Bentley Systems, Inc. Datasheets for Computer-aided Design and Computer-aided Manufacturing Software (CAD/CAM)
Computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing software (CAD/CAM) is used in mechanical, electrical, and electronic design; simulation, drafting, and engineering; and design analysis and manufacturing.
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RAM Foundation provides structural engineers with flexibility, offering a multitude of foundation types including spread, continuous, and pile caps. Time saving and accurate modeling and revision tools are available for... | |
RAM Connection provides comprehensive analysis and design of virtually any connection type and the designs include the tedious seismic code provision requirements. Workflows are optimized with integration of 3D design... | |
As a systems integration platform it provides: Tight integration with document management solutions including ProjectWise and Documentum Full XML import/export support for repeatable exchange of information with other systems Web-enabled... | |
As part of the RAM Structural System, RAM Steel is a powerful, yet intuitive, fully integrated software application that empowers structural engineers to analyze, design, and create structural drawings of... | |
Bentley Electric capitalizes on Bentley’s GIS platform to address the facility management, modeling, and maintenance issues that electric utilities encounter in day-to-day operations. It combines the best of GIS and... | |
Bentley Expert Designer Communications improves the efficiency and throughput of infrastructure design by merging network design and work management in a single environment. Bentley Expert Designer Communications employs an architecture... | |
Bentley Expert Designer Gas improves the efficiency and throughput of distribution design by merging network design and work management in a single environment. Bentley Expert Designer Gas employs an architecture... | |
Bentley Expert Designer Water improves efficiency and throughput of distribution design by merging network design and work management in a single environment. Bentley Expert Designer Water employs an architecture that... | |
Bentley Gas capitalizes on Bentley’s GIS platform to address the facility management, modeling, and maintenance issues that utilities encounter in day-to-day operations. It combines the best of GIS and CAD... | |
Bentley MXROAD Suite includes the ability to quickly create new design alternatives for any type of scheme in order to achieve the “ideal” road system. Upon selection of the final... | |
Bentley MXROAD is an advanced, string-based modeling tool that enables the rapid and accurate design of all road types. With MXROAD V8i Edition, you can quickly create design alternatives... | |
Bentley speedikon is a powerful and integrated Building Information Modeling (BIM) application for architectural design, building performance analysis, and documentation. Bentley speedikon is suited for new and existing architectural and... | |
Bentley Wastewater is a robust geospatial solution for managing wastewater systems. All functions of a typical wastewater maintenance operation—from mapping and design to maintenance and record keeping—are addressed through an... | |
Bentley Water is a comprehensive geospatial engineering solution for municipal water networks design and management. A simple, yet comprehensive connectivity model consisting of valves, pipes, structures, water records and connections... | |
Civil Design and Engineering Software The Bentley InRoads family of civil engineering software is the central design solution on many major civil engineering and transportation projects. Powerful and versatile, InRoads... | |
Datasheets At-A-Glance Datasheets is an integrated module of the Process & Instrumentation Workgroup comprising of AutoPLANT P&ID. PlantSpace P&ID. Vision. Data Manager. Datasheets. Hook Ups. Instrumentation & Wiring. Datasheets offers... | |
Live Connection to PDS Project ProjectWise PDx Dynamic Review Service can connect to a PDS project and access all design information within the project without requiring PDS software or licenses. | |
Most Productive and Easy-to-Learn Tool OpenPlant Modeler V8i is a specification-driven modeling system that matches how a designer works. Using the highly intuitive MicroStation V8i user interface, already... | |
Power in One Package PowerCivil for North America enables users to design projects in a logical civil context. This is enhanced by tight integration of the various project disciplines. All... | |
ProjectWise StartPoint: Collaboration Made Simple ProjectWise StartPoint is an entry-level collaboration tool and is the result of a recent working initiative between Bentley and Microsoft to integrate ProjectWise with Microsoft... | |
promis•e provides everything you need for control system design and documentation. Fast schematic design Large electrical symbol library included Real time cross-referencing Logical error-checking Parts database Bills of Material Wire... | |
RAM Concept lets structural engineers model, analyze, and design virtually any cast-in-place geometry, no matter how complex. Efficiency and quality control are realized through the advanced analysis and design tools... | |
