Today's recorded meeting and PowerPoint presentation. Topics today were:
1. A talk on the User Success Program
2. A brief talk on Cameco's implementation lessons learned
3. A presentation of what's new in the latest releases of Assetwise Reliability
4. A Q&Acommunities.bentley.com/.../User-Update-_3D00_-What_2700_s-new_5F00_May-2021-SIG.pdf
LARS Bridge CONNECT Edition x64 (SES) V20.02.00.101 is now available for download on Bentley Software Downloads. In this release, the feature to directly import and export bridge models between LARS Bridge and AASHTOWare BrR v7 is offered. Following bridge types are supported by the feature.
For the detailed release notes, please see the attached PDF file.
The OpenGround Support team and have been hard at work over the last few months to source all of the default components that have been created so that we can make these available to all of our OpenGround users.
Access to the Component Center is available for all Bentley CONNECT users who have been given the Component Center Read access under the Bentley Cloud Services access and permissions portal. If you do not have this access then please contact your Bentley Administrator who can review this and give access as required.
These components have been created for multiple different regions and setups and are now all available on the Component Center for users to download and install into their OpenGround Cloud systems as required.
The types of components available include but are not limited to;
The team will be looking to keep this resource updated as and when new content that can be made generally available is made.
For more information on Component Center, including how to gain access and how to navigate the system, please see our article on our Communities Wiki.
Please note that the components available on Component Center are only compatible with OpenGround. HoleBASE SI and HoleBASE CONNECT Edition (And associated applications) users should continue to contact the support team if they require a copy of a standard component.
Visibility Tool Update - Clear Category and Model Changes
The Clear tools in the top left of iTwin Design Review have been updated to allow the user to Clear Hide and Isolate changes that have been made to Categories and Models. Previously the Clear tool only worked on individual elements and users were required to turn Categories and Models back on within the Visibility Trees. This update streamlines this operation for a great time savings.
Reality Data Masks
A new feature has been added to the reality data viewer which allows the user to apply a mask to the reality data to prevent models within the view from being obstructed by the reality data.
This setting is accessible under the settings menu for specific reality data within the Reality Data Visibility Widget:
To enable the mask simply turn on the Mask by model toggle within the settings menu:
Prior to turning on the mask you can see that the model is obstructed by the existing reality mesh:
After the mask setting is turned on the reality mesh is cut away so the model is fully visible:
Clear Individual Measurements
A new toolbar item has been added to the contextual measurement menu that allows individual measurements to be removed. All measurements that are currently selected will be removed when this option is used. Multiple measurements can be selected by using CTRL+Click.
AssetWise Enterprise Interoperability Server v1.2.19.0 is now available for general access from Bentley Software Downloads. All production hosted tenants have been upgraded.
To simplify the life of admins and get time back on their side, we have added the ability to bulk import users from a spreadsheet. To import users to a project, admins can go to Administration - Manage your team and click Import users. There they can download a sample sheet and simple fill it with emails and roles. To give users multiple roles at once, include the email address again in a separate line and define the role name there.
When posting a question to one of the Be Communities Forums it's always good practise to reveal the version of MicroStation (or other product) that you are using. MicroStation's version command is there to help: type version in the command key-in window to see this in the Message Center...
If you can't see the key-in window then you can use MicroStation's search window to find it...
Another way to see the version is to use the backstage Help→About menu...
I'm excited to share that a select group of Bentley users are trying out a new system for opening Service Request.
The objective of the trial is to confirm our assessment that the new system is a great fit for both Bentley and our Users, and that it will deliver significant improvements in the areas of user portals, self-service, knowledge management, visibility of issues, and communication.
If you are an APM user and have not received an e-mail to join, but want to, I would love for you to be able to see the new system. e-mail me, craig.robertson@bentley.com, and I will send you information about joining the trial.
You can now get time on your side by designing pixel-perfect PDF printouts of SYNCHRO forms to automate exporting forms to a design that is familiar to your team. The forms can be exported on stationary that is fit for your company and your project, while still enjoying the easiness of filling out mobile-enabled forms on phones and tablets as well as robust reporting through consistent data points. To learn how to create custom exports for your project, please watch the training video below:
You can now launch Bentley Forms Designer directly from a Project. This streamlines creating forms such as daily logs, clash detections, safety lists, and basically any form that can assist you and your Team.
