Dear Bentley,
Please stop treating Prosteel for Autocad users like second class citizens and provide an IFC Export / Import facility built into the product.
The "Structural Synchronizer" method is just a hack that barely works because it does not process large lumps of modelling for what ever reason I cannot fathom.
Thanks
KV
Hello Keith Virtue,
Your request is noted. We will put this request to Product management if this feature can be added in next release.
Regards,Sandip KarProduct Engineer - Bentley Systems
Don't hold your breath on this one. Even though I'm with you on this one Keith I cant see them ever adding this valuable upgrade.
Hopefully they pull their figure out and prove me wrong!
Hi Daff,I can understand your requirement. We are discussing this internally and I will update you soon.Thank you for your patience and understanding.Regards,Mihir Patil.
I have a different, and perhaps a little controversial, view on that. I think Bentley should drop AutoCAD support and focus on ProStructures that running on top of MicroStation. Maybe, who knows, evolve it to "OpenStructures Modeler"... A version of ProStrcutures much closer to the OpenBuiding Designer (Catalog Types based objetcs), with support for modeling precast structures (corbels, columns, beams, pre-cast connection with the new "User Conncetion Tool"), better detailing tools for reinforced concrete shop drawings (in Brazil, for example, we do not use managed rebar shapes, all rebars on drawings are unmanaged and it is a pain to do this workflow on ProConcrete; Allplan, Revit, Tekla do this much easier). For those who use AutoCAD, there is already Advance Steel. The fact that Bentley continues to support AutoCAD delays the development and evolution of ProStructures.