What's New or Revised
The following table contains a list of new or recently revised functionalities:
| Area | Key Feature | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Licensing | CONNECT Licensing | This updated version of Bentley Map V8i (SELECTseries 10) only includes CONNECT licensing for users who have chosen to delay upgrading to the latest OpenCities Map CONNECT Edition. Please refer to Product Licensing section for more information. |
| Support Policy | Extended Support | Bentley Map V8i (SELECTseries 10) offers an extended support period as you sequence your upgrade to the CONNECT Edition. Please refer to the Support Policy section for more information. |
| Bentley Map for MicroStation | Product | In this release, Bentley Map is only available as a standalone product and not as a layered application for MicroStation. |
| Search | Search | The Search dialog will now display values from a domain list when building queries. |
| File Open | Improved Performance | Performance improvements have been made when opening files with multiple models. |
The following table contains a list of new or improved functionalities from recent Bentley Map product releases:
| Table | Key Feature | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cartographic Styles | Cartographic Styles Manager (A) | Cartographic styles are used to enhance the cartographic appearance of a map by improving the look of linear elements and the intersections of those elements. Cartographic Styles are assigned by the Map Manager wherever any linear style is defined, including symbology overrides and thematic maps. |
| Map Manager | Map Definition | The Map Manager can now create/insert a new Map Definition in the currently active model or an existing model. |
| Map Manager | Map Visualization | The Map Manager can now be deactivated even when a Map Definition is present in the active model. |
| Map Manager | Enhanced Feature and Sub-Feature Resymbolization | The Map Manager user interface and related API have been updated to provide additional dynamic resymbolization granularity. Users can now define and manage symbology rules for all graphic elements defined within a given feature class hierarchy, including all sub-features. This new capability is not limited to enabling or disabling the visibility of one or more sub-features, but includes the ability to dynamically resymbolize the graphic elements differently based upon specific criteria or scale range. |
| Map Manager | Fixed Size Point Features | Dynamic resymbolization of point features such as text or cells has been enhanced to provide users the ability to define "fixed" sizes where regardless of zoom scale the point feature remains a constant size. |
| Map Manager | Cartographic Styles | The Map Manager now supports the use of complex cartographic styles which can be used to dynamically resymbolize a linear feature instance into one that has multiple parallel lines, such as often required when working with street centerline data. In addition the Cartographic Styles Manager can be used to create user-defined cartographic styles and the Map Manager symbology dialog can be used to define intersection rules. |
| Map Manager | Bridge Symbols | The Map Manager can now be used to dynamically display bridge symbols which properly mask the underlying roadways. |
| Interoperability | ESRI File Geodatabase (FGDB) Support | The Bentley Geospatial Administrator and Interoperability applications in Bentley Map have been updated to provide new support for the ESRI File Geodatabase (FGDB) format. Users can now use the Bentley Geospatial Administrator application to register an ESRI File Geodatabase as a graphical source, providing the ability to extract, modify and post feature instances contained in the ESRI File Geodatabase. In addition the Interoperability application has been enhanced to support Import and Export of ESRI File Geodatabase files without requiring the use of an ESRI product license. This allows users to easily consume ESRI geospatial information or share Bentley Map geospatial information with other departments or organizations. |
| Interoperability | Texture Support with CityGML Import / Export (A) | The Bentley Map FME Extension has been enhanced to provide users the ability to exchange textured 3D City Models with non-Bentley products. |
| Interoperability | Oracle Spatial 3D Texture Support | Provides Bentley Map users the ability to edit and manage textured 3D City Model data in standard spatial database. |
| Interoperability | Oracle Spatial 12c Support | Bentley Map now provides interoperability with Oracle Spatial 12c and includes new support for B-Spline and Non-Circular Arc spatial geometries. |
| Interoperability | Oracle Composite Index Support | The Bentley Geospatial Administrator and Interoperability applications in Bentley Map have been enhanced to provide Oracle Composite Index support allowing the use of multiple columns when defining primary keys and foreign key relationship constraints. |
| Interoperability | Oracle Views As Sub-Features | The Bentley Geospatial Administrator and Interoperability applications in Bentley Map have been updated to provide the ability to recognize database views as sub-features. |
| Interoperability | Increased Oracle Spatial Performance | The performance of spatial queries and data streaming of feature instances from Oracle Spatial graphical sources has been improved. |
| Interoperability | Non-Top View 3D Queries | The Interoperability application has been enhanced to provide users with the ability to perform spatial queries from any 3D view perspective. |
