Bentley Unveils ProjectWise V8 2004
Edition
Latest ProjectWise Release Enables
High-Performance Multisite Collaboration For
AEC Project Teams Performing Distributed
Engineering
Bentley
Systems, Incorporated has
unveiled ProjectWise V8 2004 Edition, the
latest release of the company’s flagship
collaboration server. With its new
capabilities, ProjectWise V8 2004 Edition
enables high-performance multisite
collaboration among AEC project teams
performing distributed engineering.
In particular, new ProjectWise features
include local caching and enhanced digital
security, for fast file access and secure
workflows across distributed teams. These
new capabilities apply to all ProjectWise
core technologies or services, including
document and content management, workflow
management, content querying, distribution,
and lifecycle asset management.
"Today's business realities demand that more
and more AEC projects operate globally,"
said Bhupinder Singh, Bentley senior vice
president of platform products. "Managers
must bring together the best talent from all
corners of the world. ProjectWise V8, with
its new caching and security technologies,
offers high-performance collaboration on
building, civil, geospatial, and plant
projects."
"This technology allows us to seamlessly
connect the work of our 16 offices," said
Jon Joseph, director of CADD services at
Burgess & Niple, an engineering and
architecture firm based in Columbus, Ohio.
"Regardless of where our people are located,
we can assemble the right team for any
project."
Also, ProjectWise expands standardization
opportunities provided by the newly released
MicroStation V8 2004 Edition, extending
these opportunities beyond the desktop to
project teams performing distributed design
and engineering.
Core technologies shared with MicroStation
V8 – including digital security, printing
and publishing, change management, standards
administration, and customization – let
organizations standardize a wide range of
processes, including drafting and drawing,
electronic delivery, proposal preparation,
and more. Standardization makes processes
more uniform and repeatable – allowing
higher productivity, fewer errors, and
faster delivery. Finally, standardization
leads to increased agility, reuse of AEC
content, and opportunities for new business.
Core technologies or services specific to
ProjectWise are
Document and Content Management:
Organizations can control document flow
efficiently and automate document
management, from production through storage,
distribution, reuse, and archiving.
ProjectWise stores and manages all types of
AEC project content including DGN, DWG, and
Adobe PDF files.
Content Querying: Users can search, query,
and navigate all AEC content – documents,
components, and metadata – in database-like
fashion. This service works across projects
and operations, and on structured and
unstructured content. Users can produce
project-wide reports and statistics, or
create ad hoc queries. ProjectWise searches
distributed file servers and databases, not
merely at the file and document level but at
the level of their contents. It also indexes
and navigates components and metadata. Users
can query the intelligent relationships
among components within a design, and follow
intelligent links to related content such as
change orders, specifications, and bid
documents.
Workflow: Organizations can manage document
lifecycles from creation through approval.
Users can define workflows, including
ordered groups of milestones through which a
document makes its way to completion.
ProjectWise manages file operations for
MicroStation, AutoCAD, and many
domain-specific desktop applications, as
well as Microsoft Office and some Adobe
applications. This includes preserving
reference attachments and managing related
application-specific files—the key to
interoperability among applications and the
content they create. ProjectWise V8 2004
Edition also features improved Web
functionality that allows users on extended
teams to review and redline project
documents. Faster file access is also
achieved with local file caching.
Distribution: Users can automate
distribution of project documents on
schedule or on demand. The service
transforms content into standard digital
delivery formats such as PDF and ensures
that only authenticated team members have
access. The orchestration of distribution
jobs is scalable and can be distributed
among available servers on the network.
ProjectWise connector frameworks extend the
service so that documents, metadata, and
electronic renditions can be copied to
content management or EDMS systems. This
distribution system is powered by the
optional incorporation of Bentley’s
publishing servers, delivered as Digital
InterPlot and Bentley Publisher, as
ProjectWise services.
Lifecycle Management: Facility managers can
track an organization’s assets at the
component level from deployment through
operations, maintenance, renovation, and
decommissioning. This service provides
quick, easy access to all asset information,
connects to other information systems such
as ERP systems, and presents information
through 2D or 3D displays or alphanumeric
reports.
ProjectWise supports a managed environment
for AEC IT. In a managed environment,
valuable AEC information is confidently
shared, synchronized, and secured; all data
can be leveraged throughout an asset’s
lifecycle and on future projects. Fast-track
projects can be managed better by ensuring
that project teams can work on separate
project tasks in parallel. And now,
distributed design and engineering teams can
achieve high-performance collaboration
across multiple sites.
About Bentley
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, provides
software for the lifecycle of the world’s
infrastructure. The company’s comprehensive
portfolio for the building, plant, civil,
and geospatial vertical markets spans
architecture, engineering, construction (AEC)
and operations. With 2003 revenues reaching
$260 million, Bentley is the leading
provider of AEC software to the Engineering
News-Record Design 500 and major
owner-operators.
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