Bentley Map V8i (SELECTseries 10) Help

To Enable ProjectWise Desktop Integration for Bentley Map

  1. Go to the \Bentley\<Map install directory>\<Map product name>\config\appl folder.

    Depending on which Bentley Map application you installed, the location of the folder above will be one of the following:

    • \Bentley\MapEnterprise V8i\MapEnterprise\config\appl
    • \Bentley\MapStandalone V8i\MapStandalone\config\appl
    • \Bentley\MapPowerView V8i\MapPowerView\config\appl
  2. Find the PW.CFG file in that folder and open it in a text editor.
  3. Find the line that begins with # PWDIR.

    If ProjectWise Explorer is not installed, then this line is preset to point to the expected default installation location of ProjectWise Explorer.

    If ProjectWise Explorer is installed, then this line is preset to point to the actual installation location.

    On 32-bit operating systems, the default installation location is:
    # PWDIR=C:/Program Files/Bentley/ProjectWise/
    On 64-bit operating systems, the default installation location is:
    # PWDIR=C:/Program Files (x86)/Bentley/ProjectWise/
  4. Assuming that you have installed ProjectWise Explorer to the default location for your operating system, then all you should need to do is remove the comment symbol (#) from the beginning of the line, so that it now reads:
    PWDIR=C:/Program Files/Bentley/ProjectWise/
    OR
    PWDIR=C:/Program Files (x86)/Bentley/ProjectWise/
    Note: If you installed ProjectWise Explorer to a location other than the default, then in addition to removing the comment symbol (#), you also need to enter the correct path in the PWDIR line. Note that you must use forward slashes when specifying the path, and the last folder in the path must be "ProjectWise" (and not the "bin" folder under it).
  5. Save and close the PW.CFG file.

    You can now launch the application from the desktop, and it will be integrated with ProjectWise Explorer.