What's new in Bentley Map V8i (SELECTseries 3)

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What’s new in Bentley Map V8i (SELECTseries 3)

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Bentley Map V8i (SELECTseries 3) New Features At-a-Glance • Spatial Database and Web Services

Enhancements

– SQL Server Spatial Support

– Web Feature Service (WFS) client

– Redesign of Spatial Database interface

– Major Performance Enhancements

– Direct Data Access

• Accessing Millions of Rows directly

• Affecting all parts of the application working with attributes information

– Spatial Data Streaming

– Dynamic Domains support

– Attribute filtering at the class level

– Selective posting

• Mapping

– Scalable Terrain Model

– Redesign of Grid Generation tool

– Export Bentley Map Manager thematic to DGN

– Create Polygon Parallel

– Automatically create thematic map from template

• 3D GIS Enhancements

– 3D Geometry clean-up

– Solar Analysis

– CityGML Application Template

• Feature Engine Performance Enhancements

– New more efficient polygon type

– Better memory management

– Streamlined relationships support

• More API (including Direct Database Access)

• Coordinate systems

– Custom Datum/Ellipsoid Definition

– Coordinate read-out in any alternate coordinate systems

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Bentley Map Enterprise - Standalone

Bentley Map - Standalone or for MicroStation

Bentley Map PowerView - Standalone

Bentley Map

Assemble/ Integrate

Create Maps/Reports

Feature Modeling

3D Analysis/

Make Decisions

Mark-up/View/ Edit DGN/XFM

3D Modeling

Transform/

Edit Rasters

Cadastral Mapping Configuration

Advanced Map Finishing

3D Texturing

View Oracle

GeoRaster View Raster DEM

Advanced Interoperability

Edit Oracle Spatial

- Long

Transaction/Time

View Oracle Spatial

View Rasters

Edit Oracle Spatial - Short transaction

2D Analysis/ Make Decisions

Basic CAD tools

CAD tools

Advanced

CAD tools

Bentley Map PowerView

Functionality

Bentley Map

PowerView

and

Bentley Map

Functionality

GPS

Edit SQL Server Spatial

- Short transaction

View WMS/WFS

View SQL Server Spatial

Point Cloud Viewing

Advanced Point Cloud

Processing

3D Geometry Clean-

Up

Scalable Terrain

Model

Solar/Shadow

Analysis

Faster XFM Feature

engine API

Direct Database

Access API

Spatial Data Streaming API

Export Thematic Map Symbology

and Grid Generation

Edit /Create Custom

Coordinate Systems

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ProjectWise/Bentley Geospatial Server

Data Files Data Files

w/ Database Linkages Spatial

Documents Business

Documents Ancillary Files

w/ RDBWS Web

Services Proprietary

GIS Databases Enterprise

Data Stores

MicroStation/Bentley Map

Bentley Map PowerView

Bentley Map

Bentley Map Enterprise

Geo Web

Publisher

Civil Engineering Architecture Imaging Communication Utilities

Interoperability

Connectors

Enterprise

Connectors

Web

Clients

Architecture

Spatial Databases

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Spatial Data Streaming- SQL Server Spatial and Oracle Spatial • Connect directly to SQL

Server Spatial and Oracle Spatial

• Query, modify and post features

• Standard SQL Server and Oracle Spatial data - no required tables or columns

• Seamless access to spatial data at display time – faster display, more intuitive for the user

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Direct Access to Large Databases

• Query millions of rows quickly in the Data Browser

• Sort and filter records at database speeds

• Minimal memory required for very large databases

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Benefits - Direct Database Access

• Fast operation with very large databases

• Save time by not creating smaller project databases

• Reduce local machine memory requirements

• Reduce network traffic by sending only the data being viewed to the workstation

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Web Feature Service

• Access WFS sources through Internet

• All Bentley Map query and symbology options supported

• WFS features behave as any Bentley Map feature

– Annotate

– Thematic

– Analyze

– Query

– Report

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Benefits - Web Feature Service

• Take advantage of public WFS data

• Industry standard tool for spatial data access

• Enhances interoperability in multi-vendor installations

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Improved Grid Generation Tool

• Automatically create grids and graticules using Wizard

• Combine multiple grids and graticules in the same instance

• Alternate coordinate systems supported

• Grid automatically updated based on changes to grid definition

• Drop grid to simple elements

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3D Geometry Clean-up

• New tools to create valid solid models from existing geometry

• Correct and stitch surfaces

• Automatically fix some data errors

• Identify other data errors

• Extrude down to terrain

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Benefits - 3D Geometry Clean-up

• Produce complete solid models from existing 3D surfaces

• Reduce time remodeling existing data

• The models produced are suitable for storing in Oracle Spatial, texturing, etc.