| Advanced Point Cloud Tools (A) | Point Cloud Presentation Styles and Manager | Faster display and new point cloud presentation styles allowing to combine modes (RGB, Classification, Intensity, Elevation, etc.) |
| Advanced Point Cloud Tools (A) | Piping Tools | Automate cylinder and pipe modeling workflows. |
| Advanced Point Cloud Tools (A) | 3D Line Following | Automate extraction of 3D wires or pavement striping on roads. |
| Advanced Point Cloud Tools (A) | Clash Detection with Point Cloud | Enables 3D spatial intersection between point cloud and any other feature types. |
| Advanced Point Cloud Tools (A) | Clip and Section Manager | Increased productivity when manipulating and modeling point cloud data. |
| Advanced Point Cloud Tools (A) | Model By Section Tool | Increased productivity when modeling 3D surfaces and extracting breaklines from point clouds. |
| Terrain and Scalable Terrain Model (A) | Draping Tool | Allow draping of elements on the 3D surface of a Scalable Terrain Model (STM). |
| Terrain and Scalable Terrain Model (A) | Viewshed Analysis | Users now have the ability to perform viewshed analysis to determine visibility of surfaces and objects from a point in a 3D model. |
| Terrain and Scalable Terrain Model (A) | Extract Contours | Provides the ability to extract a subpart of a Scalable Terrain Model (STM) into MicroStation elements. |
| Terrain and Scalable Terrain Model (A) | Extract Terrain Model from Scalable Terrain Model | Provides the ability to extract a subpart of a Scalable Terrain Model (STM) into a MicroStation Terrain Model (TM) element. |
| Terrain and Scalable Terrain Model (A) | Extract Raster Grid from Scalable Terrain Model | Provides the ability to extract a subpart of a Scalable Terrain Model (STM) into a raster grid. |
| Programming | External Property Handlers | For developers, the Bentley Map API now provides the ability for an application at runtime to dynamically add "Application Owned Business Properties" which can then be consumed by all Bentley Map applications such as Data Browser, Interoperability, Map Manager and Analyze Feature. |
| Programming | External Symbology Handlers | For developers, the Bentley Map API now provides the ability for an application at runtime to supplement or provide custom Property Based Symbology and Property Based Annotation services. |
| Programming | Change Tracker | For developers, the Bentley Map API now provides the ability to optionally have the Change Tracker system persist deleted feature instances in a hidden model. |
| Programming | Map Management | For developers, the Bentley Map API has been enhancement to provide programmatic support of the new Map Manager capabilities. |
| Mobility | Bentley Map Mobile | Bentley Map has been enhanced to provide improved Bentley Map Mobile Publisher support for Bentley Map Mobile users, providing mobile workers access to rich project information, allowing them to make better informed and confident decisions when onsite. |
| Data Browser | Improved Search, Sort and Filter Performance | For Oracle Spatial and Microsoft SQL Server Spatial database users, the "Data Browser" application has been enhanced to leverage the new Direct Data Access (DDA) technology that provides server side processing for search, sort and filter operations. With these changes, the "Data Browser" can now more efficiently search, sort and filter extremely large data sets using the speed and power of the underlying database. |
| Feature Engine | Improved Data Persistence Model | A number of significant performance improvements have been made in the core XFM feature engine including the replacement of MicroStation XML fragment elements with the newer MicroStation XAttributes technology. To improve the efficiency when creating or visualizing large complex polygons (common in many geospatial data sets) the Bentley Map V8i (SELECTseries 10) release introduces a new Type 106 polygon data type. This new polygon data type not only simplifies the manner in which disjointed polygon collections or polygons containing holes are persisted, but also removes the need to use associative regions. For non-graphic data only features, a new Type 107 data feature has been added. Note: While Bentley Map V8i (SELECTseries 10) can read XFM instance data created with all previous Bentley Map product releases, due to the XFM file format changes that data will remain read/only and unavailable for editing until converted into the new file format. Conversion of existing design files to the new XFM file format can be performed using the "File > Save As..." and "Batch Convert" commands with appropriate "XFM" settings in the "Save As V8 Options" dialog. See the "XFM Properties" section of the Bentley Map help for additional information on converting existing design file data to the new XFM file format. |
| Data Model | Enhanced Property Based Symbology Capabilities | The Property Based Symbology (PBS) system has been enhanced to support concurrent area fill and patterning, hatching and cross-hatching symbology rules. This new capability allows user to define PBS rules for polygon feature classes that simultaneously display area fills along with patterning, hatching or cross-hatching. |
| Data Model | Dynamic Domain Lists | The ability to update upon demand domain list values has been added. |
| Data Capture | Place Polygon Parallel | A new placement method which allows user to digitize and create polygons with edges parallel to existing element geometries has been added. |
