ProjectWise Design Integration Readme

What's Delivered

Important: ProjectWise 2023 is a full release, and includes downloads for Server Setups, Admin Setups, and Client Setups.

The core ProjectWise applications are delivered in the following three download packages:

  • ProjectWise Server Setups - contains ProjectWise Integration Server and other servers
  • ProjectWise Admin Setups - contains ProjectWise Administrator and other admin clients
  • ProjectWise Client Setups - contains ProjectWise Explorer and delivered integration modules

These download packages are available from the Software Downloads page under the following product groupings:

  • ProjectWise Design Integration Server (https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/en/ProductDetails/2547)

    Includes downloads for ProjectWise Server Setups, ProjectWise Admin Setups, ProjectWise Client Setups.

    For example:

    • ProjectWise Design Integration 2023 x64 - Server Setups (English) - Released
    • ProjectWise Design Integration 2023 x64 - Admin Setups (English) - Released
    • ProjectWise Design Integration 2023 x64 - Client Setups (English) - Released
  • ProjectWise Explorer Client (https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/en/ProductDetails/2546)

    Includes downloads for ProjectWise Client Setups, and integration modules get installed on top of ProjectWise Explorer.

You can filter the product group page by version number and language.

ProjectWise Server Setups

ProjectWise Server Setups includes a single installer file that installs the following servers and services:

  • ProjectWise Integration Server
  • ProjectWise Caching Server
  • ProjectWise Gateway Service
  • Bentley i-model Composition Server for PDF
  • ProjectWise Orchestration Framework Service

These items are also delivered:

  • ProjectWise Prerequisite Runtimes - installed automatically
  • CONNECTION Client - installed automatically, required for product activation and SES licensing
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 - installed automatically if needed
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Express - for your Orchestration Framework database, if you do not have SQL Server
ProjectWise Integration Server ProjectWise Integration Server is the core of the ProjectWise system. It is the server on which your datasources are created, and it is responsible for providing access to the ProjectWise database for all other ProjectWise applications. Every other ProjectWise application, whether it is a user client, an administrative client, or another server, is said to be a client of the ProjectWise Integration Server.
ProjectWise Caching Server ProjectWise Caching Server can be used for hosting storage areas and/or for caching files from other remote storage areas.
ProjectWise Gateway Service ProjectWise Gateway Service allows for the remote centralized publishing of datasource information and various routing and gateway type services for the ProjectWise network protocol. This service can be used when ProjectWise Explorer is installed on a different network subnet from the ProjectWise Integration Server.
Bentley i-model Composition Server for PDF Bentley i-model Composition Server for PDF is used to create renditions (PDF, JPEG, TIFF, and/or CALS) from documents in the datasource. Bentley i-model Composition Server for PDF runs on top of ProjectWise Orchestration Framework Service, and uses ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer to create the renditions. Once configured, ProjectWise Explorer users can run on-demand jobs on selected documents, flat sets, folders, and/or projects, while administrators use the Bentley i-model Composition Server Administrator interface inside Orchestration Framework Administrator to create, schedule, run, monitor, and review batch renditioning jobs. Bentley i-model Composition Server Administrator is installed through the Bentley i-model Composition Server for PDF installer.
ProjectWise Orchestration Framework Service ProjectWise Orchestration Framework Service is used to manage various document processing jobs, and gets installed automatically when you select to install:
  • ProjectWise Integration Server with the Automated File Processing features turned on
  • Bentley i-model Composition Server for PDF

ProjectWise Admin Setups

ProjectWise Admin Setups includes a single installer file that installs the following:

  • ProjectWise Administrator
  • ProjectWise Class Editor
  • Orchestration Framework Administrator
  • iCS for PDF Administrator
  • ProjectWise Analytics Data Upload Service
  • ProjectWise Example Dataset

These items are also delivered:

  • CONNECTION Client - installed automatically, required for product activation and SES licensing
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 - installed automatically if needed
ProjectWise Administrator ProjectWise Administrator is the main administrative interface for ProjectWise and is used to create, configure, and manage ProjectWise datasources.
ProjectWise Class Editor A separate application used to create a hierarchy of ProjectWise object classes.
Orchestration Framework Administrator A separate application that administrators can install and use if they need to monitor the progress of automated file processing jobs of the ProjectWise Integration Server that have been configured and run from ProjectWise Administrator.
iCS for PDF Administrator Installs the Bentley i-model Composition Server for PDF extension to Orchestration Framework Administrator, for remote administration of Bentley i-model Composition Server for PDF.
ProjectWise Analytics Data Upload Service A separate application that is required to upload data to the ProjectWise Project Insights, which is one of the ProjectWise 365 services. Also available as a separate download, if a newer version becomes available.
ProjectWise Example Dataset Used to set up an example datasource with example work areas and documents