How to enable Bentley Raceway and Cable Management tools for OpenPlant Modeler


Product(s):OpenPlant Modeler 
Version(s):CONNECT Edition (10.08.00.xx) and above
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Original Author:Vikrant Kale , Bentley Product Advantage Group

Background

Bentley Raceway and Cable Management's Raceway and Underground System design tools are now included with OpenPlant Modeler CONNECT Update 8.  You can elect to install these design tools during the OpenPlant Modeler product install.



This document will guide you on the steps to enable the Bentley Raceway and Cable Management's Raceway and Underground System design tools in the OpenPlant modeler.

Note: To utilize cable management features you will need to use this standalone Bentley Raceway and Cable Management application.

Steps to Accomplish

Prerequisite: Install OpenPlant Project Administrator.

  1. First, enable the ‘Raceway and Cable Management’ while installing OpenPlant Modeler CONNECT Update 8. This will install the required plugins for Bentley Raceway and Cable Management.

  2. Launch OpenPlant Project Administrator. Select the required workspace and workset/project for which Raceway tools need to be enabled, and from the Configuration ribbon tab click Enable.

  3. This will open the OpenPlant WorkSet Product Enable wizard, click Next to proceed.

  4. Select the Product Bentley Raceway and Cable Management and click Next.

  5. It will start exporting the product standards and configurations for Bentley Raceway and Cable Management in your selected workset/project.

  6. Click finish after workset update successful with below message.

  7. Now, expand your selected wokset. You will notice under the product list Bentley Raceway and Cable Management is added. This step also added the Raceway Systems ribbon tab in OpenPlant Modeler application.

  8. You can review the project standards are now included the BRCM dataset and configuration file.



    You can manage your raceway catalogs are under the raceway folder. Here you can see some OOTB catalogs provided with the installation.
    It will load the dataset as per the workset selection. Here we selected the Imperial workset hence Imperial dataset is loaded.

  9. From product selection launch OpenPlant Modeler to review the newly added Bentley Raceway and Cable Management's Raceway and Underground System design tools.
    In the OpenPlant Modeler Workflow, you can see the Raceway Systems ribbon tab.

See Also

communities.bentley.com/.../projectwise-integration---bentley-raceway-and-cable-management-connect

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