OpenPlant Products CONNECT Edition Release

On behalf of the OpenPlant team, it is our pleasure to announce the release of the OpenPlant CONNECT Edition products listed below. These products are now available live on the Bentley Software Fulfillment site. Under Brand, you can select OpenPlant to see the following released products.

• OpenPlant Modeler CONNECT Edition (10.00.00.119)
• OpenPlant Support Engineering CONNECT Edition (10.00.00.119)
• OpenPlant Isometrics Manager CONNECT Edition (10.00.00.119)
• OpenPlant PID CONNECT Edition (10.00.00.119)
• OpenPlant Orthographics Manager CONNECT Edition (10.00.00.119)
• OpenPlant Project Administrator CONNECT Edition (10.00.00.119)

OpenPlant CONNECT Edition provides:

• A CONNECTED Performance Environment for improved collaboration and visibility
• A Comprehensive Modeling Environment for modeling and design of all infrastructure types
• A Common Data Environment that enables modeling and design applications to work with one another
• Streamlined User Interface:
  • New ribbon menu, updated icons and dialog enhancements
  • Component gallery implemented in PID and OPM
  • Modern, unified and consistent UX ribbon menu
  • Optimized common workflows
  • Consistent look and feel across CONNECT Edition products
• Increased Performance
  • 64-Bit Operating System
  • > 2 GB design models can be viewed and processed effectively
• Common Worksets
  • Common workset for all OpenPlant products installed once – no duplication
• Online help available
• Connect Advisor
  • Updates to CONNECT Advisor implementation and support content availability

For details of features implemented in individual products and general information on CONNECT products, please refer to ReadMe files for plant design products.

OpenPlant Modeler CONNECT Edition:

• Spec filter option available now to list only those components in the component gallery that are available in specs.
• Introducing MicroStation mode in OpenPlant CONNECT Edition release
• New Reporting Interface:
  • Design new reports in OpenPlant Project Administrator
  • Intuitive user interface and easy customization
  • Report on selected components in the modeling window
• Enhanced Annotation capability. Use MicroStation “Place Label” command to do all EC annotations
• Externalized centerline project functionality. Can be accessed in plain MicroStation or any other MicroStation based product.
• Various defects and anomalies fixed

For more information, please refer to the ReadMe file.

OpenPlant Support Engineering:

• Ability to upgrade older project database to CONNECT Edition easily
• Stability fixes and improvements in drawing production of supports
• Design new reports using OpenPlant Project Administrator

For more information, please refer to the ReadMe file.

OpenPlant Project Administrator:

• iModel provisioning capability for the iModelHub technology preview
• Updated managed workspace creation to support new workset/workspace concept
• Common configuration support for all OpenPlant products

For more information, please refer to the ReadMe file.

OpenPlant Isometrics Manager:

• Unique Configuration Manager executable
• Dimensioning Updates
• Whitespace updates
• ProjectWise CONNECT Edition integration updates
• Batch Processing of i-models

For more information, please refer to the ReadMe file.

OpenPlant Orthographics Manager:

• Support ProStructures components for both DWG and DGN
• Performance improvements for high mesh size components, detail and facet control and 2D hidden line support
• Annotation updates

For more information, please refer to the ReadMe file.

OpenPlant PID:

• Introducing MicroStation mode in OpenPlant CONNECT Edition release
• New Reporting Interface:
  • Design new reports in OpenPlant Project Administrator
  • Intuitive user interface and easy customization
  • Report on selected components in the modeling window
• iModelHub Integration Technology Preview – for more information please see the BE Communities post about signing up for the iModelHub Technology Preview.

For more information, please refer to the ReadMe file.

For more information about the value of OpenPlant and the products in the OpenPlant CONNECT Edition suite, go to:

• http://www.bentley.com/en-US/promo/openplant/
• https://www.bentley.com/en/products/product-line/plant-design-software/openplant-modeler
• https://www.bentley.com/en/products/product-line/plant-design-software/openplant-isometric-software
• https://www.bentley.com/en/products/product-line/plant-design-software/openplant-orthographics-manager
• https://www.bentley.com/en/products/product-line/plant-design-software/openplant-pid
• https://www.bentley.com/en/products/product-line/plant-design-software/openplant-support-engineering