| Interoperability | New Microsoft SQL Server Spatial Geometry Support | The ability to read/write spatial geometries being persisted in a Microsoft SQL Server database has been added. |
| Interoperability | New Spatial Data Streaming (SDS) Mode | Provides the ability to seamlessly stream data from a variety of spatial data sources including Oracle Spatial and Microsoft SQL Server databases. |
| Interoperability | New Selective Posting Capabilities | Provides the ability to selectively post pending changes to Oracle Spatial and Microsoft SQL Server databases. In prior releases, posting operations would attempt to commit all pending changes. With this enhancement, users can now choose to post only those changes which are contained within a fence or view. |
| Interoperability | Enhanced Erase Command | For Oracle Spatial and Microsoft SQL Server Spatial database users, the "Erase" command has been enhanced to only process and remove existing feature instances from the connected graphical sources. |
| Interoperability | New Web Feature Service (WFS) Client Support | The ability to query spatial geometries from a Web Feature Service (WFS) server has been added. |
| Interoperability | Improved Interoperability User Interface | The user interface of the "Interoperability" application has been significantly enhanced to better support new capabilities including Spatial Data Streaming, Web Feature Service (WFS) client and graphical source selective posting and erase operations. Included also is graphical interface for defining the "Where" clause search criteria. |
| Interoperability | Improved Geo-Locate Capabilities | For Oracle Spatial and Microsoft SQL Server Spatial database users, the ability to search and locate any graphical feature instance from an attached graphical source has been added. This new functionality provides Bentley Map users with the ability to perform a query of the attached graphical source, then select one or more resulting rows in the "Data Browser" and perform a geo-locate operation. |
| Map Manager | New Export Map Layer(s) MicroStation Elements Command | In the Map Manager application, the ability to select and export one or more map layers to fully symbolized MicroStation elements has been added. This new functionality provides Bentley Map users with the ability to easily share custom thematic map output with MicroStation users that may not have access to a Bentley Map product. For developers, a new C API function is provided to leverage this new capability in custom applications. |
| Coordinate System Tools | New Grid Definition and Grid Generation User Interfaces | A completely new user interface has been added to better support the grid definition and generation processes. Similar to a MicroStation text style or element template, Bentley Map users now have the ability to create user defined grid definitions and then place instances of those grids that are dynamically updated whenever the grid definition is changed. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | New Scalable Terrain Model (STM) Capabilities | A revolutionary new technology that enables high-performance display of digital terrain models (DTMs) covering very large areas and containing billions of points. Included is the ability to create and display very large Scalable Terrain Models using multi-resolution technology similar to technology used for raster or point-cloud data. A Scalable Terrain Model (STM) can be created from a variety of terrain sources, including simple linear MicroStation design file elements to different type of DTM files (e.g., DEM raster, InRoads .DTM, GeoPak .TIN, etc...) to 3D points files (e.g., point-cloud files, .xyz files, etc.). |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | New High-Resolution Image Draping | Provides the ability to perform drape high-resolution images on the terrain model with extremely good resolution regardless of the terrain model or image size. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | New Advanced Point-Cloud Processing | Provides additional point-cloud processing capabilities including classification editing, line draping, advanced export, advanced snap, geometry extraction and flashlight tool. |
| Interoperability | FME Extension (A) | Bentley Map has tools to import and export several different formats of geospatial data. However, users often have a requirement to access other data formats, not directly supported by Bentley Map. For this reason, the Bentley Map FME Extension has been designed to make available many additional geospatial data formats to improve user workflows. |
| Reporting | Spatial Overlay Reporting | The spatial overlay process has been enhanced with the ability to report and/or query the business properties contained in the results from an overlay process. Upon completion of an overlay, the business properties contained in the resulting layer can be reviewed using the "Data Browser" application or queried using the "Search" form. |
| Data Maintenance | Markup Mode (A) | The ability to add intelligent markup information has been added allowing organizations to improve the integration of infrastructure data in advanced document workflows. |
| Data Maintenance | File / Separate Fence Processing | Beginning with the Bentley Map V8i (SELECTseries 2) release, the MicroStation FENCE FILE (FF=) and FENCE SEPARATE (SF=) commands now copies the business properties of XFM feature instances. |
| Data Maintenance | Grid Editing | The "Data Browser" application has been enhanced to support grid based editing of business properties. |
