Bentley Systems is a leading company which is dedicated to provide comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure. Bentley has announced the release MicroStation PowerDraft V8i 08.11.09. This particular product contains all the powerful and unifying capabilities of Bentleys OpenRoads technology which is advancing through information modelling for multi-disciplinary roadway teams BIM objectives such as increased construction awareness along with interoperability for asset management and better design decisions. It is a SELECTseries upgrade and in this the OpenRoads technology uniquely provides a non-disruptive path to achieve these objectives very easily and preserving the user’s investments in their existing civil engineering software, including previous releases of InRoads, GEOPAK, and country-specific PowerCivil and MXROAD. At the same time, it adheres to established required organizational standards for engineering & drawing, specifications, roadway design within and engineering computations for the numerous major civil owner-operators and consultants who have invested and adopted the Bentleys civil engineering software Powerdraft. With the help of OpenRoads technology it provides the data structure, modelling and common workflow tools that civil engineering organizations need to meet today’s accelerated project delivery requirements and information modelling. Among the rigorous requirements it supports are those of the U.K’s BS 1192 methodology for managing the production, distribution, and quality of construction information which is crucial to implementing the U.K’s Government Construction Strategy of May 2011 along with the U.S’s Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) Act. This is proven civil engineering road design software that works the way you want with the power you need to complete your transportation infrastructure projects in the best possible manner. It provides powerful mapping tools, and design automation and complete CAD drafting capabilities for civil engineering professionals all across the globe. The Power GEOPAK features an innovative road design 3D parametric modelling and approach using constraint-driven which is used in a total-project context. The advantages of OpenRoads Technology used in this product are as follows:- The V8i (SELECTseries 3) releases of Bentleys GEOPAK are empowered by OpenRoads technology which helps the designers and engineers in the following ways: -

1. It enables the user to work with any data available for their survey or design or projects as a result of improved data acquisition.
2. From total station surveys to photogrammetry, LiDAR, point clouds and GPS, the new release can upload the data along with analyzing and manipulating it while ensuring the original data’s origin.
3. It enhances the preliminary and conceptual design because the new offering combines rich analysis with the ability to visualize and view data all in one package or enclosure. It also includes a context-sensitive, constraint-driven templates, geospatial analysis, dynamic 3D modeller and intuitive interface which allow the users to visualize the design at any time and on demand within the modelling workflow, with no software, special workflow or translation process required.
4. It can make design decisions while building dynamic models because it has dynamic, interactive, intelligent modelling of roadway components enables users to create information-rich models, without any user programming. At the same time, all the design, editing, and decisions are provided in all views of plan, profile, super diagram and cross section.
5. It can quickly and cost-effectively respond to road rehabilitation projects because this new release include 3D information modelling tools such as 3D parametric modelling capabilities that allow interactive review and design in a synchronized viewing environment or surrounding. With the help of information-rich modelling tools integrate with CAD, mapping, GIS, and even business tools like 3D PDFs, empowering engineers to make the most of their acquired knowledge by supporting the proven and traditional methodologies.

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