RAM Elements V8i (formerly RAM Advanse) provides quick, reliable tools for specific structural tasks. RAM Elements V8i is the only structural engineering software system that offers finite element... | |
RAM Frame, the finite element analysis component of the RAM Structural System, performs static and dynamic analysis of building systems subjected to lateral, dynamic, and gravity loads. RAM Frame is... | |
STAAD.foundation is a comprehensive foundation design program which offers the ability to model complex or simple footings such as isolated footings, combined footings, strip footings, pile caps and mat foundations. | |
STAAD.Pro allows structural engineers to analyze and design virtually any type of structure through its flexible modeling environment, advanced features and fluent data collaboration. Flexible modeling is provided by a... | |
System Flexibility As the core software in the LARS Bridge family, LARS Bridge is complemented by a set of specialized modules that extend the rating functionality. Users are able to... | |
The RAM Structural System is a specialized engineering software tool for the complete analysis, design, and drafting of both steel and concrete buildings. It optimizes workflows through the creation of... | |
View, Analyze, and Augment Project Information Bentley Navigator V8i is the dynamic collaboration software used by infrastructure teams to interactively view, analyze, and augment project information. Bentley Navigator better... | |
Wave Load Module The wave load module calculates wave loads on structures using either stream function, Stokes 5th Order theory, AIRY theory, or a user defined grid wave. The program... | |
A step beyond generic CAD systems, PowerRebar offers dynamic parametric design tools that can handle reinforcement arrangements of any complexity. This standalone, 2D/3D solution automates concrete reinforcement modeling, detailing and... | |
About Bentley GEOPAK Bentley GEOPAK is a family of integrated civil design and engineering software ideally suited to civil engineering and transportation projects of all types. Developed and supported by... | |
Accurately model every aspect of your stormwater system including rainfall, runoff, inlet capture and bypass, gravity and pressure piping, detention ponds, outlet structures, open channels, culverts, and more. Your choice... | |
AutoPIPE provides a comprehensive and advanced software tool specialized in pipe stress analysis. The intuitive modeling environment and the advanced analysis features provide for increased productivity and improved quality control. | |
AutoPLANT Isometrics can produce intelligent isometric drawings using spec-driven piping design with advanced routing and editing features. You can also create intelligent isometrics from your AutoPLANT PIPING models with the... | |
AutoPLANT Piping architecture takes advantage of the latest AutoCAD technology to produce intelligent, three-dimensional production models under demanding deadline constraints. Component and drawing controlled data is dynamically linked to an... | |
AutoPLANT Raceways V8i combines speed and power into an intuitive, graphical interface that makes the process of creating models easier than ever. Raceways has been designed to make your... | |
Based on standard platforms, ProConcrete easily allows structural engineers, detailers, and fabricators to create 3D models for concrete structures. ProConcrete provides automatic creation of documentation, details and schedules. ProConcrete includes... | |
Based on standard platforms, ProStructures easily allows structural engineers, detailers and fabricators to create 3D models for both concrete and steel. ProStructures provides automatic creation of documentation, details and schedules. | |
Bentley and ESRI technology work together in highly productive workflows tailored to users’ needs via the ProjectWise Connector for ArcGIS. This product supports user-initiated or event-driven interoperability with ESRI ArcSDE... | |
Bentley Architecture is an advanced, yet intuitive and easy-to-use architectural building information modeling (BIM) application that empowers architects and designers to create with unlimited freedom, to explore more design options,... | |
Bentley AXSYS.Engine V8i is a lifecycle database platform that fully integrates 2D schematics with a configurable data management environment for the definition and delivery of your own lifecycle solutions. | |
Bentley Building Electrical Systems for AutoCAD is a focused application for electrical engineers, designers, contractors and other electrical professionals responsible for design, construction, operations, and maintenance of facility electrical systems. | |
Bentley Building Mechanical Systems is an advanced, yet intuitive and easy-to-use building information modeling (BIM) application that empowers mechanical engineers to create air-handling and plumbing systems for buildings and industrial... | |
Bentley Cadastre is an efficient application for creating, maintaining, and analyzing land information. It can address any type of land management requirement, including parcel management and taxation, agricultural land management,... | |
Bentley CloudWorx quickly delivers accurate and comprehensive as-built models into the hands of designers and engineers. CloudWorx as-built models are generated through a laser scanning process that generates 3D point... | |
