ProjectWise is a suite of engineering project collaboration software from
Bentley Systems
Bentley Systems, Incorporated is an American-based software development company that develops, manufactures, licenses, sells and supports computer software and services for the design, construction, and operation of infrastructure. The company' ...
designed for the architecture, engineering, construction, and owners/operator (AECO) industries. It helps project teams design, manage, review, share, and distribute engineering project content all within a single connected data environment (CDE). ProjectWise is a file and vendor agnostic solution capable of managing any type of
CAD
Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computers (or ) to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. This software is used to increase the productivity of the designer, improve the quality of design, improve co ...
,
BIM
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,
geospatial and project data. All well, direct CAD integration is available for Bentley applications and other vendors and software titles including
Autodesk &
Microsoft Office
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.
History 1
In August 1995, Bentley formalized a relationship with Opti inter-Consult, signed them as a strategic affiliate and took on a partial ownership in the company. Opti Inter-Consult was a small
Finland
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-based company that was founded in 1990. It was the developer of ''TeamMate'', which was a
Document Management System exclusively distributed by Bentley. Opti Inter-Consult had a suite of products based on document management and facility management.
The following year, Bentley acquired the remaining shares of Opti Inter-Consult and split the two product lines in half. The facilities management products went to a newly formed joint venture with
Primavera named ''WorkPlace Systems''. ''WorkPlace Systems'' developed several products including ActiveAsset Manager, ActiveAsset Planner, and ActiveAsset Inquirer.
TeamMate was merged with Bentley development and in 1996 MicroStation TeamMate 96 was released. This version was focused on
MicroStation
MicroStation is a CAD software platform for two- and three-dimensional design and drafting, developed and sold by Bentley Systems and used in the architectural and engineering industries. It generates 2D/3D vector graphics objects and elements and ...
support, but also handled other formats and applications such as
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office, or simply Office, is the former name of a family of client software, server software, and services developed by Microsoft. It was first announced by Bill Gates on August 1, 1988, at COMDEX in Las Vegas. Initially a marketin ...
and
AutoCAD. TeamMate also had
metadata
Metadata is "data that provides information about other data", but not the content of the data, such as the text of a message or the image itself. There are many distinct types of metadata, including:
* Descriptive metadata – the descriptive ...
, file history, versions, and
Query By Example to locate files.
In 1998, TeamMate was rebranded to the name ‘ProjectWise’. ProjectWise 3.xx was released early 2000 and over the next two years added features that included the Web Explorer Lite, which was the first
web client
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. Document level security, DWG redlining, and the document creation wizard were also added.
ProjectWise V8 started the modern era of ProjectWise. The January 2003 release included such innovations as the Preview Pane, Workspace Profiles, Components,
Audit Trail, and the Distribution System. Over the next few years we saw 2004 and V8 XM Edition ProjectWise releases. These releases included
Full Text Search,
Thumbnails
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, DGN Indexing, Managed Workspaces, and
SharePoint Web Parts.
Late in 2008, the first V8i release of ProjectWise was introduced. It included Delta File Transfer, the Web View Server,
Spatial Navigation In computing, spatial navigation is the ability to navigate between focusable elements, such as hyperlinks and form controls, within a structured document or user interface according to the spatial location.
This method is widely used in applicatio ...
, the Quick Search tool bar, and auto login to integrated applications. Over the next several years, SELECTseries releases (one through four) have included
Revit
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and
Civil3D integration, as well at
Transmittals, Dynamic Composition Server, Point Cloud Streaming,
and Dynamic Plotting.
Version History
References
Further reading
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External links
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ProjectWise Forumsat BE Communities by Bentley
Microsoft Customer Solution Manufacturing Industry Case Studyat Microsoft.com
at Bentley
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ttp://www.offshore-mag.com/webcasts/offshore/2015/12/offshore-top-5-2015.html Offshore Top 5 Projects 2015at Offshore Magazine
Connect Project Teams with AutoCAD and ProjectWiseat Cadalyst.com
ProjectWise Collaboration and Work Sharing Advantagesat Benzinga.com
Bentley’s New ProjectWise Essentials{cbignore, bot=medic at Reuters.com
at ArchitectureWeek.com
ProjectWiseBlogat ProjectWiseBlog.com
Computer-aided design software
Computer-aided design software for Windows
Content management systems
Project management software
1998 software
Projects established in 1998