Technical Requirements
Supported Platforms (Intel-based PCs):
Microsoft Windows® 2003 Server
Microsoft Windows® 2008 Server
Microsoft Windows® 2003 Server x64
Microsoft Windows® 2008 Server x64
Computer System Requirements:
800 MB free disk space for the Bentley Publisher software and samples
Minimum 512 MB of RAM is recommended. Using more RAM will provide better performance
Minimum 200 MB free disk space for file caching. Using more disk space for file caching will provide better performance
TCP/IP Networking installed
The Prerequisites for Bentley Desktop Applications needs to be installed to your server prior to the installation
Internet Explorer Web browser
Supported clients:
Any Web browser
Bentley Publisher Viewer (Internet Explorer Web browser version 6 or later)
Customized clients
Any MicroStation V8i application with Raster Manager
Vector file format support:
MicroStation files (DGN, CEL, i-model, overlay) with Raster attachments from Raster Manager
AutoCAD DWG and DXF files
ProjectWise Interplot Server file format support:
ProjectWise InterPlot data types (IPARM, APARM, DPARM, RPARM, and IPS files).
Raster file format support:
Adobe PDF, Tiled (Geospatial PDF files are supported)
Anatech LRD, RLE
Apple PICT 4, 8, 24 Bits, PackBits compression
BSB Navigation Chart 8 Bits
Bentley HMR 1, 8 Bits, Tiled, Multiresolution; CCITT Group3, CCITT Group4, Packbits, RLE, LZW, and Deflate
C29 (Type 29) 8 Bits, Lined or Tiled, Multiresolution possible; RLE compression
C30 (Type 30) 1 Bits, Lined or Tiled, Multiresolution possible; JPEG compression
C31 (Type 31) 24 Bits, Lined or Tiled, Multiresolution possible; JPEG compression
CIT (Type 24) 1 Bit, Lined, Multiresolution possible; CCITT Group 4
COT (Type 2) 8 Bits, Lined or Tiled, Multiresolution possible; No Compression
CRL 8 Bits, Tiled
CALS 1 Bit, Lined; CCITT Group 4 Compression
Compuserve GIF
Digital Terrain Elevation Data
ERMapper Compressed Wavelets (ECW)
ESRI BIL
Erdas IMG 8, 24, 32 Bits
FLI Animation format 8 Bits, FLI RLE Compression
GeoTiff 1, 8, 24, 32 Bits, Matrix, ModelTiePoints, ModelPixelScale tags, Lined, Stripped or Tiled, Multi-resolution possible; Deflate, CCITT Group 3, CCITT Group 4, Packbits LZW, Deflate and JPEG
Image RGB 24 Bits, Lined; No Compression
Img 8 Bits
Ingr. TIFF (same as Tag Image File Format)
iTIFF 1, 8, 24 Bits, Stripped or Tiled, Multiresolution; Deflate, CCITT Group3, CCITT Group4, Packbits, RLE and JPEG
Internet TIFF64 1, 8, 24, 32 Bits, Lined, Stripped or Tiled, Multiresolution possible; Deflate, CCITT Group 3, CCITT Group 4, Packbits, LZW, Deflate and JPEG
JPEG2000 24, 32 Bits; JPEG Compression
JFIF/JPEG 24 Bits, Lined; JPEG Compression
Landsat TM FAST-L7A
MPF (stands for “Multi-Page Format”)
MrSID images (SID), Wavelet
National Imagery Transmission Format 8, 24 Bits, Tiled
PCX 1, 4, 8, 24 Bits, Lined; No compression
PNG 1, 8, 24, 32 Bits, Lined; Deflate
PSS 1, 8, 24, 32 Bits. A collection of 1 or more images of any of the above formats. View 1 only; If different pixel types are present, it is seen as a 32 Bits pixel type. Transparency on 24 Bits images is not supported
RGB (Type 28) 24 Bits, Line or tiled; RLE Compression
RLC 1 Bit, Lined
RLE (Type 9) 1 Bit, Lined or Tiled, Multiresolution possible; RLE Compression
SPOT CAP
SPOT Digital Image Map 1, 8, 24, 32 Bits, Tiled; CCITT Group 4, Packbits, LZW, Deflate
Sun Raster 4, 8, 24 Bits, Lined; No compression
TG4 (Type 24) 1 Bit, Lined and Tiled, Multiresolution possible; RLE Compression
TIFF 1, 8, 24, 32 Bits, Lined, Stripped or Tiled, Multiresolution possible; Deflate, CCITT Group 3, CCITT Group 4, Packbits, LZW, Deflate and JPEG
Targa 8, 24, 32 Bits, Lined; No compression and TGARLE
USGS Digital Ortho Quad 8, 24 Bits, Lined
USGS NDF File Format 1, 24, 32 Bits
Web Map Server (xwms) 24 Bits
Windows BMP 1, 4, 8, 24 Bits, Lined; No compression, RLE4 or RLE8
Wireless BitMap