Bentley Coax is a robust RF design engineering solution that creates an intelligent coax network model during the design process. Bentley Coax works with Bentley Fiber and Bentley Inside Plant... | |
Bentley Descartes is the only imaging product that is truly integrated with MicroStation. With Bentley Descartes, it is possible to “Attach/View,” “Edit,” “Transform/Geo-Refer ence,” and “Process” all raster data in... | |
Bentley Drivers are stand-alone solutions specifically developed for printing complex engineering drawings and high-density raster files, providing you with options to create efficient, enterprise-wide printing. Bentley offers a variety of... | |
Bentley Expert Designer Electric improves efficiency and throughput of distribution design by merging network design and work management in a single environment. Bentley Expert Designer Electric employs an architecture that... | |
Bentley Facilities Inquirer is a powerful collaboration server that enables you to publish all facilities and asset-related data over the Internet. Bentley Facilities Inquirer enables you to increase the value... | |
Bentley Facilities Manager is a powerful Windows interface for authoring and maintaining all of your facilities-related information. Facilities Manager helps you turn facilities-related data at any level of complexity into... | |
Bentley Facilities Planner allows quick and easy access to information on the location and state of space and assets. It makes this information available on the fly, visualized in a... | |
Bentley Fiber is a comprehensive solution for designing, documenting, and maintaining outside plant fiber networks. It accommodates all the requisite fiber architectures, including FTTx, in a geospatial environment that provides... | |
Bentley Hevacomp Mechanical CAD is used by building services engineers, HVAC professionals and other MEP professionals who want a comprehensive yet easy to learn tool for making engineering-quality building designs. | |
Bentley Hevacomp's lighting design programs are integrated so that lumen lighting, point to point calculations, glare, daylighting, uplighting and emergency lighting can be carried out on common room data from... | |
Bentley I/RAS B is a powerful tool for organizations that work with scanned raster data. A proven raster editor, it offers a complete set of tools to meet the needs... | |
Bentley Instrumentation and Wiring is an intuitive and powerful process plant control systems design package. It is the ideal tool for creating project instrumentation loop diagrams, panel termination diagrams, motor... | |
Bentley Interference Manager is an application for the detection, review and management of component interferences in 3D models. It works with designs created in a wide range of commercial applications... | |
Bentley Location Data Manager Express (formerly TransDecisions LRSx) is a cost-effective software solution that enables transportation organizations to store, reference, manage and analyze location data stored in an Oracle® database. | |
Bentley Map is a fully-featured GIS designed to address the unique and challenging needs of organizations that map, plan, design, build, and operate the world’s infrastructure. It enhances underlying MicroStation... | |
Bentley MAPscript is based on a server/client environment in which all processing is performed on the server. Using this configuration the heavy processing loads associated with plotting large documents from... | |
Bentley OnSite is a unique solution for civil construction, engineering, and inspection, delivering graphical applications for field stakeout, project inspection, and design information management. Bentley OnSite interoperates with a full... | |
Bentley OpenPlant Isometrics V8i manager is a new tool that provides management control capabilities to one of the most important deliverables from your plant design - the piping isometric. | |
Bentley Outdoor Advertising System (OAS) is a complete software solution for inventory and control of outdoor billboards. It enables the managing agency (state, county, or city) to offer a consistent... | |
Bentley PlantFLOW enables users to quickly build, modify and review results of piping flow models using real-world 3D geometry that can be imported from plant design CAD systems, piping stress... | |
Bentley PlantSpace Design Series provides a full range of intelligent 3D modeling applications for the engineering and design process of process plants and discrete manufacturing. Built on top of MicroStation,... | |
Bentley PlantSpace Design Series provides a full range of intelligent 3D modeling applications for the engineering and design process of process plants and discrete manufacturing. Built on top of MicroStation... | |
Bentley PlantSpace P&ID XM Edition is an application for drafting process and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) and process flow diagrams (PFDs). Bentley PlantSpace P&ID combines productive drafting with extensive review and... | |
Bentley PowerMap Field V8i leverages the extensive GIS capabilities of Bentley Map to provide a low-cost viewing and markup tool for maps, CAD drawings, and GIS data. The original... | |
