OpenBuildings Designer - Clash Detection for Duplicate Elements
Clash Detection Tool can be used not only to find clashes between different levels, files and disciplines, but also within one file as a Self-Check and to detect duplicate elements.
To perform a Self-Check:
Go to Collaborate tab -> Clash Detection…
OpenBuildings Designer - Join and Unjoin Tool (Penetration Tool)
Are you a designer working on BIM interdisciplinary projects? Do you often need to coordinate models, for example create and adjust openings in architectural models to adjust it to mechanical installation projects?
You may want to get familiar with…
PLAXIS-ProjectWise integration: collaborate on PLAXIS models through Bentley's ProjectWise
Application
PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D
Version
PLAXIS 2023 PLAXIS CONNECT Edition
Date created
02 August 2023
Date modified
02 August 2023
PLAXIS enables integration with Bentley Systems' ProjectWise. The PLAXIS -…
ProjectWise
ProjectWise helps accelerate your project strategy with workflows extending across projects, improving collaboration, and delivering projects faster. Providing the necessary tools will help to identify and implement best practices across a user enterprise…
Design History of multiple users
I found excellent example of using Design History tool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-JqC3zj-tE
But in this case is only one user.
If I'm collaborating on a project in MicroStation using external links, how do I see the Design History for all…
Google Drive for Collaboration
Hello Folks,
Just curious if anybody has tried using Google Drive to collaborate on Bentley cad design files with external colleagues and if so what your experience was like?
Thanks for your time and sharing,
Google Drive for Collaboration
Hello Folks,
Just curious if anybody has tried using Google Drive to collaborate on Bentley cad design files with external colleagues and if so what your experience was like?
Thanks for your time and sharing,
Using iTwin Referencing for Coordination with Revit
Product:
OpenBuildings Designer
Version:
CONNECT Edition
Area:
Interoperability
Subarea:
Revit
The Situation
Do you need to reference a Revit model to your OpenBuildings Designer model so that you…
New in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 15 - (Public Technology Preview) iTwin Design Review
With every update of MicroStation CONNECT Edition, the ability to working with ease and offering a better experience is evolving. With the recent update, you can now simplify your sharing capabilities and web-based model viewing with iTwin Design Review…
BIM: Why? What? Who?
The purpose of this article is to explain the reasons that can help us making the decision to bet or not for changing, for evolution, for using the new technologies also in the construction’s world. There is too much literature trying to explain the change…
BIM: ¿Por qué?, ¿Para qué?, ¿Para quién?
El objetivo de este artículo es explicar las razones que nos pueden ayudar a tomar la decisión de apostar o no por el cambio, por la evolución, por el uso de las nuevas tecnologías también en el mundo de la construcción. Hay mucha literatura intentando…
I'm hiring a ProjectWise Administator
I'm looking for an advanced ProjectWise Administrator to help manage and customize our system. We are currently using Geospatial ProjectWise, ProjectWise InterPLOT, Imodel Composer, Dynamic Plot, MicroStation with managed workspaces, InRoads, OpenPlant…
Collaboration on a BIM project. Possible or Impossible?
Everyone that has been involved with BIM technology in one way or another, has heard the same question: Is it really possible to work with BIM in a collaborative environment? As you can guess, the answer is not based on specific software or application…
Are Large Organisations abusing thier license usage?
I use a bentley select License for my private commercial work. By days I work as a contractor to major infrastructure companies, using their licenses.
I often hear employyes of these organisations bragging about doing their own private income generating…
About ProjectWise
Connecting People and Information Across Project Teams
ProjectWise is an engineering project team collaboration system which is used to help teams improve quality, reduce rework, and meet project deadlines.
Proven on projects of all shapes and sizes…
Projectwise Select Series 2 integration with AutoCad 2008??
Does projectwise have integration with AutoCad 2008 mechanical?
A user tried to install it but does not have the option to turn on integration with autocad.
Please assist.
Project Folder Multiple Varables to Classify
I'm looking to classify Project Folders that may or may not have multiple service so that when I do a search I get a list of all projects with xyz services. For example, I offer multiple discipline design or a single discipline so that my mix of disciplines…
Information Management on Infrastructure Projects - BS1192
The industry has struggled with information management on infrastructure projects for a long time now.
This has been understood and well documented in the past. Organisations are addressing the challenge but it is still a challenge none the less. Some…
ProjectWise titleblock data to auto-populate drawing list?
We are interested in using data from our drawings, pulled into PW via titleblock integration, to then auto-populate a drawing list. We know that Axiom has something - for $25K! - to do it. But, for obvious reasons, we don't want to fork out that kind…
Export Projectwise geospatial data in Excel or XML format
Hi, is it possible to export Projectwise data in a XML or excel format which would provide document properties (name, state etc) but including geospatial reference coordinates where applicable?
Many Thanks
Re: Networked Workspace
My thoughts in the %include....maybe I overthought this and you don't need to do an include.
Some people set _USTN_USER to a folder on the network named Users or something like that., and then set _USTN_USERNAME = $(USERNAME) so you get the Windows…
Geopak site collaboration
I would like advice on collaboration strategies when working in Power Civil or Geopak Site projects. A scenario would be where an engineer needs to evaluate design scenarios in site grading while a designer might be developing a detailed site model. Based…
BIM Benefits
This WIKI is intended to document the benefits that facility Owners, Contractors and Architects/Engineers receive from the use of BIM - Building Information Modeling.
Owner Benefits of BIM
A process change that improves the odds of delivering a building…
ProjectWise Tweeters to Follow
For all of those who are already on Twitter, here are my two top people to follow.
@ AlGray tweets about Engineering Information Management with topics important to all of us in the eB and ProjectWise world or anyone interested in the future of information…
Can’t delete that missing file?
A small change in ProjectWise V8i allows users to delete a file that does not exist in the storage area. In the past you had to remove the file in the properties dialog, create a bogus file in the storage area, or import a new file before you could delete…