• Move from visualization to GIS data

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Solar Analysis

• Calculates total solar exposure over a user defined time period

• Takes weather patterns into account

• Specify different solar intensity to take atmospheric conditions into account

• Produces shadow elements that can be used for further analysis or intersection with proposed building models

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Solar:Exposure

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Benefits - Solar Analysis

• Calculate total solar exposure to help locate solar panels

• Solar exposure provides a better indicator of sun on public lands than simple time-of-day shadow studies

• Shadow objects show precise shadow areas and, optionally, the color of the shading object to easily assess the effect of a new development on the surrounding area

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CityGML Application Template

• Bentley Map XFM model based on CityGML data model

• Supports all CityGML features

• Includes placement and promote tools

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Benefits - CityGML Application Template

• Create CityGML models from existing 3D models using Promote tools

• Placement methods to create certain components directly

• Standard Bentley Map format means interoperability with the supported GIS data types

• Support from FME for many other formats

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Scalable Terrain Models (STMs)

• High-performance display of digital terrain models (DTMs)

– very large areas

– billions of points

• View huge DTMs at geospatial scale

– City, Region, State, Country

• Potential users

– Municipal, State, and Federal government

– EPCs working in GIS

– Owner-operators working on large infrastructure projects

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Benefits - Scalable Terrain Models

• Use city and regional scale DTM, no requirement to extract project-size DTMs

• Full access to every point

• New workflows possible with large scale DTMs

• High resolution image draping for high quality visualization

• Easy synchronization with original terrain sources

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Point Cloud Processing

• Point Cloud Classification Editing

• Point Cloud Line Draping

• Point Cloud Advanced Export

• Point Cloud Geometry Extraction

• Point Cloud Visual Explorer

• Point Cloud Smart Snap

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• Dynamically re-color points in the cursor neighborhood based on their 3D location and a direction

• Improves user understanding of how the points are organized: – Are there points behind my cursor position?

– Are there points around the cursor almost at the same depth?

– Is the cursor snapping on the top or the bottom of this edge?

Visual Explorer

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• Enables better understanding of a 3D scene

• Enables simpler QA/QC of the point cloud data

• Enables better navigation of a 3D scene

• Provides faster and more accurate digitizing especially when combined with Smart Snap

Benefits – Visual Explorer

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• Smart Snap is a tool for picking key points such as the lowest, highest, average or median point along a user defined path. For example, find the peak line along a road centerline.

• Works in conjunction with AccuSnap and uses the point found by AccuSnap as the center of the search area.

Point Cloud Smart Snap

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• Fully integrated with MicroStation AccuSnap, it simplifies modeling with point clouds

• It enables: – Fast semi-automatic break line extraction

– Simple feedback on the particular point the tools are snapped on in the point cloud

– Easier distance measurement

– Faster digitizing by reducing the number of view rotations while working

Benefits – Smart Snap

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• Plane results – Planar 3D polygon

(convex hull)

• Cylinder results – Cylinder shell

– Cylinder centerline

– Cylinder centerline and radius

Plane and Cylinder extraction

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• Extract planar elements to build geometries of features – City furniture

– Building facades, roofs

• Extract planar elements to set ACS

Plane and Cylinder extraction – Usage

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• Automatically drape lines on point cloud surface

• Convert line approximation into lines following exactly the point cloud surface.

Draping on Point Cloud

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• Enables semi-automated geometry extraction from point cloud – For example

• Road profiles

• Transmission line cables

• Etc.

• Enables analysis of the extracted vector data using any Bentley Map tools

• Creates better terrain models by supporting the creation of break lines

Benefits – Point Cloud Draping

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Point Cloud – Snap Element

• Similar to drape element

• Select snap points based on snap settings

• Better selection of specified points

– Highest

– Lowest

– Median

– Etc

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• Automatically classified data has mistakes impacting break line extraction, terrain creation, shape extraction, etc.

• Hybrid workflows need a way to structure point cloud parts and hide portion of it

• Point clouds have noise – People, cars, land surveying hardware etc..

– False points (ex: laser crossing windows)

Classification Editing

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• Saves time and money by empowering users to fix simple mistakes not detected by automated processes

• Improves point cloud data quality by improving the classification thereby adding value to existing data

• Generates better results out of the point cloud (terrain, shapes, etc)

• Facilitates hybrid workflows combining point cloud and vector based data

Benefits – Classification Editing

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• Exports selected point clouds into a series of files according to a defined set of polygons or 3D volumes.

Point Cloud Tiled Export

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• Splits large point clouds into smaller pieces

• Makes large datasets more manageable for 3rd party software having less capacity than MicroStation

Benefits - Point Cloud Tiled Export

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• Exporting to LAS files – LAS is a well known standard in point cloud world

• Exporting to LAS, XYZ, or POD files in multiple tiles – User can specify a 3D “Grid” to define the extent of the

exported files

– Easily split large datasets in smaller files for easier handling in other software or for easier distribution on a network

More file format support

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• New APIs to support new functionality

– Direct spatial database access

• Provides better integration between MicroStation and Bentley Map models

• Point Cloud API

API

VBA Visual Studio.

Net COM MDL

C#

C++

(managed)

Visual Basic

.NET

MicroStation

.NET Addins

Visual C++

Visual Basic

Microsoft Access

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word etc…)

XFT Object Library

Native C/C++ (unmanaged)

XFM Native C API

MDL Interpreted Code (not

recommended)

MicroStation Object Library

XFT Object Library

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Export Bentley Map Data to DGN

• Allows the export of data from inside the Map Manager using the currently defined symbology

• Creates standard DGN elements (no attributes)

• Elements can be used in any CAD based workflows as the Bentley Map features are decomposed into their constituent base elements

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• More speed improvements – Spatial Data Streaming, Direct Database Access, improved polygon

handling

• More interoperability – SQL Server Spatial, WFS, enhanced MicroStation integration,

streamlined interoperability interface

• New fundamental data types – Point Cloud – Scalable Terrain Model

• More tools – Alternate coordinate readout, improved grids and graticules, datum

and ellipsoid editing

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What's new in Bentley Map V8i (SELECTseries 3)

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