Simply click the Forms icon on the Navigation pane to launch Bentley Forms Designer.
This is a reminder of our upcoming regularly scheduled patch and maintenance weekend - June 11 to 13th for Bentley ProjectWise Cloud Operations. We apologize for any disruption in service you may possibly see but the maintenance of your servers is pertinent for system health and security.
Microsoft releases its security patches on the second Tuesday of each month. Bentley Cloud Operations patches all hosted servers on the following weekend during non-business hours per the location of the hosted servers. Please view the Microsoft Security Updates site for the release notes for this month's patching.
During each patch weekend, Bentley strives to keep the planned outage to 30 minutes or less per server farm (FQDN).
Region | Locations | Day | Est Start Time |
Asia Pacific | Asia, Australia, India, and Japan | Saturday | 13:00 UTC |
EMEA | Europe including the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates and South Africa | Saturday | 00:00 UTC |
Americas | Brazil, Canada, and the United States | Saturday | 14:00 UTC |
All | Sunday | As needed during non-business hours for that datacenter's location |
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To see a schedule of all 2021 patch weekends, please see the Bentley patch calendar located within the Bentley Communities ProjectWise Hosting Services web site.
Update:After well-received feedback we are pleased to announce regular sessions for both sessions to better fit our SYNCHRO users in Europe and Asia. Please click on the links below to find a date and time that works for you.
The SYNCHRO team is pleased to announce the start of two free, and live, Quick Start training sessions for all SYNCHRO users new or otherwise.
Both courses are free and run by our resident SYNCHRO experts.
Getting Started with SYNCHRO Field and Control prepares you to create your own project in SYNCHRO Control, learn core functionalities, and enable project collaboration and decision making.
When: Multiple every month
Where: Anywhere you are, we use MS Teams for these sessions
Register: Go here to register
Getting Started with SYNCHRO 4D prepares you for your 4D planning journey where you will learn how to start your first 4D project, create model-schedule linkages, and learn how to optimize your project schedule visually.
When: Multiple every month
Where: Anywhere you are, we use MS Teams for these sessions
Register: Go here to register
And don't forget the SYNCHRO Academy is available 24/7 for self-directed online training. Select a course and register here.
SYNCHRO Open Office Hours have started up again for 2021.
Bring your questions on SYNCHRO 4D Pro, Control, Field, and Modeler. SYNCHRO Experts will be on-hand.
Prior Open Office Hours and other SYNCHRO recordings can be found on our YouTube channel.
TOPIC | SUMMARY | DATE & TIME | Calendar Link |
| EMEA Open Office Hours 1 | 27January 2021 1400 UTC | communities.bentley.com/.../8270.SYNCHRO-Office-Hour-2021_2D00_001_2D00_EMEA.ics |
To reduce uncontrolled copying of data, users can now link forms directly to documents stored in IMS-authenticated ProjectWise repositories that have been linked to the project. Once created, the repositories are visible when the user adds an attachment from the project documents. Permission control to the linked document is managed by ProjectWise repository itself, ensuring that no unauthorized users gain access to sensitive data. Note that at present time, linking forms to PW documents is only available for IMS-authenticated connections and repositories where the user needs to log in with a username and password will not work.
Users can process data from EDM grid to populate Excel Worksheets. Excel Templates will be used with defined tokens to replace with Tagged Instance Data.
The Sheets then can be exported to the local download folder
Note: Some Reference Excel templates are present at
A new training course has been created to show you how to generate wind loads for building structures in RAM Elements according to the ASCE 7 Main Wind Force Resisting System. All of the course details, including on-demand videos, can be found in this learning path: View Learning Path (bentley.com)
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) restricts network access based on a person's role within a project. We can define Roles such as Create Tag, Edit Tag, Delete Tags and can restrict users as needed.
Administration section on Plant Sight web portal has all these features under "Team Members"
Incase user tries to perform Edit/Delete operation, proper warning message will be displayed in Data Manager:
