Design Review
Bentley iTwin Design Review is a collaborative service hosted on the web that allows two or more interested parties to communicate with one another in the context of a 3D model or, more accurately, an iTwin.
The iTwin Services Add-in within the desktop application publishes the analysis model to an iTwinDesign Review session, and therefore into an intuitive point of collaboration that facilitates review of design work in progress
Some of the practical applications of this technology to the traditional engineering review and collaboration process include:
- Have a conversation with participants via chat in the context of a 3D model, annotating and marking up objects, and leaving questions, comments, and markups for specific stakeholders.
- Include stakeholders, such as project managers and other engineering disciplines, that are not users of Engineering Simulation software, in this review process. All that is needed is a web browser and anyone invited can contribute to the review.
- Resolve issues raised by team members directly in the desktop application.
- Save a record of conversations (chats) in the review so that reasons for key decisions can be revisited at a later point if needed.
- Create specific views of the structure, with objects of interest isolated and zoomed to, that collaborators and reviewers can see immediately without needing to recreate the view themselves.
The web-based interface (accessible with a web browser) of Design Review offers a set of commands for navigating, viewing from different perspectives, isolating key elements, and clipping views.
Several review tools are included with the service:
- Measurements, including distance, area, location, radius, and angle
- Querying elements for physical information, such as dimensions, construction materials, and coordinates
- Querying analytical information, such as member fixities, applied loads, and reactions, member forces, and design/capacity ratios
- Visualizing post-tensioning profiles in floor cross sections
See the iTwin Services wiki () for instructions on starting iTwin Design Review Sessions.