OpenPlant CONNECT Edition Update 11 Release Announcement

On behalf of the OpenPlant team, it is my pleasure to announce the release of the OpenPlant CONNECT Edition Update 11 products listed below. These products are now available live on the Bentley Software Downloads site. Under Brand, you can select OpenPlant to see the following released products:

• OpenPlant Modeler CONNECT Edition Update 11 (10.11.00.260)
• OpenPlant PID CONNECT Edition Update 11 (10.11.00.213)
• OpenPlant Isometrics Manager CONNECT Edition Update 11 (10.11.00.175)
• OpenPlant Project Administrator CONNECT Edition Update 11 (10.11.00.180)
• Bentley Raceway and Cable Management CONNECT Edition Update 11 (10.11.00.222)
• OpenPlant Support Engineering CONNECT Edition Update 11 (10.11.00.163)
• OpenPlant Orthographics Manager CONNECT Edition Update 11 (10.11.00.153)

OpenPlant CONNECT Edition Update 11 release is a step forward in further enabling our users to realize the benefits of a infrastructure digital twin. Build & maintain the digital twins using PlantSight during the design phase of projects from existing data sources including Bentley products and integration with third party applications to work in an open connected data environment. Latest update of Data Manager as a cloud service empowers engineers to access and edit data as a single view of truth. In addition to Tag browser, now it provides complete queries creation and management via the newly released Query Browser functionality with capability to edit advance queries.

Here are few of the highlights of OpenPlant CONNECT Edition 11 released products:

OpenPlant Modeler CONNECT Edition Update 11:

• Enhanced Attach iTwin as Reference Dialog
• New Water / Wastewater components (MegaLug Series 2100, Level Invert Tee, Suction Bell Mouth, Grooved QUICKVIC Fittings)
• Various Modeling and Support Placement enhancements
• Enhanced Autofitting workflows to support mitered bend placement and switch pipe ports
• Enhanced Pipeline Manager workflows
• Catalogs\Specs Updated for new components and updated sample dgns

For further details please review the ReadMe file.

OpenPlant PID CONNECT Edition Update 11:

• Virtual Instruments and Tag Replication
• New Components and Component Types  (i.e. instrument panel / filters / strainers / water & wastewater components)
• Added support for Horizontal Oriented Reports
• Enhanced Instrument Loop drafting workflows
• Enhanced Piping Tools
• Enhanced Drafting and Tagging Workflows
• Simplified Project Reuse Workflows
• PlantSight Integration and Synchronization Enhancements

For further details please review the ReadMe file.

OpenPlant Isometrics Manager CONNECT Edition Update 11:

• Ability to Show Dual Unit (Imperial & Metric) for Coordinates/Elevation Values
• Added new Variable that points to the location of the i.dgn that is active in OPIM
• Ability to define different Isoseed.dgn name for each isometric style not per Project
• Ability to place Direction, Angle and Orientation of Olets
• Option to disable Style Editor dialog for clients only
• Option to set dimension values outside the dimensioning lines
• Improvements in Dimension Text Alignment
• Improvement in Isometric Triangular dimension for Eccentric Reducer on inclined line
• Option to use the flat dms folder structure when using PW managed workspace

For further details please review the ReadMe file.

OpenPlant Project Administrator CONNECT Edition Update 11:

• Ability to Push Process/Functional Schemas to ProjectWise during i-Twin Setup/Upgrade
• Introduced a Common View option to Set up Property/Category
• Introduced faster and easier way to sync all specs with the Catalog/s
• Minimized the security risk through OIDC Authentication on Schema Upgrade process

For further details please review the ReadMe file.

Bentley Raceway and Cable Management CONNECT Edition Update 11:

• Enhanced Raceway ID tools 
• New SDK featuring Raceway and Equipment APIs
• PlantSight Integration uses an iModel as an alternative to the SQL Server Database.
• New Convenient and Expedient Parametric Content Creation Tool
• New Parametric Support Placement Tool
• Support for Multiple Connection Points on Equipment

For further details please review the ReadMe file.

OpenPlant Support Engineering CONNECT Edition Update 11:

• General usability fixes
• Stability Improvements

For further details please review the ReadMe file.

OpenPlant Orthogrpahics Manager CONNECT Edition Update 11:

• General usability fixes
• Stability improvements

For further details please review the ReadMe file.

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

https://www.bentley.com/software/plant-design/

 Thanks,

Abbas Ali Zaidi