Bentley Descartes 2023

Upload to Reality Management

Use this tool to convert existing Scalable Mesh files (3SM) toWeb Ready 3D Scalable Mesh format and upload it to Reality Management.

Access the tool:

  • Realty Modeling workflow: Deliver tab > Export > Upload
  • Open Reality Mesh Attachments dialog then select File.

Subscription

Reality Management is a cloud service for storing, managing, and sharing Reality data.

To upload Scalable Meshes to Reality Management, you must have a Reality Modeling visa subscription. To obtain a visa subscription, please contact your Account Manager.

Permissions

There are two ways to grant permission to users to create Reality Data:

  1. Reality Management - Create role.
    • An Administrator or Co-administrator can assign this role from the "User Management" tile of the Enterprise portal.
    • This grants the user permission to create Reality Data that are not associated to any CONNECT project. It also grants the user permission to create Reality Data and associate it to any of the Enterprise projects, regardless of the user's permissions on the projects.
    Note: If the "Reality Management - Create" role is not listed, please contact Bentley's Technical support.
  2. Reality Management "Create" permission.
    • An Administrator, Co-administrator or Project Manager can assign this permission from the "Project Team Management" page of any CONNECT page.
    • This grants the user permission to create Reality Data and associate it to the project.

Uploading

To upload to Reality Management, the active WorkSet must be assigned to a Bentley CONNECT ProjectWise Project to which the uploaded Reality Data will be associated.

When starting the tool, you are prompted to select a Scalable Mesh (3SM) file on disk to upload to Reality Management.

Once uploaded, the Web Ready 3D Scalable Mesh is automatically attached to the Reality Mesh attachments dialog.