| Visualization | Labeling | A new "Labeling" command has been added to the "Map Manager" application which provides the ability to create dynamic text labels for selected map layers. The labels can be defined using any valid PBA (Property Based Annotation) expression. |
| Data Maintenance | Annotation | A new "Annotation" command has been added to the "Map Manager" application which provides the ability to convert dynamic labels to persistent text annotations. |
| Data Modeling | Joins | The ability to join feature classes on common business properties has been added. |
| Interoperability | Interoperability > Point Feature Import Enhancements | The "Import" process of the "Interoperability" application has been enhanced for point feature classes to support the use of business properties to define text annotation expressions, text angle, XYZ scales and Z elevations. |
| Interoperability | Interoperability > GML Import / Export (A) | The "Interoperability" application has been enhanced to support import and export of GML files. |
| Data Maintenance | DFS Orphan Cell / Polygon Collection Support | The DFS (Dynamic Feature Scoring) system has been enhanced to provide support for orphan cells. |
| User Interface | Display Labels | The "Label" property for a feature class definition is now used throughout the user interface providing improved use of special and/or accented characters in feature class and business property names. |
| Data Maintenance | Polygon Split / Merge | For polygon maintenance, new polygon split and merge commands have been added. |
| Data Conversion | Promote Feature Method | A new "Promote" method has been added to the "Bentley Geospatial Administrator" application which provides the ability to convert plain MicroStation elements to native XFM feature instances. |
| Analysis | Improved "Spatial Overlay" Performance | Performance of spatial analysis operations such as overlay and buffer processing has been improved. In addition, a user definable tolerance is provided in the user interface for buffer creation. |
| Data Model | Geometric Properties | For line and polygon feature classes, new geometric properties such as area, perimeter and length are now available as standard business properties. |
| Data Maintenance | Schema Defined Formatting Rules Enhancements | Use of schema defined formatting rules for text and label generation is now possible. |
| 3D Modeling | 3D Smart Editing (A) | A set of new "3D Smart Editing" tools have been added for capture and manipulation of 3D solids. During manipulation of the 3D solids the business properties are preserved. |
| Interoperability | Oracle Spatial "Partial Posting" Capability | When posting modified data to Oracle Spatial, Bentley Map previously took an `all or nothing´ approach. This is because modifications to one record, perhaps a valve, might be incomplete or incorrect if the details of a related feature failed to post. Continuing to post in this case might leave the database in an incorrect state. However, some customers have a requirement to post large amounts of data where a failing post might adversely affect productivity if all changes are discarded. For this reason Bentley Map now provides a "partial posting" capability. Records will continue to post up until an optional user defined error limit is reached. It is up to the user´s application to validate the database and any successfully posted records. |
| Interoperability | Improved Oracle Spatial Performance | When working with Oracle Spatial databases, performance of query and post operations has been significantly improved, especially when interacting with remote database instances. |
| Interoperability | Oracle Spatial 3D Objects Support | The ability to store 3D feature instances in Oracle Spatial 3D as Oracle Multi Surfaces has been added. This capability allows storing complex building objects in a standard RDBMS which can be useful when managing extremely a large 3D City Model. |
| Interoperability | Oracle Spatial / MicroStation Design Links Support | For Oracle Spatial interoperability, the ability to round trip MicroStation design links has been added. |
| Interoperability | i-model Publishing Support (A) | The ability to publish an i-model containing XFM business properties has been added. |
| Map Management | Improved Map Manager Performance | A number of display optimizations have been implemented in the Map Manager resulting in an improved visualization experience. |
| Print Preparation | Print Preparation Map Legend Placement | Support has been added to the Print Preparation application that allows for the creation of a map legend containing symbols and descriptions of the feature classes visible in the map model. |
| Programming | API Enhancements | For Bentley Map developers using native C/C++ code, a number of new API functions have been added for Feature Definition, Settings, Map Management, Labeling, Annotation, Thematic Analysis and Spatial Analysis functionalities. For developers using .NET the Interoperability functionalities including those for working with Oracle Spatial databases are now published and documented. For third party developers, embedded application passwords are no longer required. |
| Advanced Map Finishing | Advanced Map Finishing (A) | The " Advanced Map Finishing " tools add professional desktop publishing capabilities to MicroStation and provides a unique WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) on-screen display of graduated color fills, transparent fills, and element ordering and symbology. This enables the simple generation of professional publication-quality presentation graphics inside the MicroStation environment. |
