unlocking key), and VUE is available, whereas in V8i ... there is nothing (probably not big surprise because of expiring V8i support).

With regards,

  Jan

So how to unlock ? 

martinezx said:

So how to unlock ? 

You have to ask Bentley (not sure what communication channel is the right one) for a key. It's file, that is saved to defined place in MicroStation installation.

Regards,

  Jan

Ok thank you Jan

I would be interested in Luxology unlock key. Currently VUE is pretty much useless for me.

Dear Bentley team

can we receive this unlock key in private messages ?