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Bentley Architecture Achieves IFC2x3 Certification


    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(TM) 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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