| Cadastral Mapping Configuration | Cadastral Mapping Configuration (A) | The " Cadastral Mapping Configuration " tools can be used for developing and maintaining cadastral fabrics, including all node, edge and face relationships in a persistent topological model. Tools are provided to perform common split and merge polygon operations while automatically maintaining ownership information with user defined business rules. Support for creation, storage and retrieval of cadastral information in an Oracle Spatial repository is also provided. |
| Advanced Raster Processing | 3D Raster Texturing (A) | The ability to efficiently apply textures to 3D models has been added. The tools will map an image to a shape, rectify it to fit the shape, adjust any edge points and convert images to advanced textures. These texturing tools can help urban planners create realistic scenes from 3D models. |
| Advanced Raster Processing | Oracle Spatial GeoRaster Data Viewing (A) | The ability to connect to Oracle Spatial databases and view stored GeoRaster files has been added. |
| Advanced Raster Processing | Raster Grid (DEM) Data Viewing (A) | It is now possible to attach raster surface digital elevation model (DEM) files which are displayed as 2D with the ability to assign colors based on elevation, slope or aspect. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | Assign Shape To Image | This tool assigns a shape or shapes to an image or a number of images. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | Warp Image To Area | Rectify an image to match the associated shape. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | Stretch Image | Stretch images to match the shape upon which it has been mapped. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | Convert To Advanced Texture | Convert images to advanced textures for higher resolution display. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | Start / End Editing | Temporarily convert an advanced texture as a raster attachment to make it editable, then convert the raster attachment back to an advanced texture with its original parameters. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | Convert To Texture | Convert images to standard textures for conventional rendering. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | Define Seam Tool Enhancements | Enhancements to this tool now allow the feathering area to be defined interactively. It is now possible to see a preview of the feathering while placing the seam line. Also, only the top raster is modified by the tool so that the mosaic can be detached and reattached without losing the mosaic. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | Combine Images Tool | Used to perform a logical operation on a selected area of two specified rasters and place the resulting data on a destination raster. This tool works on binary rasters only. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | Paste From File Tool | This new tool is available right under the "Paste" tool in the edit menu. When selecting this tool, the file selection dialog opens to select the raster file to be pasted. After the "Open" button is pressed, the remaining workflow is exactly as the standard "Paste" tool. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | Merge Tool | It is now possible to rasterize a view or a portion of a view to the clipboard using the Merge tool. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | New Fence Behavior In Editing Tools | The tools that support fences to define the area have a new toggle in their tool settings called "Use Fence". When this option is turned ON, the editing tool will work on all the raster attachments overlapped by the fence and will ignore the raster selection. The fence will always be treated as a fence clip which means that only the pixels overlapped by the fence will be edited. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | Line Cap and Line Join Settings | A new section labeled "Line Ends" has been added to the Line Mapping Settings dialog. This section comprises two new settings labeled "Line Cap and "Line Join". These settings specify the line caps and line joins to be used in the Merge and Stamp operations. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | Dynamic Rubber Band Display Enhancements | The display of the dynamic rubber bands used in the Advanced Raster Processing tools has been enhanced so that they are easier to see. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | Enhanced "Merge" Tool | Improvements to the Merge tool provide the ability to rasterize the vector elements in the output rasters. Also, it is now possible to send the output in multiple output files based on a predefined cutting done by the user. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | Edition of 3D Oriented Rasters | It is now possible to edit rasters attached in any orientation with the Advanced Raster Processing editing tools. In previous versions of the Advanced Raster Processing, only rasters attached parallel to the XY plane were editable. Most of the editing tools now have a "Work in Image Plane" toggle. Local Transform tools Crop and Resize Canvas always work in the image plane. When this option is turned on, all editing operations are performed as if the MicroStation coordinate system origin was moved to the raster's origin and the axes are rotated as the raster is oriented. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | Binary Files Enhancements | Improvements for working with binary files include enhanced speed for binary images editing, and for the use of editing tools and the Undo/Redo operations. Two new tools have been added: Resize Canvas and Dynamic Raster Snap. These tools are described in detail below. