Bentley Announces Availability Of V8i (SELECTseries 1) Versions Of MXROAD And MXROAD Suite

Media-Newswire.com) - EXTON, Pa. – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced the immediate availability of the V8i ( SELECTseries 1 ) versions of Bentley MXROAD and MXROAD Suite – both of which provide advanced string-based modeling that enables the rapid and accurate design of all road types. These updates continue the evolution of Bentley’s proven MX product line by including Bentley’s Roadway Designer functionality, which provides innovative 3D parametric modeling tools for resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation projects. The new releases also add a full-featured geospatial information management system – to address the unique and challenging needs of organizations that map, plan, design, build, and operate transportation systems – and are integrated with the ProjectWise collaboration services. ProjectWise provides distributed project teams with improved engineering content management and collaborative workflows that enhance productivity and the quality of deliverables.

Ron Gant, Bentley global marketing director, said, “Streamlined and intuitive, Roadway Designer offers the most advanced 3D modeling capabilities available in civil engineering for interactive 3D, constraint-driven design with intelligent components. This proven technology empowers civil engineers and designers to control the entire modeling process – visually, graphically, interactively, and dynamically.”

Especially suited to the newest construction technologies, the tools provided by the new versions of MXROAD and MXROAD Suite embrace advanced techniques for automated machine guidance. This lets transportation designers more quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively respond to the constraints and demands of constructing and maintaining roads and bridges.

The updated MXROAD products also include mapping functionality tightly integrated with civil engineering for the creation, maintenance, and analysis of geospatial data. The geospatial data can then be edited with the precise, CAD-level accuracy required for engineering. This means users can easily integrate data from a wide variety of sources into engineering and mapping workflows.

Innovative 3D modeling tools enable users to create and edit extensive 3D spatial models within the engineering design application to support analysis such as shadow, massing, line of sight, disaster mitigation, and wind studies. They also can be used to create complex civil engineering models, while mapping functionality handles attribution and storage of data in DGN or DWG files, or natively in Oracle Spatial.

Gant continued, “This evolution of MXROAD also provides further integration with Bentley’s ProjectWise collaboration services. ProjectWise is used to better connect people with information across project teams. When connected by ProjectWise, engineers, architects, and contractors can easily manage, find, share, and visualize CAD and geospatial content, project data, and Microsoft Office documents. ProjectWise capabilities include central engineering content management and local caching servers for fast file access, plotting and publishing servers for reduced distribution costs, and a web server for streamlining access to content.”

The newest versions of MXROAD also extend supported environments to include AutoCAD 2010. In addition, innovative data acquisition, geometry, visualization, drafting functionality, and interface tools further broaden the scope of Bentley’s transportation solution.

Gant concluded, “Bentley’s civil engineering software enables project teams to reuse design data during construction, avoiding rework and reducing costs. At the same time, it empowers them to work more efficiently and effectively in collaborative workflows – increasing quality and enhancing profitability – while being more ecologically aware in their design and construction work. Ultimately, this leads to the delivery of intelligent infrastructure that is better performing and more sustainable