Bentley PowerMap offers similar functionality to Bentley Map. It was designed for organizations that: Have a desire to develop standalone third-party GIS applications as a member of the Bentley Developer... | |
Bentley ProjectWise solutions are ideal for managing and publishing AEC content in a collaborative work environment and offer a powerful extension for third-party enterprise content management (ECM) solutions. ProjectWise understands... | |
Bentley provides thousands of engineers with HEC software, documentation, and support for a variety of modeling tasks, from floodplain hydrology to river analysis to GIS integration. These important programs are... | |
Bentley Publisher is a powerful server-based application that allows users and implementers to publish their engineering information over the Internet. Bentley Publisher allows dynamic viewing and redlining of DGN and... | |
Bentley PULS is an interactive simulation program for dynamic response analysis of fluid flow under steady state pulsating flow conditions in piping networks. It is based on one-dimensional plane wave... | |
Bentley Rail Track can be configured to support a wide range of international standards, providing engineers and designers with the flexibility and control necessary to deal with real-life design scenarios... | |
Bentley Redline is a multi-function viewing, redlining, and print-to-scale product that extends the reach of design and engineering data. It delivers comprehensive design review, annotation, and printing tools for both... | |
Bentley sisHYD is a comprehensive analytical modeling and network design application delivering the hydraulic and thermal calculations necessary for pipeline networks. Bentley sisHYD is designed for hydraulic calculations of pressure... | |
Bentley Structural Modeler V8i is part of Bentley’s integrated suite of building information modeling (BIM) applications, which provide seamless integration between design, engineering, analysis, construction, and operations for the... | |
Bentley Substation is an integrated product that lets you efficiently produce the following elements of an electric substation design: One-Line Diagrams 3D Physical Models Protection and Control Schematics Panel Layouts... | |
Bentley Tas Simulator V8i is based on a custom-designed simulation engine and is the high-speed performer for complex buildings. Bentley Tas Simulator V8i also shines at evaluating a... | |
Bentley Vision provides unparalleled views of project data and documents as well as the relationship that exists between components, component data and the documents delivered. Bentley Vision features an intuitive... | |
ConstructSim is a revolutionary program that optimizes your project through the planning, sequencing, execution and monitoring of construction activities from within a virtual plant model. ConstructSim links together project IT... | |
Design automation, industry standard analysis interfaces, interoperability between design disciplines, and building information modeling combine to increase design productivity, optimize design, and maximize quality of AEC electrical projects. Electrical engineers,... | |
Design++ is a rule-based solution infrastructure for design and engineering automation that allows an application development team concentrate on engineering and business rules rather than on software technology. It is... | |
Detailed Feature List for PlantWise from Bentley Automatic Pipeline Routing Fast automatic routing (usually less than one second per pipe) Quality autorouting based on pipers rules Scales up to hundreds... | |
Device selection and cable sizing is carried out to ensure compliance with IEE 17th Edition Wiring Regulations. Volt drop, earth loop impedance, disconnection times, short circuit calculations and discrimination checks... | |
Digital InterPlot improves plot management, repeatability and distribution, thereby reducing the cost of consumables and labor. By creating and saving project plot archives with Digital InterPlot, project participants can view... | |
Easy access to intelligent network information is essential as the communications industry competes to provide businesses and consumers with more services requiring an increasingly complex network. Bentley Geo Web Publisher... | |
eB Insight ProjectWise Connection Services is the bridge between ProjectWise and eB Insight. Snapshots of eB-managed information, at a specific point in time, can be created either explicitly or automatically... | |
eB Insight Services, the technology foundation of Bentley’s AssetWise platform, controls information throughout the lifecycle of change – ensuring the delivery of relevant, trusted information, in context – to infrastructure... | |
eB Insight SharePoint Connection Services is the bridge between SharePoint and eB Insight. The image below shows eB Insight data viewed within SharePoint. It demonstrates how views of information can... | |
Empowered by computational methods, designers can direct their creativity to deliver inspired sustainable buildings that are freer in form and use innovative materials and assemblies. GenerativeComponents facilitates this by allowing... | |
Engineers use RM Bridge to solve virtually any engineering challenge, and they depend on the software to deliver more than structural analysis results. RM Bridge enables engineers to take a... | |
File management is key to the efficient exchange of deliverables and work packages across different organizations, while component management is critical to an organization’s productivity and quality of work. Now,... | |
From buildings, foundations, and bridges to industrial and marine structures, Bentley Rebar ensures accuracy of design, quantities, and plans – regardless of the complexity. The software enables you to respond... | |
GeoMacao is an interactive civil engineering product for production road design following European standards. It helps you design horizontal and vertical alignment geometry and produce corresponding bills of materials and... | |
gINT® provides the industry's most popular geoenvironmental and geotechnical software for fully customizable borehole/boring and well logs, fence diagrams, geotechnical testing and other professional engineering reports. gINT towers above... | |
HAMMER demystifies the complex science of water hammer and transient analysis and puts the power to perform this critical work in your hands. Trust HAMMER's computationally rigorous hydraulic engine and... | |
Hevacomp Mechanical Designer V8i is used by building services engineers, HVAC professionals and other MEP professionals who want a quick and easy tool for making engineering-quality building load and... | |
Hevacomp Pro EP Cert is a fully accredited standalone CAD EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) program for the Energy Assessment Industry. Energy Assessor professionals can create certificates to meet United Kingdom... | |
Hevacomp Quick EP Cert is a fully accredited, standalone simplified data entry EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) program for the energy assessment industry. Energy assessor professionals can create certificates to meet... | |
Hevacomp Simulator V8i offers consultant and design contractors, building services design and MEP professionals a tool that is easy and quick to use for building energy analysis using dynamic... | |
If you are finding that concrete design is not as intuitive, not as productive, or not as profitable as steel design, then RAM Concrete can help. RAM Concrete is the... | |
Improve Quality, Reduce Costs, and Speed Time to Market with V8i MicroStation V8i helps engineers, architects, GIS professionals, constructors, and owner-operators by promoting collaborative, streamlined workflows among multiple... | |
In any major plant project, 80 percent of the capital expenditure is committed during the conceptual design phase. Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) must be done correctly to impact capital expenditure... | |
Included and Available Interfaces WaterCAD includes, out-of-the-box, two interoperable platforms, letting you choose the environment that best fits your skills and modeling requirements. 1. Windows stand-alone: Enjoy unparalleled ease-of-use and... | |
Large projects contain huge amounts of data and whether embedded in drawings, models, or in datasheets, the data is important. Bentley Data Manager is a powerful cross-disciple content management tool... | |
LEAP Bridge is an industry-standard product for concrete bridges — which make up 70 percent of the new bridges constructed today in the United States. Thousands of bridge engineers, 38... | |
LEAP PRESTO is a comprehensive offering for the analysis and design of prestressed or mildly reinforced concrete beams in accordance with the ACI or CSA building codes. It combines numerous... | |
LEAP VERTEX is a comprehensive program for the analysis and design of precast reinforced and prestressed multi-story columns and wall panels in accordance with the ACI and CSA building codes. | |
MicroStation PowerDraft is a professional-level application used for production 2D/3D drafting and detailing. PowerDraft provides an intuitive interface for creating, editing, and manipulating drawings and models in DGN or DWG... | |
Municipalities, utilities, and engineering firms around the world use SewerCAD to plan, design, analyze, and optimize their wastewater collection systems. An easy-to-use interface, automatic design features, and stunning presentation tools... | |
OpenPlant is a set of products completely built on the ISO 15926 data model, signaling the next step in plant software development. Besides OpenPlant Power PID, Bentley OpenPlant products also... | |
PC-HELP covers all of the essential features from the PCI Design Handbook (Chapter 6), and is an essential design aid for structural engineers. Its simple interface, comprehensive library of connection... | |
PlantSpace IsoExtractor is an application for generating 2D isometric drawings directly from 3D piping models created using AutoPLANT Piping and PlantSpace Piping. Drawings are generated complete with dimensions, labels and... | |
PowerMap Field for Communications is a powerful application that allows field personnel disconnected access to communications network drawings and data. This customizable mobile environment enables the rapid collection of field... | |
PowerSurvey is a comprehensive survey data management solution. It provides surveying professionals with a complete set of survey-specific tools for both InRoads and GEOPAK. Built on MicroStation PowerDraft, the software... | |
ProjectWise InterPlot provides publishing solutions for creating accurate and intelligent project deliverables. ProjectWise InterPlot improves the quality of work packages by centralizing the production plotting and electronic archival process. The... | |
ProjectWise is software for connecting people and information across distributed teams and is used by architects and engineers to manage, find, and share CAD and geospatial content, project data, and... | |
Records management policies are often difficult to enforce because insufficient attention is paid to identifying records when they are initially created and disposition plans are not carried out effectively. Records... | |
SELECTserver provides organizations with an ability to maximize license utilization and minimize the burden of administration through the use of pooled and trust licensing. Pooled licensing is often the top... | |
SewerGEMS is a fully-dynamic, multi-platform, sanitary and combined sewer modeling solution. Engineers can analyze sanitary or combined conveyance sewer systems using built-in hydraulic and hydrology tools and a variety of... | |
STAAD.Tower helps engineers generate self-supporting towers, guyed towers, and monopoles using its parametric setup wizards. It constructs the physical model and categorizes the panels, legs, horizontals and bracing members with... | |
StormCAD provides comprehensive modeling for the design and analysis of storm sewer systems using a peak flow (Rational Method) approach. StormCAD provides calculations for catchment runoff, gutters, inlets, conduit networks,... | |
SUPERLOAD from Bentley facilitates online permitting via the Internet with online application, routing, analysis, permit issuance, and secure payment processing. This can save transport professionals hours and even days in... | |
The Bentley managed environment through Bentley ProjectWise gives you access to AEC and geospatial data within a workgroup, across a distributed organization, or among collaborating organizations throughout the world. If... | |
The CADscript software solution enables the simple generation of professional publication-quality presentation graphics inside MicroStation. Key Feature: CADscript's WYSIWYG operation—What you see on the screen is what you get in... | |
The FEMA-approved CulvertMaster is hands down the best tool available for solving culvert hydraulics problems. Incredibly flexible, fast, report-ready, and stress-free, CulvertMaster builds on the input you have on-hand while... | |
The FEMA-approved PondPack will save you hours of manual calculation time when analyzing pre- and post- development hydrology. PondPack's robust analysis engine sizes ponds, develops outlet rating curves with tailwater... | |
The foundation for the robust applications that eB Insight provides is the five-step process for modeling enterprise information shown below. eB Insight Asset Definition Services provides extended capabilities with regards... | |
The physical location of an asset can be specified using a variety of different location referencing methods (LRMs). Bentley Location Data Manager (LDM) manages the information needed to translate these... | |
The ProjectWise Connector for Oracle enables seamless information integration between Bentley engineering and mapping applications and Oracle Spatial databases. It allows organization-defined spatial information to be extracted for use in... | |
Use the FEMA-approved FlowMaster to quickly perform hydraulic calculations for dozens of element types, from pipes and open channels to drop inlets and weirs. Solve for any unknown property, design... | |
Using AutoCAD with an external relational database environment, Bentley's AutoPLANT P&ID creates intelligent plant schematics. With it, engineers can learn more about their plant design in a fraction of the... | |
Using the Bentley Hevacomp Electrical CAD package, systems can be set up as icons for switches, sockets, luminaires and other components. If required, cable routes can optionally be drawn, connecting... | |
WaterGEMS is a comprehensive and easy to use water distribution modeling application. WaterGEMS can run in ArcGIS, AutoCAD, and MicroStation, or as a standalone application. From fire flow and water... | |
WinNOZL is a native Windows-based software program for the calculation of local stresses at nozzle/vessel junctions, trunnion attachment points, clip connections, and lug attachments on the shell. Based on well-known... | |
With an installed user base in the millions, Bentley View is possibly one of the most widely used CAD viewing tools available anywhere in the world. Bentley View uses the... | |
With Optram, railway executives, engineers, field staffs, maintenance managers, and renewal contractors benefit from a consolidated source of asset information – a source to which they also contribute information. By... | |
You can also open your AutoPLANT Equipment model in the AutoPLANT PIPING application to directly connect PIPING components to your Equipment nozzles. Equipment dialogs are intuitive, and display annotated views... | |
Based on standard platforms, both MicroStation and AutoCAD, ProSteel easily lets structural engineers, detailers, and fabricators create 3D models for both concrete and steel. ProSteel provides automatic creation of documentation... |