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | Resize Canvas | This tool allows users to change the canvas size of raster images. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | Dynamic Raster Snap | When this option is ON, all mouse moves have a shadow cursor snapped to the nearest raster foreground (if close enough). If a data point is entered while the shadow cursor is visible, the data point will be set to the shadow coordinates. Therefore, it is possible to snap on raster drawings while placing MicroStation elements. This feature is only available for binary files. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | Local Transform Tools | This new tool box is designed to perform local transformations inside a raster. All the data used with these tools come from and/or go to the same raster. For example, the "Local Move" tool can be used to move a chair from one corner of an office to another in a scanned drawing. Available tools are: "Local Copy", "Local Move", "Local Scale", "Local Rotate", "Local Mirror" and "Local Warp". The "Cover up Area" and "Clone Area" tools are also available in this tool box. They can be used to hide or duplicate a feature in continuous tone images. The feathering option makes the boundary of the edited area seamless. These two tools also offer the option of defining a feathering area to seamlessly copy the selected area. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | Vectorize Enhancements | The following features were
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| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | Copy/Paste are Now Integrated with the Windows Clipboard | The "Copy" and "Paste" functions have been rewritten. They are faster than before and now use the Windows clipboard. This means that it is possible to copy a portion of the rasters displayed in MicroStation and paste it into a third party software as "Microsoft Word". |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | Line Mapping | Available in the Rasterize tool box, these tools allow matching the line mapping settings with those displayed at the desired zoom magnification. These tools were in the "Stamp" tool box in previous versions. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | Resample a Raster to another Coordinate System | It is now possible to resample a raster in another Coordinate System in the "Save as" when the Advanced Raster Processing tools are loaded. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | Import .COR Files | The COR file format is the I/RASB version of the Advanced Raster Processing RGR file. These files contain the definition and control points that define the model. It is now possible to import COR files using the Advanced Raster Processing tools. With this feature it is possible for users migrating from I/RAS B to Bentley Map to use their old COR file. |
| Advanced Raster Processing (A) | New Filters | The new Blur, Sharpen, Smooth, Detail, Edge Enhance and Find Edges filters are available in the Enhance Image tool box. |
| Data Capture | Non-Planar Polygon Support | Support for the display and editing of non-planar polygons has been added. Users with existing Bentley Geospatial Administrator generated workspaces that want to add non-planar polygon support to their projects must first enable the "Support non-planar shapes" option in the "Feature Definition" tab then export the workspace. Users wanting to persist non-planar polygons in Oracle Spatial that have existing Bentley Geospatial Administrator generated workspaces must first re-register the polygon feature classes using the "Register Features..." process, then enable the "Support non-planar shapes" option in the "Feature Definition" tab and export the workspace. |
| Advanced Raster Processing(A) | 3D Raster Texturing | The ability to manage Bentley Map 3D raster textures in the managed environments of the Bentley ProjectWise Connector products has been added. |
| Data Sharing | Enhanced MicroStation Element Manipulations | When sharing Bentley Map design files containing XFM feature instance data with MicroStation users, additional element manipulation capabilities have been added to MicroStation allowing for increased data interoperability within organizational workflows. Included is the ability to remove all XFM data from a Bentley Map XFM feature instance using the MicroStation drop tool. |
| Bentley Geospatial Administrator | 3D Polygon Collections | When working with polygons in 3D design files, new polygon collection placement options are available, including "Add Hole to Existing Collection" and "Snap Datapoints to Surface". Users with existing Bentley Geospatial Administrator generated workspaces should use "Polygon Placement Collection Metadata..." to regenerate placement methods for each polygon collection feature class to see the new placement options. |
| Map Manager | Map Layer Sorting | The ability to sort map layers by "Display Order", "Ascending Order" or "Descending Order" has been added to the Map Manager under the "Open in New Tab" context menu. |
| Command Manager | Command Manager Sorting | The ability to sort Command Manager entries by "Schema Order", "Ascending Order" or "Descending Order" has been added to the Command Manager under the "Sort" context menu. |
(A) Not available in all Bentley Map product editions. Please refer to the "Product Editions" section for additional information.