AECOsim Building Designer Help

Using Welcome Page

When you start AECOsim Building Designer for the first time, without designating a DGN file to be opened automatically, the first window that you see is the Welcome page. The Welcome page is focused on introducing the user to AECOsim Building Designer and provides quick links to Examples, Learning courses, News and Announcements, and different social media websites. You can also sign in from the Welcome page.

At any time in the design session, if you want to return to the Welcome page, from the Work page, select the left fly out arrow that says Examples, Courses and News.

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VIEW EXAMPLES This section provides links to various example videos and data sets.
LEARNING Displays the Learn content related to the product. If you click a topic in the list, you will be redirected to Bentley's LEARNserver to view the content of the selected topic. To search for additional Learn content, you may click the More Training button at the bottom.
Social media links At the lower-right corner of the Welcome page, links to the social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, Bentley Communities, and YouTube are provided.
NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Displays RSS Feeds that give you the latest information and news related to Bentley Systems. If you click on a news or announcement, a window opens that displays the link to navigate to the selected news or announcement. To view the previous or next announcement link, select the left or right arrow respectively.
Stat a work session The blue area with an arrow on the extreme right of the Welcome page points to the Work Page, where you can start a work session. It lists the Recent WorkSets and Recent Files. You can also browse to a particular file.
Sign in (Available only when the CONNECTION Client is started) Opens the Sign In window from which you can sign in to Bentley Cloud Services. Once signed in, clicking the glyph displays your sign in credentials and a link to the Personal Portal.