OpenBuildings Designer CONNECT Edition Update 7 build 10.07.00.105

The OpenBuildings product team is pleased to announce the availability of OpenBuildings Designer CONNECT Edition, Update 7 (build 10.07.00.105). This release includes important features to enhance user experience, as well as improves interoperability, collaboration, personal productivity, and information sharing by leveraging Bentley CONNECT services.

Bentley Systems’ new OpenBuildings platform is more than just AECOsim Building Designer rebranded. The Bentley development team intends to play to its strengths with focused, vertical design tools, cross disciplinary workflows and open data.

With the arrival of OpenRoads and OpenRail for civils and rail design, and the much-needed simplification of the Bentley Systems product portfolio, an ‘OpenBuildings’ was inevitable. But the new Bentley Systems brand, announced in October, isn’t just about giving AECOsim Building Designer a new name; it’s about transforming the building design tool into an open platform that can be tightly integrated with tools for other disciplines; not just the road / rail design and simulation (structural, geotechnical, energy and pedestrian) applications from the Bentley stable but those from third parties as well.

Bentley is also looking to use OpenBuildings as a platform on which to build niche vertical design tools, focused on specific workflows. AECOsim Building Designer simply isn’t getting a look in on many bread and butter building projects because of the dominance of Autodesk Revit.

There is a long history of Bentley customers developing bespoke solutions to work with MicroStation and MicroStationbased product like AECOsim Building Designer. Customisation and collaboration are key differentiators between AECOsim Building Designer and OpenBuildings. They currently share the same traditional software development kit (SDK) but what makes OpenBuildings different is that it can take full advantage of Bentley’s new integrated product stack. Firms can use the new cloud-based services and also connect to third-party applications through the open source iModel.js library and the iModelHub, which offer web-based APIs.

For some years now, Bentley has been losing the battle with Autodesk and other firms when it comes to mainstream building design software. Now with a focus on verticals like station design it is starting to play to its strengths, offering a building design tool that can take advantage of its ‘open’ applications in areas such as rail and road design, pedestrian simulation, structural analysis and geotechnical engineering.

Bentley OpenBuildings
Bentley Systems is a software development company that supports the professional needs of those responsible for creating and managing the world’s infrastructure.

Product: OpenBuildings Designer
Version: CONNECT Edition Update 7 (build 10.07.00.105) *
Supported Architectures: x64
Website Home Page : http://www.bentley.com
Language: english
System Requirements: PC **
Size: 23.4 Gb

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Hardware requirements for OpenBuildings Designer CONNECT Edition
OpenBuildings Designer CONNECT Edition is a native 64-bit application that will operate on Windows 7 and higher versions. Hardware requirements are provided in the table below.

Operating System:
– Windows 10 (64-bit)
– Windows 8 and 8.1 (64-bit)
– Windows 7 (64-bit)

Note: Windows 7 operating system is supported only if you have its service pack (SPI) installed.

Processor
Intel or AMD processor 1.0 GHz or greater. OpenBuildings Designer is not supported on a CPU that does not support SSE2.

Memory
16 GB minimum 32 GB recommended. More memory generally improves performance, particularly when working with larger models.

Hard Disk
24 GB free disk space (includes the 16 GB install footprint for a complete installation), 10-25 GB depending on additional installations such as Companion Features and Companion Products.

Video
See the graphics card manufacturer for latest information on DirectX drivers. 512 MB of video RAM or higher is recommended. If insufficient video RAM or no graphics card supported by DirectX is found, OpenBuildings Designer attempts to use software emulation. For optimal performance, graphics display color depth should be set to 24-bit or higher. When using a color depth setting of 16-bit, some inconsistencies will be noted. For more information on recommended workstation profiles for OpenBuildings Designer, see MicroStation System Requirements
Resolution
1600 x 1200 or higher