We are working on an ORD project as a sub-consultant to another firm. We share terrain models, corridors, alignments, etc. Our partner firm is using ORD Version 2018, Release 4, Update 6 (10.06.00.38). We were considering updating our software to ORD Version 2019, Release 1, Update 7 (10.07.00.56), but before doing so, we would like to make sure that our partner firm is not going to have problems accessing data we are creating with the newer version.
Is there a possible compatibility issue between these two versions?
Thanks,
Christopher A Mexas
Hi Christopher,
Data is not backwards compatible, so you wouldn't be able to take data back from update 7 to update 6. You should be able to reference it in or open it as Read Only, but not edit it.
Its OOK to take data forward from an older version to a newer one, but once its been touched in the newer version, the same rule applies as above.
Hope this helps your decision, but if you have further questions, let us know.
Simon Pegg
Bentley Civil Support
Can any one clarify why Bentley would do something like this? This is making file sharing with my clients impossible and beyond frustrating.