Bentley Architecture Achieves IFC2x3 Certification
LOS
ANGELES (BE Conference 2007), May 1, 2007 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated
today announced that Bentley Architecture, an advanced Building Information
Modeling (BIM) application for architectural design and construction
documentation, has successfully passed certification for the coordination
view of IFC2x3. Implemented on the common technology platform for Bentley’s
building applications, the IFC2x3 translator is also available in Bentley
Structural, Bentley Building Mechanical Systems, and Bentley Building
Electrical Systems.
Commenting on the certification, Volker Thein, Bentley’s product director
for Industry Foundation Classes (IFC), said, “The IFC data model is one of
the keys to facilitating collaboration among project teams and
interoperability among software systems. We at Bentley are proud to have
achieved IFC2x3 certification and are fully committed to this standard’s
ongoing development. It aligns perfectly with Bentley’s mission to provide
BIM solutions that let architects, engineers, contractors, and owners build
as one.”
Developed by the International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI), IFC
is a global industry standard for sharing design, construction, and facility
management data in a vendor-neutral format across BIM applications that
support it. By capturing both geometry and properties of intelligent
building objects and their relationships, the IFC data model facilitates
interoperability among disparate applications, including design applications
such as Bentley Architecture, analysis applications, compliance checking
software, and so on. As a result, architects and engineers, contractors,
building owners and operators, and regulatory agencies can access, modify,
and coordinate design and construction information in a single shared model
and data repository.
The combination of IFC and information-rich Building Information Models
helps overcome the inefficiencies of a distributed and fragmented building
industry. At the same time, it enables fundamental process improvements that
provide all stakeholders with tremendous benefits, including faster project
delivery, less waste, and greater productivity.
In addition to supporting IFC, Bentley’s comprehensive portfolio of fully
integrated products and solutions provides other capabilities that
facilitate the sharing of information and interoperability among BIM, CAD,
and analysis applications, such as:
- The ProjectWise scalable collaboration system for connecting people
and information across the distributed enterprise
- DGN/DWG compatibility
- 3D PDF and Google Earth support
- Import/export tools for general-purpose industry standards such as
STEP, STL, IGES, DXF, and SKP (SketchUp)
- Import/export tools for many dedicated industry standards such as
CIS/2 and SDNF
- Seamless integration with Bentley’s STAAD and RAM structural
analysis products
- Direct integration with many structural analysis applications, such
as GT STRUDL, ROBOT, MIDAS/GENw, and SFRAME
- Direct integration with CAMDUCT duct fabrication solutions
- Integration with power analysis applications – EDSA (US
NEC/ANSI/IEEE), AMTECH ProDesign (BS 7671), elcoPower (DIN/VDE)
- Integration with lighting analysis solutions – Lumen Designer,
DIALux, Relux
For further information, visit
www.bentley.com/buildinginteroperability.
About Bentley
Bentley Systems, Incorporated provides software for the lifecycle of the
world’s infrastructure. The company’s comprehensive portfolio for the
building, plant, civil, and geospatial verticals spans architecture,
engineering, construction (AEC) and operations. With revenues now surpassing
$400 million annually, and more than 2400 colleagues globally, Bentley is
the leading provider of AEC software to the Engineering News-Record Top
Design Firms and major owner-operators, and was named the world’s No. 2
provider of GIS/geospatial software solutions in a recent Daratech research
study.
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